The biz-domain is a generic top-level domain intended for domains to be used by businesses. "Biz" is a phonetic spelling of the first syllable of "business." The biz-domains were created to relieve some of the demand for the good domain names available in the .com top-level domain. The biz-domains should also provide an alternative to businesses whose preferred com-domain name had already been registered by another party. The registry demands no specific legal or geographic qualifications to register a .biz domain name, except that it should be for "bona fide business or commercial use".The biz-domain was created in 2001 along with several others. The biz-domains are administered by NeuStar.
Although intended to be a restricted domain aimed at businesses, the biz-domain is an unrestricted domain, available to anyone for any use.
ICANN-Registrar
Secura is is accepting registration
of biz-domains with German special characters.
On October 12, 2004 the registry of biz-domains
has introduced IDN.BIZ-domains, or domain names featuring foreign language characters.
The German language will be the first non-english language to be introduced at
biz-domains. With the introduction of German script IDN names, ICANN and NEULEVEL
accredited Registrar Secura will be able to offer customers the ability to
register biz-domains containing the IDN characters ä, ö, and ü.
Neulevel has launched further idn.biz-domains on 1 November 2006. The following languages will be supported:
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Icelandic