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Introduced
  
1997

Status
  
Active

TLD type
  
Country code top-level domain

Registry
  
Pitcairn Island Administration

Sponsor
  
Pitcairn Island Administration

Intended use
  
Entities connected with  Pitcairn Islands

.pn is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Pitcairn Islands.

Contents

Map of Pitcairn Islands

The top-level domain was the subject of a dispute in 2000, between islander Tom Christian—who had been delegated with management of the domain by ICANN—and the government of the island. The dispute was resolved by ICANN ruling that the domain be re-delegated to the Pitcairn Island Council.

An official .pn domain costs $100/year from the registry. There are relatively few sites using these domains, but examples include ESPN (es.pn), C-SPAN (cs.pn), and Groupon (gr.pn), which each use the domain for URL shortening services.

The .pn domain is also used as part of a Lionsgate marketing campaign promoting the Hunger Games film series, presenting it as the "official" country code of the fictional nation of Panem, with domains for the Capitol (thecapitol.pn) and the rebellion (revolution.pn).

Second-Level Domain Name

  • .in.pn
  • .co.pn
  • .eu.pn
  • .org.pn
  • .net.pn
  • .me.pn
  • References

    .pn Wikipedia