Type
Country code (Brazil)
All TLDs / .com.br
.com.br — should you use it?
Country code (Brazil), used generically · introduced 1989
The short answer
Brazil runs on .com.br — for the Brazilian market it's not optional, it's table stakes.Why it works
- Absolute default in Brazil
- Cheap
- Registro.br is a well-run registry
Why it might not
- Requires CPF/CNPJ (Brazilian tax ID)
- Irrelevant outside Brazil
The longer take
Brazilian consumers treat non-.com.br domains with suspicion. The CPF/CNPJ requirement means you need a local entity or person — plan for it.
Where .com.br ranks
Straight answers about .br
- Will using a non-.com domain hurt my Google rankings?
- Starting an app in Brazil: should you use .com.br or .com?
- Can I register a .de or .ca domain if I don't live in that country?
.br and Brazil
.br is the country-code top-level domain assigned to Brazil, administered by the registry Comite Gestor da Internet no Brasil.
.br is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Brazil. It was administered by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee until 2005 when it started being administered by Brazilian Network Information Center. A local contact is required for any registration. Registrations of domain names with Portuguese characters are also accepted.
Source: Wikipedia — .br (CC BY-SA)