.GIVES Domain Extension

Why choose a .GIVES domain?

Almost every suffix is a noun: a shop, a system, a zone. This one is a verb, and a verb in the third person present — which is very nearly unique in the root zone. The consequence is rather elegant: the address no longer names, it asserts. harding.gives reads as a complete sentence, and that sentence says exactly what you want remembered.

The address that asserts

Your name followed by the verb makes a two-word statement. No other suffix allows that construction so naturally.

The appeal

Target, progress, what each amount actually pays for. An address dedicated to one campaign travels better than a link to an internal page.

The company that gives back

A share of sales, a volunteering day per employee, an internal fund. A verb commits more than a noun: you will have to show the results.

The charity

Annual appeal, Christmas campaign, emergency response. A simple address, read out on radio or printed on a poster.

A consistent registry

The extension is run by Public Interest Registry, the non-profit behind .org. A consistency your donors can verify for themselves.

What it actually changes

• It is a verb, not a noun. Nearly unique in the root zone, and it produces an address that reads as a sentence.
• Its registry is a non-profit. PIR also runs .org: the choice of extension already says something about your intent.
• No registration restrictions. No charitable status to demonstrate to the registrar.
• It works as an email address too. appeal@harding.gives is understood in a second, even out of context.