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Both, and individuals and small firms are the more interesting audience. One large seller pitches the extension squarely at consultants winning clients rather than at schools, which is a fair reading of who actually benefits: an independent adviser, an executive coach or a boutique consultancy gets an address that signals postgraduate business credibility in three letters.

Business schools can use it too, and some register the name matching their own. What they rarely do is move their main site onto it, because an established school already has an institutional address that carries more weight.

No, a .mba domain requires no degree and nothing is checked when you buy one. The registry agreement carries an open registration commitment barring the operator from limiting eligibility by identity, and there is no credential clause anywhere in it.

This was demonstrated fairly publicly when a news organization with no business-school affiliation bought a .mba name matching a well-known university for the price of an ordinary domain, precisely to show that nothing stood in the way. That openness is worth knowing before you plan a name, because it means the address you want may already belong to someone with no connection to business education at all.

No, that claim circulates in reseller content and has no basis in the registry agreement. You may see it phrased as a requirement to be a graduate of an accredited business school, a current student or a recognized institution, and none of that appears in the contract or in any registry policy.

The sellers who describe the extension accurately say the opposite, stating plainly that it is open for general registration with no special eligibility limits. If a reseller tells you otherwise, treat it as marketing copy rather than a rule, and note that accreditation bodies such as AACSB impose nothing here either.

Yes, and a single program is one of the better fits. A .mba address gives one course, one cohort or one executive education offer its own home, which is useful when the program has its own branding, its own intake dates and an audience that is not the rest of your business.

Keep the address stable if the program repeats, because alumni, listings and referral links accumulate against it. A name built from the program rather than the year saves you rebuilding that every intake.

For a business course aimed at working professionals, yes, because .mba names the qualification and the audience in one go. .education is the broader word and covers everything from primary schooling to corporate training, which makes it safer but vaguer.

The trade is specificity against reach. .mba tells a visitor exactly what level you operate at and filters out everyone else, which is an advantage when your market is postgraduate business and a disadvantage the moment you add courses that are not MBA-related. .university is the option to compare if you are an institution rather than a program. A useful test: would you still want the address after adding a non-business course next year? If not, take the broader word.

Yes, and nothing stops you, since the extension is open and no qualification is verified. For someone who does hold the degree, a personal site on .mba is a compact way to signal it in the address itself rather than in a headline.

Be aware that the signal works only because most readers assume the claim is true. Since nothing is checked, the address proves nothing on its own, so the qualification still needs to appear properly on the page where anyone can verify it.

Short and recognizable .mba names, and particularly ones matching a well-known institution, are classified as premium by the registry and carry their own price. One such name has been reported on offer in the tens of thousands of dollars, which is a registry valuation rather than a seller markup.

Ordinary names sit at a normal mid-tier price with a promotional first year. If the name you want carries a premium, a qualifier in front of it usually returns you to standard pricing, and a more specific address often reads better for a program anyway.

Not by itself, and that is the honest answer. Because nothing is verified at registration, a .mba address is a description rather than a credential, and a reader who knows how domains work will not treat it as proof of anything.

What it does well is set expectations fast. It tells a visitor within three characters that the subject is postgraduate business, which is worth something in a crowded consulting market. Let the address position you and let the page do the proving.