The Co-operative Register

The domain .coop is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is intended for the use of cooperatives, their wholly owned subsidiaries, and other organizations that exist to promote or support cooperatives. Register your .coop domain now!

SOC 2 Compliant

System and Organization Controls (SOC) certification assures clients that our partner EnCirca (Type II Certification), uses systems to protect their data. It audits security, availability, process integrity, privacy and confidentiality.

Discover AI with .bot Domains

A .bot domain is your bot’s home on the internet. Bots are used to automate an incredible array of repetitive tasks. As more of our daily activities move online, the popularity of bots will only continue to boom.

Blockchain Brand Protection

Blockchain domain names work just like regular domain names regulated by ICANN, by simply activating an extension in any web browser. Blockchain domain names are decentralized, anonymous and immutable.

Handshake 2nd Level Domains

The TLS Handshake protocol is a proof-of-work protocol like Bitcoin. Handshake domain names are top-level domain names (TLDs like .com, .net or .org). Handshake domains do not resolve on regular DNS sites.

WHY CO-OPERATIVES

Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive employment, overcoming poverty and achieving social integration.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Each co-operative institution will become a school of business in which each member will acquire a knowledge of the laws of trade and commerce.

Leland Stanford

Competition has been shown to be useful
up to a certain point and no further,
but cooperation, which is the thing
we must strive for today,
begins where competition leaves off.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Money at the service of life can be managed in the right way by cooperatives, on condition that it is a real cooperative where capital does not have command over men but men over capital.

Pope Francis

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