.FR

Dot FR Domain Names

The Dot FR country-specific top-level domain is the most widely used one amongst French speakers and if you have a website in French, such a domain will be a great choice to get through to tens of millions of WWW users, given that a .FR domain is more likely to have better French search engine positions. This doesn’t include only France, but also states with considerable French-speaking communities, such as Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and a lot of the countries in Northern and Central Africa. People from all these countries regularly use French electronic mail providers and search online for French websites, so this is a perfect means for you to contact them them.

The top-level extension was started in 1986, but registrations were limited to individuals and entities situated in France until 2011 when the process was loosened. These Days, a dot FR domain can be registered by anybody from the EU, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. With over 2.5 million active registrations, the .FR top-level domain extension is among the most widely used country-code domains. And this number has risen with a whole million over the past couple of years.

If you want to acquire a .FR domain, you can do it through our company and it will go live almost instantly. AFNIC, the Registry organization that administrates this TLD, has special conditions about certain records that the name servers of a dot FR domain need to have, and we meet these requirements, so you will not come across any difficulties to get your site up and running in a matter of minutes. Many hosting companies, especially resellers, don’t offer the full set of records, so you can’t really host a .FR domain name with them. You will have full control over your domain through our Hepsia Control Panel interface – you’ll be able to change the WHOIS contact information at any time, to create and to update Custom DNS records, to park domains, etc.

Dot FR Domain Name Management with Pinome Cloud

The Domain Manager interface created by Pinome Cloud is an ideal home for your new .FR domain. It's both fully featured and easy to use, so it can be used by both power users and web hosting rookies. You'll have instant access to crucial DNS settings and, with just a single click, you will be able to set up an URL redirection. The Domain Manager also enables you to manage multiple domains at the same time effortlessly. As a bonus, if you are searching to broaden your worldwide web presence, you can make use of our limitless domain parking offer.

For those who have a hosting account with Pinome Cloud, you will be able to take care of both your web sites and your domains from the exact same Control Panel - our Web Hosting Control Panel. It's not necessary to switch between separate web site management and domain name management interfaces any more.