.li
{{Short description|Internet country code top-level domain for Liechtenstein}}{{Infobox Top level domain
| name=.li
| image= DotLI domain logo.png
| introduced=26 February 1993
| type=Country code top-level domain
| status=Active
| registry=SWITCH Teleinformatics Services
| sponsor=University of Liechtenstein
| registereddomains = 70,587
| dateregistereddomains = 2022-12-15
| intendeduse=Entities connected with {{LIE}}
| actualuse=Popular in Liechtenstein; gets some other uses
| restrictions=None
| structure=Registrations are made directly at second level
| document=
| disputepolicy=
| website= {{url|https://www.nic.li/}}
| dnssec=yes|image_size=150px}}
.li is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Liechtenstein. The .li TLD was created in 1993. The domain is sponsored and administered by the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz.[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/li.html IANA .li whois information] Registration of .li domain names used to be managed by SWITCH, administrator of Switzerland's .ch ccTLD. In February 2013, SWITCH discontinued its .li registration service for private customers, delegating it to a number of recognized partner firms."The registration of new domain names ending in .li and the administration of existing domain names ending in .li is now only possible via the 60 or so Partners recognised by SWITCH." [https://www.nic.ch/reg/cm/wcm-page/misc/li_info.html Information page for .li domain names]. Henning Steier, [http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/digital/switch-wehrt-sich-gegen-vorwuerfe-von-hostpoint-1.17929487 Switch wehrt sich gegen Vorwürfe von Hostpoint], NZZ, 9 January 2013.
There are no requirements to apply for the extension. Registrations of internationalized domain names have been accepted since March 2004.[https://www.nic.ch/reg/cm/wcm-page/faqs/idn.jsp IDN - Domain Names with Accents and Umlauts] Domain names under 3 characters are reserved for the state and its institutions.
Domain hacks and vanity usage
Many Long Island organizations and companies have adopted the .li TLD as a domain hack.{{Citation |last=Solnik |first=Claude |title=Companies stake out .li territory online |date=2010-05-05 |url=http://libn.com/2010/05/05/companies-stake-out-territory-online-with-li-extension/ |work=Long Island Business News |access-date=2013-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234957/http://libn.com/2010/05/05/companies-stake-out-territory-online-with-li-extension/ |url-status=live |publisher=Long Island Business News |format=opening snippet |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-access=registration}}
As -li is a diminutive ending in Swiss German (Standard German -lein), many Swiss companies{{which|date=July 2013}} register an additional, or alternative, .li domain for their businesses and services.
In Russian, -li is a verbal ending of past tense plural form. That is why some Russian-oriented sites use it as a part of the site name with the verbal stem before the dot.
Li is also a Romanization of the second most common Chinese surname. Some people with this last name register .li domains for personal use.
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Category:Country code top-level domains
Category:Telecommunications in Liechtenstein
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