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Vanity ccTLDs refers to Country Code Top Level Domains that have been re-labelled by the public as they may potentially serve a secondary purpose through the publics perception of the meaning of their extensions.

These domain extensions actually belong to various countries and usually represent the countries initials. Although the internet community my have thought thee secondary meanings would take off you should realise possible disadvantages of these names for global use.

Disadvantages
• Search Engines may index these vanity domains highly within the country the domain was designed to represent though not globally as a .com, .net or .org are traditionally ranked higher throughtout all countries.
  
  
• The pricing and regulations for these domains are looked after by independant seperate bodies within their respected countries. For this reasons there may be restrictions for registration and pricing may seem high when compared to global TLDs.

Most Popular and Recognized Vanity ccTLDs
.tv	Tuvalu	Television and Film Industry
.ws	Western Somoa	Refers to 'Website'
.cc	Coco Islands	Credit Cards
.ad	Andorra	Advertising Agencies
.la	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Businesses in Los Angeles
.fm	Micronesia, Federated States of	FM Radio Stations
.dj	Djibouti	Used by DJ's (Disc Jockeys)
.am	Armenia	AM Radio Stations
.cd	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	CD Merchants