Practical use for a .link domain: Creating a branded domain for shortening a URL and sharing on social media. You could track conversions and click-throughs.
Impractical use: Starting a message board to talk about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: LINK organisation: Uniregistry, Corp. address: Governors Square, Unit 3-110 address: 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue address: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands address: PO Box 1361, George Town, KY1-1108 address: Cayman Islands contact: administrative name: Frank Schilling organisation: Uniregistry, Corp. address: Governors Square, Unit 3-110 address: 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue address: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands address: PO Box 1361, George Town, KY1-1108 address: Cayman Islands phone: +1.3457496263 fax-no: +1.3457466263 e-mail: contact@uniregistry.com contact: technical name: Francisco Obispo organisation: Uniregistry Inc. address: Governors Square, Unit 3-110 address: 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue address: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands address: PO Box 1361, George Town, KY1-1108 address: Cayman Islands phone: +1.3457496263 fax-no: +1.3457466263 e-mail: ops@uniregistry.com nserver: NS1.UNIREGISTRY.NET 2620:57:4000:1:0:0:0:1 64.96.1.1 nserver: NS2.UNIREGISTRY.INFO 64.96.245.53 nserver: NS3.UNIREGISTRY.NET 185.159.197.3 2620:10a:80aa:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: NS4.UNIREGISTRY.INFO 185.159.198.3 2620:10a:80ab:0:0:0:0:3 ds-rdata: 16378 5 1 4BAC0A7FB788380C75B12257AF422CF2F32EE828 ds-rdata: 16378 5 2 22F61A68A2F1BFE7A3B8A71DE8DB12BAC9A51D98D8D1F44C1717396E395C180B ds-rdata: 33631 5 1 3B75B8FA70D02DD2318B92DBAF7C19E97227CBD3 ds-rdata: 51802 5 2 2D24B7DF7EFCB55786172F5927D12F15FBB5905EC98C9FAB2525A9015119DF29 ds-rdata: 51802 5 1 4F1558597AEC14F10D869F5F43D4905CDF6189DF ds-rdata: 33631 5 2 98C5361E319C349C3135070138A0A8B34D5CA3CFFE87B3D27294E313E696F101 whois: whois.uniregistry.net status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://uniregistry.link created: 2014-01-09 changed: 2018-06-06 source: IANAShow More