Originally Posted by SallyRand

The original intent of the .org TLD was for use by non-profits, charities, etc but has essentnially been unrestricted in its use. I have heard of several getting pulled due to being used for commercial for-profit businesses but that may have been due the close similarity to other legtimate non-profit's .orgs.

The public perception is that .orgs are genearlly non-profit, charities or educationl, so commercial use of a .org might create and unwanted inmage the the eyes of the surfers.