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{{short description|Internet country-code top level domain for the Northern Mariana Islands}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
 | name=.mp
 | image=DotMP domain logo.svg
 | introduced=October 22, 1996
 | type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
 | status=Active as of January 2009
 | registry=[[Saipan DataCom, Inc.]]
 | sponsor=[[Saipan DataCom, Inc.]]
 | intendeduse=Entities connected with {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}}
 | actualuse=Marketed as a domain for sites usable on mobile devices; sometimes used where MP stands for [[Member of Parliament]]
 | restrictions=No registration restrictions; purchased domains have no restrictions
 | structure=Registrations are directly at second level; there are a few sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands in third level domains under such second level names as .gov.mp and .org.mp
 | document=[https://get.mp/site/page/view/udrp.registration-and-service-agreement Registration and Service Agreement]; [https://get.mp/site/page/view/udrp.cancellation-and-transfers Cancellation and Transfer policy]
| disputepolicy=[https://get.mp/site/page/view/udrp.dispute-resolution-policy UDRP Dispute Resolution Policy]
| website={{URL | http://get.mp }}
}}

'''.mp''' is the [[Internet]] [[country code]] [[top-level domain]] ([[ccTLD]]) for [[Northern Mariana Islands]].  There are a few sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands in this domain (such as governmental sites under '''.gov.mp''' and a few sites in '''.org.mp''' and '''.co.mp'''). The get.mp site allows users to register and manage .mp domains. The .mp name comes from [[ISO 3166]]<ref>{{cite ietf | rfc=1591 | title=Domain Name System Structure and Delegation| year=1994| doi=10.17487/RFC1591| last1=Postel| first1=J.}}</ref> which specifies MP as the two letter designation for the [[Northern Mariana Islands]].

== Official registry site ==
Domain name registry services for .mp domains are operated by Saipan DataCom, a local ISP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saipan.com/business.html#computers|title=Saipan.Com - The CNMI's First and Best ISP [Main]|website=www.saipan.com|accessdate=Feb 22, 2019|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113122406/http://www.saipan.com/business.html#computers|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=iana-db-mp>{{cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/mp.html |website=IANA |title=.mp Domain Delegation Data  |access-date=2009-05-21}}</ref> Domains with four or more characters may be purchased for $20.  Premium domains under four characters range in price, with two-character domains running $5,000 for a three-year registration. There are some sites related to the Northern Mariana Islands under third-level domains '''.gov.mp''' and '''.co.mp'''.

== Whois services ==
The MP Domain does not have public whois services available. Saipan DataCom will provide whois data in cases of potential trademark infringement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/a113f72b-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e/ |title=Privacy a top priority in Saipan DataCom's .mp top-level domain |newspaper=Saipian Tribune |date=Nov 5, 2004}}</ref> Although ICANN documents specify whois.nic.mp<ref name=iana-db-mp/> as of July 2018 this host does not resolve.

==Chi.mp==
[[Saipan DataCom]] formerly operated chi.mp, a content hub and identity management platform providing .mp domains and websites. Old free .mp registrations provided earlier by chi.mp were terminated without a notice and the chi.mp web site has been defunct since at least May 2013{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}. As of August 2021 get.mp is offering chi.mp for sale for $20,000.00.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://get.mp/domains/search?domain=chi.mp | title=DotMP}}</ref> [[Mailchimp]] uses .mp as a [[domain hack]] (mailchi.mp) to redirect to its main website.

== Notes and references ==
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== See also ==
*[[Internet in the United States]]
*[[Internet in the Northern Mariana Islands]]
*[[.us]]

== External links ==
* [https://get.mp/ get.mp Registry]
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/mp.html IANA Delegation Record for .mp]
* [https://get.mp/docs Registry Terms and Privacy]
* List of [https://www.google.com/search?q=site:co.mp+OR+site:gov.mp gov.mp and co.mp] domains in Google's index.

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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1996]]

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