.pm

Overview

• .pm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Saint Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas collectivity.
• It is intended for entities connected with Saint Pierre and Miquelon, though actual use is rare and many registrations are unrelated to the territory.
• The domain is managed by AFNIC (Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération).

History

• Delegation/implementation date: 20 August 1997.
• Managed by AFNIC; registration services for .pm opened on 6 December 2011 under AFNIC's operation.
• As of June 2021 there were more than 7,000 registered .pm domains.

Usage and Audience

• Intended audience: entities connected with Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
• Actual usage: relatively rare and often not related to the territory.
• Example of use as a short URL/vanity domain: the Office of the Prime Minister of Australia uses aus.pm as a short URL.

Registration Rules

• Registry/operator: AFNIC.
• Registration level: registrations are made directly at the second level (example: example.pm).
• Residency/eligibility: registrant must reside in the European Economic Area (EEA) or in Switzerland.
• Brexit impact: since 1 January 2021 British citizens have not been able to register new .pm domains; registrations made prior to that date are allowed to continue and may be renewed.
• Name length and characters:
  • Domains must be three characters or longer; registrations containing only one or two alphanumeric characters are not authorized.
  • Character and syntax rules otherwise follow AFNIC's naming policy (aligned with rules applied to French extensions).
• DNSSEC: enabled for the .pm zone.

SEO and Brand Impact

• As a country-code TLD with limited and mostly non-territorial use, .pm has limited visibility as a national or geographic brand identifier.
• Managed by AFNIC, the domain is operated by an established registry for French and French-overseas ccTLDs, which may be relevant for administrative trust and governance considerations.

Notable Cases or Examples

• aus.pm is used by the Office of the Prime Minister of Australia as a short URL.

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domain:       PM

organisation: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.)
address:      7, avenue du 8 mai 1945
address:      Guyancourt 78280
address:      France

contact:      administrative
name:         TLD Admin Contact
organisation: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.)
address:      7, avenue du 8 mai 1945
address:      Guyancourt 78280
address:      France
phone:        +33 1 39 30 83 05
fax-no:       +33 1 39 30 83 01
e-mail:       tld-admin@nic.fr

contact:      technical
name:         TLD Technical Contact
organisation: Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (A.F.N.I.C.)
address:      7, avenue du 8 mai 1945
address:      Guyancourt 78280
address:      France
phone:        +33 1 39 30 83 00
fax-no:       +33 1 39 30 83 01
e-mail:       tld-tech@nic.fr

nserver:      D.NIC.FR 194.0.9.1 2001:678:c:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      F.EXT.NIC.FR 194.146.106.46 2001:67c:1010:11:0:0:0:53
nserver:      G.EXT.NIC.FR 194.0.36.1 2001:678:4c:0:0:0:0:1
ds-rdata:     6926 13 2 a6c8233fc45f53c788ee2adfeea7dac7abb8b7108c25e38b56a3fa6848715f48

whois:        whois.nic.pm

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.nic.pm

created:      1997-08-20
changed:      2024-09-09
source:       IANA