.TOWN Domain Extension

Why choose a .TOWN domain?

English draws a distinction here that French cannot. A city is large, administrative, somewhat anonymous; a town is smaller and above all closer — somewhere you pass the same people in the shop, where the greengrocer knows your name. It is not only a question of population: it is a tone. And for a local business or a local paper, that tone is usually worth more than grandeur.

The scale

The high street, independent shops, one car park is enough. A place crossed on foot and known by heart.

The community

Committees, volunteering, clubs, fundraising, the annual fête. In a small town the voluntary sector is the real infrastructure.

The local paper

Council meetings, the school, the leisure centre, roadworks, obituaries. What nobody else covers any more, and everybody reads.

What is on

Saturday market, summer festival, the tournament, the Christmas fair. Three or four dates a year structure everybody’s calendar.

Visitors from nearby

Walks, heritage, producers, places to stay, a day out. Your visitor comes from the next county, not from abroad: write to them as a neighbour.

What it actually changes

• The scale is human. That is what separates it from .city: smaller, closer, and deliberately so.
• French makes no such distinction. “Ville” covers both: the English suffix allows a nuance French cannot express.
• No registration restrictions. No connection to a council to demonstrate to the registrar.
• It works as an email address too. hello@sutton.town is easy to say and easier still to remember.