.st

Introduced	7 November 1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Bahnhof ST Registry
Sponsor	Tecnisys
Intended use	Entities connected with  São Tomé and Príncipe
Actual use	Used in São Tomé and Príncipe, but marketed worldwide for various purposes
Registration restrictions	None
Structure	Registrations are made directly at the second level
Documents	Terms and Conditions
Dispute policies	The registry obeys court orders, and judges disputes themselves for a fee
Registry website	.ST registry

.st is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for São Tomé and Príncipe. The code is marketed worldwide as an abbreviation for various entities.

Second-level domains

Registrations are taken directly at the second level, but some names have been reserved for use in specialized third-level registrations (though not all of these are actually in use at present):^{[1][additional citation(s) needed]}

• nic.st: Official ST domain registry (older: registry.st)
• gov.st: Government of São Tomé and Príncipe
• saotome.st: Island of São Tomé
• principe.st: Island of Príncipe
• consulado.st: São Tomé and Príncipe consulates
• embaixada.st: São Tomé and Príncipe embassies
• org.st: non-profit organisations
• edu.st: educational institutions
• net.st: network providers/operators, ISPs
• com.st: commercial entities
• store.st
• mil.st: Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe
• co.st

Other uses

The .st domain is being marketed as a general-use domain, with a number of meanings suggested, including the abbreviation of "street", "state", short for "Star Trek" and more. The .st domain is also commonly used to create domain names that spell words ending in st, such as bur.st or ho.st. It is used for URL shortening domains like The Washington Post's wapo.st, and PlayStation's play.st.

Smalltalk

The Smalltalk programming language uses the .st extension, and several websites about it use the .st domain.

Styria

The state of Styria, in Austria, has ST as its unofficial but common abbreviation. Therefore, the .st extension is used by some small businesses located in Styria.^[2]

South Tyrol

Also some registrations in South Tyrol, an autonomous, chiefly German-speaking Italian province, use the .st extension to abbreviate Südtirol, its German name.

Stockholm

There is limited usage of .st in Stockholm, Sweden, by smaller businesses and private people. Falck Emergency in Stockholm uses^[when?] .st for all their employees in the ambulance service of the Swedish capital Stockholm. Since 2018 the city has its own top level domain, .stockholm.^[3]

Telstra

Australia's Telstra, uses tel.st as a shortcut to its main website. The shortcut is occasionally used for marketing purposes.

Australia Post

Australia Post uses mypo.st as a shortcut to its site when sending SMS alerts.

Washington Post

The U.S. newspaper The Washington Post uses wapo.st (along with wapo.com) as a shortcut redirect to their main URL washingtonpost.com