.KIM Domain Extension

Why choose a .KIM domain?

The catalogue of extensions is made of trades, objects and places. This one is made of a family name. Kim is the most common surname in Korea: roughly one Korean in five carries it. A whole extension devoted to a single name is something few words can justify — it takes an enormous number of bearers. And the word travels: outside Korea, Kim is also a common given name. Both audiences land on the same address.

The surname

The most common family name in Korea, by a wide margin. An extension that gathers people rather than a trade.

The given name

Outside Korea, Kim is also a common first name, for women and men. One word serving two uses without contradicting itself.

The personal site

Portfolio, CV, blog, a calling card online. An address in your own name beats a profile on somebody’s platform.

Three letters

The useful minimum, and nothing to spell in either language. The whole address stays short even with a first name in front.

Email

A stable personal address that depends on no provider. Often the real reason for taking a domain in your own name.

What it actually changes

• It is built on a name, not a trade. Rare in the root zone, where almost everything names an activity or an object.
• The word works as surname and given name. Depending on the region, it names a family or a person.
• No registration restrictions. You do not have to be called Kim to register one.
• Three letters, like .fun and .lol. The useful minimum, for an address said in one breath.