# What is Communiteq.org? (.org not .com)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-communiteq-org-org-not-com/30554>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [Junho 28, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-communiteq-org-org-not-com/30554 "2015-06-28T19:06:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![KajMagnus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kajmagnus/32/49264_2.png) [@KajMagnus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KajMagnus)\
**Post date:** [Junho 28, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-communiteq-org-org-not-com/30554/1 "2015-06-28T19:06:16Z")

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**Edit:** The owner of the `.org` site writes below that it was a demo project and he’s taking it offline. See [https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-[Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-%5BCommuniteq%5D(https://www.communiteq.com)) (formerly DiscourseHosting)-org-org-not-com/30554/3 — so it was a well intended site then, and my thoughts below were wrong **/Edit**

There is [https://www.communiteq.com](https://www.communiteq.com) which I think people know about already, but there is also [http://www.discoursehosting.org](http://www.discoursehosting.org). I’m thinking that the latter site, which ends with `.org` not `.com`, is not a serious hosting provider and perhaps they would steal people’s money? They bought their domain in 2014, more than one year later than `.com`, but still opted for the almost same domain name.

No one uses `www.discoursehosting.org` right, and you too think it’s a scam? (But many people like `www.[Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting)` (with `com`) I suppose.)

So this is what happens if one doesn’t buy the `com` domain name, only buys `.org`? I actually once went to `.org` and thought “oh they’ve remade their website and now they require people to pay up front, they’ve removed the trial period”. This was before I had become aware about both the `org` and `com` versions, and I had typed `...org` in the address bar.

Edit: Now I googled for the person who has registered the `.org` and seems he’s a real person. I am confused.

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