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Any individual or company connected with Samoa should register a .ws domain today. Alternatively, it could also represent ‘Web Service’ or ‘Web Site’, making it a multi-purpose domain.

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.ws Domain Prices

Prices shown in Australian Dollars (AUD) British Pounds (GBP) Danish Krone (DKK) Euros (EUR) New Zealand Dollars (NZD) Swedish Krona (SEK) US Dollars (USD)

Period Registration Renewal
.ws
1 year$96.50kr423€56.60£49.80$102.50kr612$59.00R1155.00 $91.60kr401€53.70£47.20$97.30kr581$56.00R1096.00  
Restrictions
2 and 3 Letter domains will be subject to an additional charge as they are deemed premium domains by the Registry.
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com.ws International Domain Name Registration .com.wsPrice on request Price on request
2 and 3 Letter domains will be subject to an additional charge as they are deemed premium domains by the Registry.
net.ws International Domain Name Registration .net.wsPrice on request Price on request
2 and 3 Letter domains will be subject to an additional charge as they are deemed premium domains by the Registry.
org.ws International Domain Name Registration .org.wsPrice on request Price on request
2 and 3 Letter domains will be subject to an additional charge as they are deemed premium domains by the Registry.

.ws Domain Notes

Note: The registry may classify some domain names as premium domain names if so classfied they will command a higher price.

ws domains include 3rd party fees and maintenance & during the registration period. If you wish to transfer your ws domain away during your registration period you are free do do so without charge. We do not charge an administration fee.

.ws Details

Registry: The registry is SamoaNIC (Computer Services Ltd. Samoa)

Purpose: Entities connected with Samoa

Whois Information: for .ws

Once your .ws domain is registered

Once registered the .ws domain is placed on our international server, provinding an under-construction page for your .ws domain, for as long as required. (This enables a browser of your ws domain to readily identify that it is registered).

We can also supply free of charge.

E-mail redirection.

Web redirection.

Whois Privacy.

and more....

Free transfer away if required. We do not and will not charge release / transfer or administration fees for transferring domains to a different ws domain name registrars. The domain name is yours and not ours, unlike many other companies, "We recognise that fact!"

.ws Registration

.ws domain registration

Prices from as little as: $96.50kr423€56.60£49.80$102.50kr612$59.00R1155.00 for 1 year.

.ws Background Information

.ws is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Samoa. It is administered by SamoaNIC, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Samoa.

The .ws domain is an abbreviation for "Western Samoa", the nation's official name when two-letter country codes were standardized in the 1970s. While there are no geographic restrictions on registration of 2nd level .WS domains, there are restrictions on registration of 3rd level .WS domains (.com.ws, .org.ws, .net.ws, .gov.ws, etc).

.ws domains are also used as an alternative to .com, using "ws" as an abbreviation for "website".

2nd level domains: .WS, .COM.WS, and .NET.WS registration is open to the general public..ORG.WS, .GOV.WS, and .EDU.WS registration is restricted.


Population

2008 estimate 188,540 (166th) - 2006 census 179,186 - Density 65/km2 (134th) 169/sq mi

GDP

(PPP) 2007 estimate - Total $1.030 billion - Per capita $5,450

National Anthem

The Banner of Freedom

Area

Total 2,831 km2 (174th) 1,093 sq mi - Water (%) 0.3%

International Dialling Code

685

Currency

Tala (WST)

Government

Parliamentary Monarchy - O le Ao o le Malo Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi - Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi Independencefrom New Zealand - Date 01 January 1962

Language

Samoan, English

Motto

: Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (English: Samoa is founded on God)[dead link]

Time Zone

(UTC-11)
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa), is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976. The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known as Navigators Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.


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.ws Assignment

How Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assign the .ws domain. IANA is a department of ICANN, a non-profit private American corporation, they oversees IP address allocation, root zone management in the Do main Name System (DNS), and other Internet related symbols and numbers.

.ws Assignment

Facts & Figures

Domain Facts & Figures : Billing Periods, Renewal details, delegation details and more. Everything you need to know about your Western Samoa .(ws) domain.

.ws Facts

.ws Renewals

You may renew your .ws domain without logging into your control panel by using our quick and painfree renewal service, or even transfer it into bbonline to be renewed if necessary.

.ws Renewals

Other Western Samoan (ws) Domains:

.ws, .com.ws, .net.ws, .org.ws,

Important:

Premium Domain Names

The registry may list some names as a premium domain name, if so this domain will be charged at a higher price than the one listed. We will contact you before completing your order if you order one of these names.

Reserved Names

The registry reserves some names for its own use, and may not mark them as registered. We may only discover this at the time of attempted registration.