.sh domain availability checker
The .sh domain is a country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Saint Helena, operated by Internet Computer Bureau (NIC.SH) and introduced in 1997.
Check whether any .sh domain is available, with bulk lookups and WHOIS records for taken names. Type just the name and Naked Whois appends .sh automatically.
About .sh
.sh is the country-code TLD for Saint Helena, a remote British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic with a population of about 4,000. Registration is open globally with no local-presence requirement, and the registry has historically operated under the same management group that ran .io before its sale to Afilias.
Adoption is concentrated in two niches. Unix and shell-scripting projects use .sh as a literal nod to the .sh file extension. Switzerland-adjacent or German-speaking projects sometimes adopt it as a short alias for "Switzerland" (Schweiz), though the official Swiss ccTLD is .ch.
Pricing is in the higher tier of ccTLDs, reflecting the niche-but-brand-aware audience that registers there.