.sh domain name checker
.sh is the country-code TLD of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Developers like it as a nod to shell scripts, and it's popular for CLIs, infrastructure tools and install scripts.
Type the full domain, like yourname.sh. You’ll also see the same name across 100+ other TLDs.
.sh at a glance
- Type
- Country-code TLD (ccTLD) of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Best for
- CLIs, infra, dev tools
- How we check
- Registry RDAP where the registry publishes it, DNS otherwise. Each result says which one answered.
Worth knowing
- Operated by Identity Digital, the same operator as .io and .ac.
- Great for domain hacks: words ending in "sh" (push, crash, fresh) can use the TLD as their last two letters.
- Usually priced above .com. Compare renewal prices.