You get (50) fifty characters with AKC. Spaces between words, apostrophes and hyphens are counted. Per the AKC's website an additional fee will be incurred when more than (36) thirty-six characters are chosen, if this is the case that fee will have to be covered by the puppy buyer. You get (14) characters with ABCA. Your ABCA and AKC registration names do not have to match. All registrations will start with SWS at the beginning