.tw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Taiwan. The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code TW. The registry is maintained by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), a Taiwanese non-profit organization appointed by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. Since 1 March 2001, TWNIC has stopped allowing itself to sign up new domain names directly, instead allowing new registration through its contracted reseller registrars. The current reseller registrars are as follows: Chunghwa Telecom, Chunghwa Int'l Communication Network Co., Ltd., FarEasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Asia Pacific Telecom, PC Home, Net-Chinese, TISNet, IP Mirror, Webnic, Neulevel. Registering .tw website domains Internationalized ccTLDs ICANN assigned two Internationalized country code top-level domains (IDN ccTLDs) for Taiwan on 25 June 2010: : taiwan in traditional Chinese characters (DNS name: xn--kpry57d) : taiwan in simplified Chinese characters (DNS name: xn--kprw13d) Presently in November 2019, and since at least November 2015 (), the simplified suffix is a DNAME alias for the traditional suffix. As a result any subdomain of the traditional xn--kpry57d TLD automatically has a CNAME alias from the simplified xn--kprw13d TLD. The traditional suffix is in active use. Second-Level Domains Registrations under are possible in second-level space or under various domains as third-level domains: : for educational and academic institutions : for agencies of the Government of the Republic of China, operated by Taiwan : for the Republic of China Armed Forces, operated by Taiwan : for companies or firms (Taiwanese or foreign) registered under the laws of their country : for network or telecommunications license holders : for non-profit organizations (Taiwanese or foreign) established according to the laws of their country : for individuals (must verify their identity by e-mail) : unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email), intended for gaming-related content : unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email), intended for online business-related content : unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by email) : unrestricted Domain names in Chinese characters may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two more domain names in Chinese characters in the following second-level domains: 網路.tw, 組織.tw and 商業.tw. These second-level domains correspond to , and , respectively. Statistics As of March 2017, around 8.31％ of the .tw domains are served via secured