.FR

Dot FR Domain Names

The .FR country-code domain name extension is the most widespread one amongst speakers of French and if you own a website in French, such a domain name will be a good choice to reach tens of millions of net users, taking into consideration that a dot FR domain is more probable to have better French search engine standings. This doesn’t include only France, but also states with large French-speaking communities, such as Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and lots of the countries in Northern and Central Africa. People from all these countries frequently use French electronic mail providers and search online for French websites, so this is an excellent way for you to get in touch with them them.

The domain name extension was established in 1986, but registrations were limited to individuals and companies situated in France until 2011 when the process was liberalized. At present, a dot FR domain can be acquired by anybody from the European Union, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. With more than 2.5 million active registrations, the dot FR top-level domain extension is amongst the most widely used country-specific extensions. And this number has increased with a whole million over the past several years.

If you want to buy a .FR domain, you can do it through our company and it will be operational almost right away. AFNIC, the Registry organization that administrates this TLD, has special restrictions about certain records that the name servers of a dot FR domain should have, and we meet these requirements, so you will not have any problems to get your site up and running in a matter of minutes. Many web hosting providers, mainly resellers, don’t offer the full set of records, so you can’t really host a dot FR domain with them. You will have full control over your domain through our Hepsia Control Panel interface – you’ll be able to modify the WHOIS contact info at any time, to create and to alter Custom DNS records, to park domains, etc.

Dot FR Domain Management with Rivera Hosting

Administering .FR domain names will be a simple job with Rivera Hosting's Domain Manager. It's built to allow you to seamlessly administer your domains – you will be able to administer one or multiple domains at once without any difficulty. You'll be able to edit the WHOIS info or to update the DNS records with a click of the mouse. WIth all these options at hand, managing a .FR domain will be an easy job.

If you've also got a web hosting account with us, you'll be able to seamlessly administer your domains and sites – with our easy-to-use Web Hosting Control Panel, you can administer both from one and the same location.