IANA · RFC 2606 §3 · Reserved

Why this domain is reserved

This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations. example.org, example.com and example.net are guaranteed never to be delegated as live production names.

Canonical record: iana.org/domains/example

When to use which

DomainUse forNote
example.comCommercial docs, tutorials, marketing mockupsDefault choice
example.netNetworking / infrastructure examplesSame reservation
example.orgNon-profit / open-source documentationYou are here — canonical reference

Copy-paste examples

HTML
<a href="https://example.org">Learn more</a>
Markdown
[Learn more](https://example.org)
cURL
curl -I https://example.org
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