About the .SCO new gTLD

The dotSCO organization believes that the Scots Community of Interest online, Scottish Culture and Scotland's Languages should have the opportunity to be identified and enhanced by having its own sponsored community top-level domain on the Internet.

Under a dotSCO sponsored TLD organizations, companies and individuals, throughout the world, that express themselves through Scotland's languages online, or wish to support or identify with the Scottish Culture or the Scots online community around the world will be able to register a clearly identifiable domain name.

dotSCO has gathered support from across the globe from individual Scots, Scots societies and from speakers of Scots and Gaelic for the dotSCO campaign. They believe that should the campaign be successful, that dotSCO can raise the profile of Scots culture and communities around the world.  A successful dotSCO campaign will confirm that the World Wide Web really is multi-national and a multilingual medium. It will also play an important role in further promoting the use of the Scots and Gaelic languages on the World Wide Web as a modern medium of communication.

Advantages of a .sco top-level domain

There are numerous advantages to owning a .soc top-level domain name. For instance, especially for Scottish people, a domain extension representing their heritage can act as an online core for their community. Also, speakers of Gaelic and the Scots language could potentially benefit from a .sco name. Having a .sco online community will provide a place on the Internet where Scottish languages and culture can flourish. Scottish businesses and trade associations based at home and abroad will also be able to distinguish themselves as being supportive of the Scottish community.