About Courthology

What Courthology is

Courthology helps individuals and organizations obtain and keep their own domain name. We do this in three ways: sponsored domain registrations for approved applicants, plain-language education about domains, DNS, websites and email, and practical support with setup. Our tagline is a summary of the idea: a place for everyone on the internet.

Mission

To make digital identity accessible by helping individuals and organizations overcome the financial and technical barriers associated with obtaining and maintaining domain names.

Vision

A world where everyone with an idea has the opportunity to establish a home on the internet.

Guiding principles

• Respect. The people we serve are builders, not cases. We ask only what we need and explain why we ask it.
• Honesty. We label results truthfully, state costs plainly, and never present a domain as yours until a registrar confirms it.
• Ownership. We favour arrangements that give people real control over their digital identity, including the ability to transfer.
• Stewardship. Funding entrusted to us is spent carefully, recorded accurately, and directed where it removes a genuine barrier.
• Clarity. We write for people encountering this for the first time, without talking down to anyone.

Program approach

Our program is built around a simple journey: search, apply, review, register, set up, and renew. A provider-independent technology platform lets us work with registrars where their terms and interfaces allow, and to add new extensions as the program grows. A person reviews every application. Registration status in our system changes only when a registrar confirms an event, and every decision is recorded in an audit trail.

Commitment to responsible stewardship

We keep a ledger of the funding we receive and how it is allocated to registrations and renewals. We publish impact only from recorded events, never from estimates. We do not claim tax-exempt status, endorsements or partnerships that have not been confirmed, and we keep our policies up to date with how the program actually operates.