Editing .pw (section)

==History==
The country code top-level domain .pw was delegated to the Pacific island nation of Palau in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|title=IANA {{!}} IANA Report on Redelegation of the .pw Top-Level Domain|url=https://www.iana.org/reports/2003/pw-report-30jun03.html|website=IANA|access-date=2 April 2017|date=30 June 2003|archive-date=4 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604064908/http://www.iana.org/reports/2003/pw-report-30jun03.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It has since been redelegated a number of times. Directi, a group of technology businesses, obtained exclusive rights over .pw from EnCirca in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Directi to relaunch .pw as an open TLD |url=https://domainincite.com/10705-directi-to-relaunch-pw-as-an-open-tld |website=DomainIncite |publisher=DomainIncite |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> From 25 March 2013, domains under the .pw TLD are available to the general public. Since then, it is sometimes marketed as a domain for [[professional]]s ('''p'''rofessional '''w'''eb).

In July 2013 the registry announced that they had passed the 250,000 registration milestone within the first three months, after having 50,000 registered domains in the first three weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=.pw Announces Single Character Domain Names Auction {{!}} .PW - the Professional Web|url=http://registry.pw/pw-announces-single-character-domain-names-auction|website=registry.pw|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324152757/http://registry.pw/pw-announces-single-character-domain-names-auction/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=.PW Crosses 50,000 Domain Registrations In 3 Weeks {{!}} .PW - the Professional Web|url=http://registry.pw/pw-crosses-fiftythousand-domains/|website=registry.pw|access-date=2 April 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325033820/http://registry.pw/pw-crosses-fiftythousand-domains/|url-status=live}}</ref>