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Top-level Internet domain for Estonia the top-level Internet domain primarily used in Estonia Ee (disambiguation)EE December 2021 .ee Estonian Internet Foundation logo.svg 3 June 1992 Country code top-level domain Active Estonian Internet Foundation 160,059 2023-08-11 2023-08-11 Statistics https://www.internet.ee/help-and-info/statistics#chart-total 2023-08-11 Estonian Internet Foundation Entities connected with Estonia Very popular in Estonia, now available globally. Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath various second-level labels Domain Disputes Committee Estonian Internet Foundation .ee is the internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of Estonia, operated by the Estonian Internet Foundation. Second-level domain names The Estonian Internet Foundation recognizes 4 second-level "general" domains under the top-level .ee domain, using them to group websites with "similar traits":FAQ — Estonian Internet Foundation https://www.internet.ee/help-and-info/faq https://web.archive.org/web/20251128181603/https://www.internet.ee/help-and-info/faq 28 November 2025 2026-01-25 Estonian Internet Foundation en live .com.ee – companies (incorporated entities) as defined in the Commercial Code. .pri.ee – individuals. .fie.ee – self-employed people (sole proprietors) as defined in the Commercial Code. .med.ee – medical/health care institutions. In addition, as of January 2026, the previous administrator (EENet) still supports several other second-level domains: .edu.ee – educational institutions and projects.EENet » edu.ee http://www.eenet.ee:80/EENet/edu.html https://web.archive.org/web/20251110222213/https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/edu.html 2025-11-10 2026-01-25 EENet et live .lib.ee – libraries.EENet » lib.ee http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/lib.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250710233220/https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/lib.html 2025-07-10 2026-01-25 EENet et live .org.ee – non-profit organizations and projects.EENet » org.ee http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/org.html https://web.archive.org/web/20251018111938/https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/org.html 2025-10-18 2026-01-25 EENet et live .vil.ee – institutions and projects operating in the field of education, science or culture.EENet » vil.ee https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/vil.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20250427221013/https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/vil.html 2025-04-27 2026-01-25 EENet et History The top-level domain .ee was introduced in 1992 and was operated by EENet until July 2010. The administrator of the .ee domain was Endel Lippmaa. There was a limit of one domain name per legal entity, and registrations of additional names to protect trademarks were specifically denied. From the pre-2010 FAQ:The domain name has no trademark status. As domains under .ee are meant to be the institution's identification on the Internet (similar to the register code in the commercial register), the registration of additional domains to protect a trademark or a name form is not possible.EENet » FAQ (.ee domain) http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/ee-tld-FAQ.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090317083545/http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/ee-tld-FAQ.html 2009-03-17 2026-01-04 www.eenet.ee Valid registrations were free of charge. Domain reform On 5 July 2010, the Estonian Internet Foundation (EIF)Sometimes abbreviated EIS for its Estonian name, Eesti Internet SA took over .ee ccTLD registry functions from EENet.Võhmar Timo 2010-07-06 New domain system comes into effect in Estonia https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/new-domain-system-comes-into-effect-in-estonia 2026-01-03 Estonian Internet FoundationEENet » .ee registration https://www.eenet.ee/EENet/ee-tldomreg.html 2026-01-04 www.eenet.ee Instead of directly handling domain name requests, the EIF created a new system in which they accredit a number of domain name registrars, and the domain name registrars then actually register new domains. The EIF also promulgated a number of new rules, among them: Individuals could now register .ee domains, not just businesses and organizations. Foreign people and entities could now register .ee domains. People and organization can now register more than one domain. Registration is no longer free but requires payment, with prices "determined on the open market".New domain system comes into effect in Estonia — Estonian Internet Foundation https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/new-domain-system-comes-into-effect-in-estonia live https://web.archive.org/web/20251114125803/https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/new-domain-system-comes-into-effect-in-estonia 14 November 2025 2026-01-26 Estonian Internet Foundation en Võhmar Timo 2010-07-06 ICANN officially approved the re-delegation and recognized the Estonian Internet Foundation as the sponsor of the .ee top-level domain three years later.Võhmar Timo 2013-07-23 Estonian Internet Foundation’s re-delegation application approved https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/estonian-internet-foundation-s-re-delegation-application-approved live https://web.archive.org/web/20251222230624/https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/estonian-internet-foundation-s-re-delegation-application-approved 22 December 2025 2026-01-27 Estonian Internet Foundation en Criticism of the domain reform A group of internet security specialists criticized the changeover from EENet to the Estonian Internet Foundation, and appealed to the government to step in. In the appeal, the authors Tõnu Samuel and Jaan Jänesmäe claim that the EIF's proposed fees were "insanely high" and "the highest in Europe".Jaagant Urmas 2010-07-13 Infoturbe spetsialist: domeenireform on läbikukkunud http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/580038 https://web.archive.org/web/20100714173328/http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/580038 2010-07-14 2026-01-27 Eesti Päevaleht etJänesmäe Jaan Samuel Tõnu Tõnu Samuel 2010-07-12 Avalik kiri Eesti Vabariigi Valitsusele http://domeenireform.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/avalik-kiri-eesti-vabariigi-valitsusele/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20100716171123/http://domeenireform.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/avalik-kiri-eesti-vabariigi-valitsusele/ 2010-07-16 2026-01-27 Domeeni Reform etAll quotations from the appeal are taken from the machine translation of the Estonian appeal. They also claimed the EIF had "consistently ignored the real needs of the Estonian internet community", and urged the EIF board to resign. The appeal was signed by 22 signatories and supported by 829 Facebook supporters.http://kogukond.org/in-english/ List of EIC's goals Estonian Internet Community 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101030081910/http://kogukond.org/in-english/ 30 October 2010 dead In October 2010, the authors and supporters of the appeal founded the Estonian Internet Community (Eesti Interneti Kogukond) NGO.2024-10-16 Ajalugu http://kogukond.org/kogukonnast/ajalugu/ 2026-01-27 Eesti Interneti Kogukond et Later that year, it noted on its blog that several of its members had decided that directly pressuring the EIF was not effective and thus had independently written e-mails to IANA asking them to step in to resolve the controversy.http://kogukond.org/2010/12/kui-kodus-ei-saa-asju-aetud/ Kui kodus ei saa asju aetud... et 11 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110227171524/http://kogukond.org/2010/12/kui-kodus-ei-saa-asju-aetud/ 27 February 2011 dead 2010-12-11 Eesti Interneti Kogukond Loho Elver After the reform On 13 June 2011, the registration of domains with diacritics (õ, ä, ö, ü, š and ž) was enabled for the .ee domain, allowing URLs which covered the entire Estonian alphabet.2011-05-02 Täpitähtede tulek - „päikesetõus“ http://internet.ee/uudised/tapitahtede-tulek-paikesetous/_year/2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111012122844/http://internet.ee/uudised/tapitahtede-tulek-paikesetous/_year/2011 2011-10-12 2026-01-26 Eesti Internet et On 6 January 2014, EIF announced it had completed the work to allow .ee sites to use DNSSEC.Võhmar Timo 2014-01-06 .ee domains can be protected using the DNSSEC https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/ee-domains-can-be-protected-using-the-dnssec live https://web.archive.org/web/20250915090131/https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/ee-domains-can-be-protected-using-the-dnssec 2025-09-15 2026-01-26 Estonian Internet Foundation In 2023, several one-character domain names, which had previously been reserved, were auctioned off. "s.ee" fetched €41,000, making it the most expensive domain auctioned off by the Estonian Internet Foundation at that time.Vahtre Mare 2023-10-31 S.ee is now the most expensive domain auctioned by the Estonian Internet Foundation https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/s-ee-is-now-the-most-expensive-domain-auctioned-by-the-estonian-internet-foundation live https://web.archive.org/web/20251015201200/https://www.internet.ee/eif/news-archive/s-ee-is-now-the-most-expensive-domain-auctioned-by-the-estonian-internet-foundation 2025-10-15 2026-01-25 internet.ee Domain hacks Several companies and organizations whose names end in "ee" have registered domain hack domains using the .ee TLD. Examples include: Linktree, a social media landing page service, uses the .ee domain (linktr.ee). Adventist World Radio, the broadcast mission arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, also uses the .ee domain (refug.ee). Shopee, an online retail site, uses the .ee domain for its link shortener service (shp.ee). Jakarta EE, a set of specifications for the Java software platform, uses jakarta.ee as its website address. Explanatory notes References External links IANA .ee whois information autocollapse Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Mass media in Estonia Category:Internet in Estonia Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members Category:1992 establishments in Estonia Category:Internet properties established in 1992