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| Introduced | 7 April 1997 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | AFNIC |
| Sponsor | AFNIC |
| Intended use | Entities connected with |
| Actual use | Used in Réunion; also used for websites related to real estate and occasionally for domain hacks |
| Registration restrictions | Registrant must be based in a European Union member state, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland |
| Structure | Registrations are made at second level, or at third level beneath some second-level names |
| Documents | Naming charter for .re |
| Dispute policies | Alternative Dispute Resolutions |
| DNSSEC | Yes |
| Registry website | AFNIC.fr |
.re is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Réunion (a French island located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar). Along with .fr, .tf, and .ovh, it is administered by AFNIC.
In recent years, the .re TLD has been increasingly used for real estate–related domains, including place names (neighborhoods, cities, countries, etc.), real estate companies, developers/projects, property-related websites, and individual realtors and estate agents around the world. The .re domain has also been applied to insurance and reinsurance companies (e.g. swiss.re), those involved with reverse engineering, and as