.fj Registration

The .fj extension is the top level domain extension used and reserved for the Fiji islands. The internet country code domain extension, .fj was introduced in 1992. The University of the South Pacific (USP) is the registry for .fj registration. USP is an international centre for teaching and research, specializing in pacific culture and environment projects. For domain name registration, an agreement is signed between the University of the South Pacific, Fiji and the individual or company. The resolution of disputes is handled by uniform domain-name dispute-resolution policy (UDRP) established by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The UDRP is applied to extensions .biz, .com, .info, .net, .name and other top level domains.

The .fj is the domain name commonly used for entities connected with Fiji. The .fj domain allows sub domain registration like .biz.fj, .org.fj, .com.fj, .info.fj, .net.fj, .pro.fj, .name.fj. There are some sub domains which are restricted for common usage. Some of them are .ac.fj (used for academic institutions), .mil.fj (used for Fiji military), .gov.fj (used for government websites), .school.fj (for primary and secondary schools) etc. The domain name service converts the domain name to an IP address. This IP address helps to locate the server in which the web page resides.

There are many websites available to register domain names. Most of the .fj extensions are sold by the University of South Pacific. To register online, log in to the official website of the University of the South Pacific http://www.usp.ac.fj. While providing the domain names the sponsoring organizations will take complete responsibility including policy control, name allocation and technical operations. E.g. The ITC service department is the sponsoring organization for all names having .gov.fj extensions. All the applications and renewals for the government sites are processed by ITC services. Names should not start or end with a hyphen and moreover the names can be a minimum of 2 or a maximum of 63 characters long in case of .fj registration.