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# Example Domains

Source: https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains (www.iana.org)

## Claim 1 — Corroborated

> A number of domains such as example.com and example.org are maintained for documentation purposes.

- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example_domain) — supports — "The domains example.com, example.net, example.org and example.edu are intended for general use in any kind of documentation, such as technical and software documentation, manuals, and sample software configurations."
- [historyofdomainnames.com](https://historyofdomainnames.com/example-the-history-of-domain-names) — supports — "The second-level domain label example for the top-level domains com, net, and org, was reserved in 1999 by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 2606, Section 3, while it was reserved for the edu domain by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) since 2000."
- [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/style-and-grammar/formatting/example-values) — context — "IANA also maintains more example domains in their domain names documentation ↗︎."

History:
- 2026-10-16T03:09:14.375Z unverified · initial · [system]
- 2026-10-16T03:35:50.722Z unverified → corroborated · l3_supports · [system]

## Claim 2 — Corroborated

> These domains may be used as illustrative examples in documents without prior coordination with us.

- [example.re](https://example.re/) — context — "This domain is established to be purely used for illustrative examples. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission."
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example_domain) — supports — "The domains may be used in documentation without prior consultation with IANA or ICANN."
- [www.example.com](http://www.example.com/?aad=BAhJIkN7InR5cGUiOiJjb3Vyc2UiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiaWQiOjE0NTI1ODYyfQY6BkVU--6d53dac9e842261cb12f0030c0b4e1f2c7f6b574) — context — "This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission."

History:
- 2026-10-16T03:09:15.235Z unverified · initial · [system]
- 2026-10-16T03:35:52.491Z unverified → corroborated · l3_supports · [system]

## Claim 3 — Unverified

> They are not available for registration or transfer.

History:
- 2026-10-16T03:09:16.109Z unverified · initial · [system]

## Claim 4 — Unverified

> We provide a web service on the example domain hosts to provide basic information on the purpose of the domain.

- [kb.realtimeregister.com](https://kb.realtimeregister.com/article/231-create-transfer-domain-s) — context — "🔧 Provide registration information manually to request domain creates or transfers."
- [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/style-and-grammar/formatting/example-values) — context — "IANA also maintains more example domains in their domain names documentation ↗︎."
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example_domain) — context — "The domain names example.com, example.net, example.org, and example.edu are second-level domain names in the Domain Name System of the Internet."

History:
- 2026-10-16T03:09:16.979Z unverified · initial · [system]