What is a TLD?

What is a tld?

TLD is short for Top Level Domain and is another word for "extension."
A TLD is a part of a domain name, and is the end of the domain name.
In the case of exampledomain.com, the TLD is .nl.
You may choose the TLD yourself (for example, .net / .com / .nl, .shop etc).

CCTLDs and GTLDs

There are 2 types of categories when talking about TLDs, namely the CCTLDs (Country Code TLDs) and the GTLDs (Generic TLDs). It sounds complicated, but it's not. CCTLDs are, as the name implies, country tlds. Think for example: .nl (Netherlands) / .de (Germany) / .fr (France) / .es (Spain) / .it (Italy) etc.
GTLDs are generic TLDs that therefore have nothing to do with a country, think .shop / .app / .dev / .xyz / .hosting etc. The rules for CCTLDs can differ per country, the rules for GTLDs are generally the same, at least in terms of owner-c validation and in terms of transfer procedure, forms etc.

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