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Overview of TLDs (Domain Name Extensions)

Registration (Anchor: reg)












TLD Duration (Years) Money Back Grace Period (Days) See details Country / Sponsor Specific Requirements Domain Name Length Name Servers Required for Zone Delegation See details 60 Day Transfer Lock IDN Support
.ASIA 1 - 10 CED Contact See details to be based in DotAsia community 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.AT 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 8
.AU 2

.AU domain names are only available for registration to Australian entities or companies incorporated in
Australia. See details

2 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BIZ 1 - 10 None 1 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BR 1 - 10 .BR domain names are only available for registration to individuals or companies based in
Brazil. See details
3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BZ 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.CA 1 - 10 Canadian presence required for any Contact assigned as the Registrant. See details 2 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.CC 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.CN 1 -10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 6
.CO 1 - 5 Registration of .ORG.CO, .EDU.CO, .MIL.CO, .GOV.CO domain names is restricted. See details 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.CO.DE 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.COM 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.COM.DE 1 - 10 German presence required for either Registrant or Admin Contact. 3 - 64 Characters 1 - 13
.COOP 1 - 10 Need to associate one Sponsor in COOP community 1 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.DE 1 German presence required for either Registrant or Admin Contact. See details 1 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.ES 1 - 5 The Registrant Contact of a .ES domain name may either be a natural person/individual or a company. However, the Admin, Technical and Billing Contacts must
be natural persons/individuals only. See details
3 - 63 Characters 2 - 7
.EU 1 - 10 Registrant needs to be from EU See details 2 - 63 Characters 1 - 9
.HN 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.IN 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.IN.NET 1 - 10 None 3 - 64 Characters 1 - 13
.INFO 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.JOBS 1 - 10 Registration requests will be verified by the Registry, prior to domain name activation. 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.ME 1 - 10 Registrant for Third level .ME domain name needs

to be a Montenegrin individual/entity.
3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.MN 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.MOBI 1 - 10 Associated website should be WAP enabled 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.MX 1 - 6 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.NAME 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.NET 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.NL 1 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.NZ 1 - 10 None 1 - 63 Characters 2 - 10
.ORG 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.PRO 1 - 10 None 4 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.PW 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.RU 1 None 2 - 64 Characters 2 - 13
.SC 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.SHABAKA 1 - 10

None

3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.SX 1 - 10

None

3 - 63 Characters 2 - 10
.TEL 1 - 10 None 2 - 63 Characters 5
.TV 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.UK 1 - 10 None 6 - 64 Characters for .co.uk/.me.uk TLDs (including the TLD) See details

7 - 64 Characters for .org.uk TLD (including the TLD) See details

1 - 13
.US 1 - 10 Nexus Compliance See details 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.VC 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.WEB.IN 1 - 10 None 3 - 64 Characters 2 - 13
.WS 1 - 10 None 4 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.XXX 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
CentralNic Domains 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
Donuts Domains 1 - 10 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Rightside / Demand Media 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Afilias gTLD Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Famous Four 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
PIR gTLD Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Uniregistry 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Minds and Machines 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
ZACR 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2- 13
ARI Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
CentralNIC gTLD Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Radix Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Neustar Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
Verisign New gTLD Domains 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BHARAT 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BERLIN 1- 10 years 4 Yes (City should be berlin) 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.QUEBEC 1- 10 years 4 None 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13

Renewal (Anchor: ren)















TLD Duration (Years) See details Auto Renewal See details Renewal Grace Period (Days) Constraints / Notes
.ASIA 1 - 10 None
.AT 1 - 10 None
.AU 2

You may Renew your .AU domain name anytime from 90 days prior to it's Expiry until days after it Expires.

.BIZ 1 - 10 None
.BR 1 - 10 None
.BZ 1 - 10 None
.CA 1 - 10 None
.CC 1 - 10 None
.CN 1 - 10 None
.CO 1 - 5 .EDU.CO, .MIL.CO, .GOV.CO domain names are automatically renewed for a period of 5 years post their Expiry.
.CO.DE 1 - 10 None
.COM 1 - 10 None
.COM.DE 1 - 10 None
.COOP 1 - 10 None
.DE 1

A .DE domain name will Expire on the 5th last day of the Expiry month, upon Registration, Renewal or Transfer.

Example:

If yourdomain.de is registered on January 1, 2011, it's Expiry Date becomes January 27, 2012 as the Registration term is 1 year and the 5th last day of January 2012 is January 27.

.DE domain names should be Renewed prior to their Expiry date. Upon Expiry of a .DE domain name:

  • you will no longer be able to manage your .DE domain name with .

  • your .DE domain name will be transferred directly under the .DE Registry (DENIC) and you will receive instructions from DENIC for managing your domain name with them.

.ES 1 - 5 None
.EU 1 - 10

A .EU domain name registered before 15 September, 2014 will expire on the second last day of the month it was registered in and will be Deleted, if not Renewed

A .EU domain name registered after 15 September, 2014 will expire at the end of its registration term (on the same day) and will be Deleted, if not Renewed.

.HN 1 - 10 None
.IN 1 - 10 None
.IN.NET 1 - 10 None
.INFO 1 - 10 None
.JOBS 1 - 10 None
.ME 1 - 10 None
.MN 1 - 10 None
.MOBI 1 - 10 None
.MX 1 - 6 None
.NAME 1 - 10 None
.NET 1 - 10 None
.NL 1 You can not Renew your .NL domain name until 60 days prior to its Expiry.
.NZ 1 - 10 None
.ORG 1 - 10 None
.PRO 1-10 None
.PW 1 - 10 None
.RU 1 You can not Renew your .RU domain name until 60 days prior to it's Expiry.
.SC 1 - 10 None
.SHABAKA 1 - 10 None
.SX 1 - 10 None
.TEL 1 - 10 None
.TV 1 - 10 None
.UK 1 - 10 Domain name can be Renewed anytime before its Expiry, upto 90 days after its Expiry.
.US 1 - 10 None
.VC 1 - 10 None
.WEB.IN 1 - 10 None
.WS 1 - 10 Renewal before expiry is highly recommended.
.XXX 1 - 10 None
CentralNic Domains 1 - 10 None
Donuts Domains 1 - 10 None
Rightside / Demand Media 1 - 10 36 None
Afilias gTLD Domains 1 - 10 36 None
Famous Four 1 - 10 36 None
PIR gTLD Domains 1 - 10 36 None
Uniregistry 1 - 10 36 None
Minds and Machines 1 - 10 36 None
ZACR 1 - 10 36 None
ARI Domains 1 - 10 36 None
CentralNic gTLD Domains 1 - 10 36 None
Radix Domains 1 - 10 36 None
Neustar Domains 1 - 10 36 None
Verisign New gTLD Domains 1 - 10 36 None
.BHARAT 1- 10 36 None
.BERLIN 1- 10 36 None
.QUEBEC 1 - 10 36 None

Transfer (Anchor: trf)












TLD Registration Term Extended By (Years) Domain Secret / Auth Code Length See details Constraints / Comments 60 Day Transfer Lock
.ASIA 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.AT 1 None None
.AU 0 6 - 32 Characters Transfer is free of cost.
.BIZ 1 6 - 16 Characters 1 and 2 character domain names can also be transferred in.
.BR 0 8 - 32 Characters Transfer is free of cost.
.BZ 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.CA 1 6 - 16 Characters Only Domain Transfer Secret / Authorization Code needed to Transfer a .CA domain name.
.CC 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.CN 1 1 - 16 Characters Transfer not possible if there are less than 15 days to domain name Expiry.
.CO 1 6 - 16 Characters .ORG.CO, .EDU.CO, .MIL.CO, .GOV.CO domain names can not be transferred
.CO.DE 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.COM 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.COM.DE 1 6 - 48 Characters None
.COOP 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.DE 1 8 - 255 Characters Only Domain Transfer Secret / Authorization Code needed to Transfer a .DE domain name.
.ES 0 None Transfer is free of cost.
.EU 1 16 letters and digits separated by dashes, in the format XXXX-AAAA-BBBB-CCCC None
.HN 1 8 - 64 Characters None
.IN 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.IN.NET 1 6 - 48 Characters None
.INFO 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.JOBS 1 8 - 32 Characters Change of Registrant during Transfer will necessitate re-verification.
.ME 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.MN 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.MOBI 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.MX 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.NAME 1 1 - 32 Characters None
.NET 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.NL 1 12 Characters The Registration term gets extended by 1 year w.r.t. the date of Transfer.
.NZ 0 8 Characters

Transfer is free of cost.

Transfer not possible within the initial 5 days of Registration

.ORG 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.PRO 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.PW 1 6 - 48 Characters None
.RU 0 None

Transfer is free of cost.

Transfer involves submitting documentation to Registrar RU-Center

  • Transfer between Registrars:

    • 2nd Level .RU domain names: 30-Day Transfer Lock

    • 3rd Level .RU domain names: Can not be Transferred among Registrars

  • Transfer between Registrar RU-Center and any of their Partners: Both 2nd Level and 3rd Level .RU domain
    names can be Transferred without any restrictions.

.SC 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.SHABAKA 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.SX 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.TEL 1 1 - 16 Characters None
.TV 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.UK 0 None Transfer does not include one year Renewal.
.US 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.VC 1 6 - 16 Characters None
.WEB.IN None None None
.WS 1 1 - 30 Characters None
.XXX 1 6 - 16 Characters None
CentralNic Domains 1 16 - 48 Characters None
Donuts Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Rightside / Demand Media 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Afilias gTLD Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Famous Four 1 8 - 32 Characters None
PIR gTLD Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Uniregistry 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Minds and Machines 1 8 - 32 Characters None
ZACR 1 8 - 32 Characters None
ARI Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
CentralNIC gTLD Domains 1 16 - 48 Characters None
Radix Domains 1 16 - 48 Characters None
Neustar Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
Verisign New gTLD Domains 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.BHARAT 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.BERLIN 1 8 - 32 Characters None
.QUEBEC 1 8 - 32 Characters None

Restoration / Redemption Grace Period (Anchor: res)











TLD Supported See details Grace Period (Days)
.ASIA 30
.AT None
.AU None
.BIZ 30
.BR 90
.BZ 30
.CA 30
.CC 30
.CN 15
.CO 15
.CO.DE 30
.COM 30
.COM.DE 30
.COOP None
.DE None
.ES None
.EU 40
.HN 20
.IN 30
.IN.NET 5
.INFO 30
.JOBS 30
.ME 30
.MN 30
.MOBI 30
.MX 30
.NAME None
.NET 30
.NL 40
.NZ 90
.ORG 30
.PRO 30
.PW 30
.RU None
.SC 30
.SHABAKA 30
.SX 30
.TEL 30
.TV 30
.UK None
.US 30
.VC 30
.WEB.IN None
.WS 30
.XXX 30
CentralNic Domains 30
Donuts Domains 30
Rightside / Demand Media 30
Afilias gTLD Domains 30
Famous Four 30
PIR gTLDs 30
Uniregistry 30
Minds and Machines 30
ZACR 30
ARI Domains 30
CentralNIC gTLD Domains 30
Radix Domains 30
Neustar Domains 30
Verisign New gTLD Domains 30
.BERLIN 30
.QUEBEC 30

Other Operations (Anchor: oth)







TLD Child Name Servers See details Theft Protection / Locks See details Suspension See details Contact Details Modification See details Move Operation See details Privacy Protection See details
.ASIA Unlimited No Restriction
.AT Unlimited Name, Company and Country associated with a .AT Contact cannot be modified.
.AU Unlimited

Theft Protection:

Locks:

No Restriction
.BIZ Unlimited No Restriction
.BR Unlimited

Theft Protection:

Locks:

No Restriction
.BZ Unlimited No Restriction
.CA Unlimited

You can not modify the Registrant Contact's Name of a .CA domain name. If you wish to modify the Registrant Contact details of your .CA domain name, you need to instead create a new Contact and assign it as the Registrant Contact.

.CC Unlimited No Restriction
.CN Unlimited No
Restriction
.CO Unlimited No Restriction

(only for .CO, .COM.CO, .NET.CO, .NOM.CO)

.CO.DE Unlimited No Restriction
.COM Unlimited No Restriction
.COM.DE Unlimited No Restriction
.COOP Unlimited When a Registrant Contact Organization is changed, the Registry will review the new organization to ensure that it is an eligible co-op. Transfer to a non-eligible organization can result in
revocation of the domain.
.DE 2 - 13

The Registrant or the Administrative Contact of a .DE domain name needs to be from Germany. This implies that the country of either of these Contacts needs to be
Germany.

While modifying the Contact Details of a .DE domain name, the .DE Registry checks if the Name Servers used by the domain name contain a Zone for this domain name and the correct NS and A
Records. See details

.ES Unlimited
  • For Registrant Contact:

    • The Registrant Contact of a .ES domain name may either be a natural person/individual or a company.

    • You may neither modify any Contact Details nor select another Contact as the Registrant Contact, of a registered .ES domain name.

  • For Other Contacts:

    • The Admin, Technical and Billing Contacts must be natural persons/individuals only.

    • You may not modify any Contact Details. However, you may add another .ES Contact and select the same as
      either the Admin, Technical or Billing Contact.

  • Common: While adding a .ES Contact, you need to provide additional identification
    information. See details

.EU 1 - 9 No Restriction
.HN Unlimited No Restriction
.IN Unlimited No Restriction
.IN.NET Unlimited No Restriction
.INFO Unlimited No Restriction
.JOBS Unlimited Change of Registrant will necessitate re-verification.
.ME Unlimited No Restriction
.MN Unlimited No Restriction
.MOBI Unlimited No Restriction
.MX Unlimited No Restriction
.NAME Unlimited Registrant details can not be modified during the Add Grace Period.
.NET Unlimited No Restriction
.NL Unlimited Name, Company Name and the Legal Form associated with the Registrant Contact cannot be modified.
.NZ 1 - 8 No Restriction
.ORG Unlimited No Restriction
.PRO Unlimited No Restriction
.PW Unlimited No Restriction
.RU Unlimited Theft Protection:

Locks:

Modification of Name, Address, Organization and Other Details associated with a .RU domain name require documentation to be submitted to Registrar
RU-Center. See details

.SC Unlimited No Restriction
.SHABAKA Unlimited No Restriction
.SX 10 No Restriction
.TEL Not Supported When a .TEL domain name is registered, the system automatically creates an account for accessing the .TEL Hosting Control Panel and sends the login details to the
Registrant Contact. If moving of your .TEL domain name involves change of the Registrant Contact, then you need to also update the email address associated with the
.TEL Hosting Control Panel for this domain name. See details
.TV Unlimited No Restriction
.UK Unlimited Registrant Name/Company modification See details is a
billable action.
.US Unlimited No Restriction
.VC Unlimited No Restriction
.WEB.IN Not Supported No Restriction
.WS Unlimited No Restriction
.XXX Unlimited No Restriction
CentralNic Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Donuts Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Rightside / Demand Media Unlimited No Restriction
Afilias gTLD Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Famous Four Unlimited No Restriction
PIR gTLDs Unlimited No Restriction
Uniregistry Unlimited No Restriction
Minds and Machines Unlimited No Restriction
ARI Domains Unlimited No Restriction
CentralNIC gTLD Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Radix Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Neustar Domains Unlimited No Restriction
Verisign New gTLD Domains Unlimited No Restriction

Modifying the Whois (Contact Details) of Domain Names

Typically, Domain Name Contacts are of the following types:

  • Registrant Contact

  • Administrative Contact

  • Technical Contact

  • Billing Contact

In the system, Contacts are independent of a domain name. All contact information that you have used for registering any domain name, is maintained separately in a Contact database.
This allows you to re-use the contact information for any other domain name registration without having to fill in all the values again. Think of this as linking Contacts from your
Contact database to the domain names you register. Whenever you change any contact information in any Contact, it will automatically change that information in every domain name which uses
that contact information and reflect the same immediately in the Whois lookup results of your domain name.

Whenever you change the contact information of a Registrant Contact that is associated with a Domain Name the contact change has to be approved by both the losing and the gaining registrant. The changes can also be authorized by a Designated Agent

What is Designated Agent (DA)

The ICANN Transfer Policy allows the sponsoring registrar to serve as a Designated Agent (DA). The Designated Agent is specifically authorized by the Prior Registrant and New Registrant to make any change on its behalf, through consent that must be obtained from both individually at least once by the sponsoring registrar.

When modifying the name and/or company and/or email address details of the registrant, the user will be provided two options:

  1. Registrant Authorization not required -- Appoint Registrar as Designated Agent:

    Registrar acts as Designated Agent and authorizes the change request. Under this option, the registrant cannot opt out of the 60-day lock.
    If both the Prior Registrant and New Registrant authorized the registrar to serve as DA, the change request will apply immediately. If only one has authorized the registrar to serve as DA, the change will only occur after the Prior Registrant or New Registrant, whichever is required, consents to the requested change.

  2. Registrant Authorization required -- Maintain Status Quo:

    As it currently is handled now, the Prior Registrant and New Registrant receive email messages asking to approve the change to the Registrant contact.
    Option to opt out of 60-day lock will be provided to the registrant.

To Modify Contact Details for a Domain Name

Exceptions 

Note

The following instructions are not meant for modifying the Contact Details of:

  • .RU domain names

  • .UK domain names

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name whose Contact Details you wish to modify and proceed to the Order Information
    view. See details

    About Lock / Suspension 

    Note
    • If the domain name is Locked/Suspended, you will have to first get it Unlocked/Unsuspended it before proceeding further.

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed without
      Unlocking it.

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by , you need
      to get it Unlocked first. Contact us at .

    • For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or , it needs
      to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.

  2. Click the Contact Details link to proceed to the Contact Details view.

    About Contact Details View 

    Note
    • .CA domain names only have Registrant, Administrative and Technical Contacts. There is no Billing Contact.

    • In case of a .EU domain name, only the Registrant Contact information needs to be provided and hence, the Contact Details view will display only the Registrant Contact.
      However, the Whois Lookup results of a .EU domain name will also display an Onsite Contact and a Billing Contact. See details

    • .NL domain names only have Registrant, Administrative and Technical Contacts. There is no Billing Contact.

    • In case of a .NZ domain name, only the Registrant Contact information needs to be provided and hence, the Contact Details view will display only the Registrant Contact.
      However, the Whois Lookup results of a .NZ domain name will also display an Administrative Contact and a Technical Contact, which displays the same Contact Details as those of the Registrant
      Contact.

  3. Modify the details and click the Save Contact Details button to proceed to save the changes.

    • You may choose to use the the Registrant Contact Details for the Administrative, Billing & Technical Contact Details by selecting the Use same contact for Administrative, Billing & Technical details checkbox.

    Contact Modifications that trigger Change of Registrant verification 

    Note
    • Contact modifications to the following fields will trigger Change of Registrant verification and you will be provided with an additional step to complete contact modification:

      • Name

      • Company Name

      • Email Address

    • Modification to the Contact Details in these circumstances will present you with the following options:

      • Registrant authorization NOT required: You authorize the registrar to act as a designated agent on behalf of the registrant to approve the contact changes. A mandatory 60 day lock will be applied on the domain.

      • Mandatory registrant authorization required:The changes will be applied only post approval from the losing and the gaining
        registrant. You have an option to opt out of the 60 day transfer lock if this option is selected

    • You may choose either of the options above and click the Save Contact Details button. Based on your preference the contact modification will go through immediately or will be pending registrant authorization. The 60-day lock will also be applicable based on the preference.

    Domain Name Extension Specific Contact Information 

    Note
    • The Modify Contact form supports the following, except for the Phone Number, Fax Number and Email Address fields:

      • Accented characters in case of the below Contact Types:

        • General Contact

          • Thin Registry - All characters

          • Thick Registry - A set of characters and this set varies from Registry to Registry

        • .CA Contact

        • .CO Contact

        • .COOP Contact

        • .DE Contact: This supports the following Latin-1 characters:

          ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬-®¯°±²³´?¶- ¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖרÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷øùúûüýþÿ

        • .ES Contact: This supports all UTF-8 characters.

          Additional Information

          List of UTF-8 Accented Characters

        • .EU Contact

      • Chinese characters in case of .CN Contact (Contact Type).

    • In case of a .CA (Anchor: caaddrules) domain name, the following is relevant:

      • A Registrant Contact can be either an Individual or a Company.

        In case the Registrant Contact is a Company, the Company name itself should be mentioned in the Name field of the Contact. The Company Name field can be filled in as N/A.

        Administrative and Technical Contacts can only be Individuals.

        There is no Billing Contact for a .CA domain name.

      • You can not modify the Registrant Contact's Name of a .CA domain name. If you wish to modify the Registrant Contact Details of your .CA domain name,
        you need to instead create a new Contact and assign it as the Registrant Contact.

      Additional Information

      .CA Domain Name Rules/Requirements

    • The following list displays the various types of .DE (Anchor: deaddrules) Contacts listed
      in our system and how they are displayed in the Whois of .DE domain names:

      .DE Contact Type displayed in the System

      .DE Contact Type displayed in the Whois

      Registrant

      Domain Holder

      Admin

      Administrative or admin-c

      Technical

      Technical or tech-c

      Billing

      Zone administrator or zone-c

      The Registrant or the Administrative Contact of a .DE domain name needs to be from Germany. This implies that the country of either of these Contacts
      needs to be Germany.

      The Name field of any .DE Contact can not be modified. If you wish to modify the Name, create another Contact and associate the same with your .DE domain
      name.

      While modifying the Contact Details of a .DE domain name, the .DE Registry checks if the Name Servers used by the domain name contain a Zone for this domain name and the correct NS
      Records.

      If the Name Servers fail to display the Zone file of your .DE domain name and/or display NS Records for the Name Servers, you will not be able to modify
      the Contact details of your .DE domain name. Moreover, you will be provided 30 days to correct this issue or else your domain name would get Deleted by DENIC.

      Once you have setup your .DE domain name's Zone correctly, you may click the Recheck Nameserver Status button in the Order Information view to confirm the same with the .DE Registry.

    • .ES (Anchor: esaddrules) domain names use an independent Contact database in the
      system. Contacts for .ES domain names are listed under .ES Contact.

      The following list displays the various types of .ES Contacts listed in our system and how they are displayed in the Whois of .ES domain names:

      .ES Contact Type displayed in the System

      .ES Contact Type displayed in the Whois

      Registrant

      Registrant

      Admin

      Admin

      Technical

      Tech

      Billing

      Billing

      Contact Details addition is restricted in the following ways:

      • For Registrant Contact:

        • The Registrant Contact of a .ES domain name may either be a natural person/individual or a company.

        • You may not modify through our system any Contact Details of the Registrant Contact, of a registered .ES domain name.

          Note

          If you wish to transfer the ownership of a .ES domain name to another entity, the transfer procedure needs to be followed. Once a request has been submitted at the Registry, you need to inform our Support Team at . This will enable us to track the request and update our database accordingly.

      • For Other Contacts:

        • The Admin, Technical and Billing Contacts must be natural persons/individuals only.

        • You may not modify any Contact Details. However, you may add another .ES Contact and select the same as
          either the Admin, Technical or Billing Contact.

    • In case of a .JOBS (Anchor: jobsaddrules) domain name, the following is relevant:

      • Modifying the Registrant Contact Organization for a .JOBS domain name will necessitate re-verification.

        A fee might apply depending on the situation; instances are handled on a case by case basis by the Registry Operator for .JOBS (Employ Media LLC). Registry Operator may be contacted directly at the time of the Registrant change to find out if there is going to be any fee.

      • You may modify the additional information associated with a .JOBS domain name, from this interface.

    • In case of a .NL (Anchor: nladdrules) domain name, the following is relevant:

      • There is no Billing Contact for a .NL domain name.

      • You can not modify the Registrant Contact's Name, Company Name or Legal Form. If you wish to modify the Registrant Contact Details of your .NL domain name,
        you need to instead create a new Contact and assign it as the Registrant Contact.

    • Modifying any information of the Registrant Contact for a .NZ (Anchor: nzaddrules)
      domain name will result in the change(s) being applied to all .NZ domain names using this Contact. This will also
      result in a new Unique Domain Authentication ID (UDAI) being generated for each affected domain name.

Contacts Management Independent of Domain Name 

Additional Information

Apart from the above process, Contacts can be created and managed independent of the domain name(s), directly from within the Customer Control
Panel
See details.




Contact Details Modification Errors and Domain Name Extension Specific Conditions 

Note
  • You will encounter the below error message in case the domain name is either:

    • Locked/Suspended at the Registry (and not under our system), or

    • a Transfer Away for the domain name to another Registrar is under process

    Attention

    Domain Status does not allow this operation.

  • If you wish to modify your domain name's Contact Details in these circumstances, you have the following solutions:

    • Lock/Suspension applied at the Registry: Contact our Support Team at to know the
      reason for Lock/Suspension and how this Lock/Suspension may be removed.

    • While a Transfer Away is under process:

      • Cancel the Transfer through the link listed in the email sent to the Registrant/Administrative Contact of the domain name and then perform the required
        modification, or

      • Wait for the Transfer to complete and then carry out the desired modification at the New Registrar.

  • While you may modify the Contact Details of a .AU domain name, you may not associate different Eligibility information for the Registrant Contact.

    Additional Information

    .AU Eligibility Information

  • Modification of Registrant Contact of a Third level .ME domain name would be allowed, only if the Registrant remains a Montenegrin individual or
    entity.

  • While modifying the Contact Details for a .US domain name, the system would collect additional Nexus information, if the same is not already associated with the new Registrant
    Contact. See details

Modifying CED Contact Details for a .ASIA domain name

At the time of registering a .ASIA domain name, you are required to designate a CED Contact.

About CED Contact 

Additional Information

CED Contact

In this regard,

  • you may choose either the Registrant, Admin, Technical or Billing Contact as the CED Contact, or

  • if none of these Contacts meet the CED requirement, you can use the CED Contact provided by . In this case, the Technical
    Contact provided by you gets replaced by the CED Contact. Due to this, information of the Technical Contact associated with such a .ASIA domain name cannot be modified.

To Modify the CED Contact associated with a .ASIA domain name

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name and proceed to the Order Information
    view. See details

    About .ASIA Lock / Suspension 

    Note

    If the domain name is Locked/Suspended, you will have to first get it Unlocked/Unsuspended it before proceeding further.

    For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed without
    Unlocking it.

    For Resellers: If the domain name is Locked by , you need
    to get it Unlocked first. Contact our Support Team at .

    For Resellers: If the domain name is Suspended by either you or , it needs
    to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed.

  2. Click the Contact Details link.

  3. The existing CED Contact is marked as (CED). Here, you may modify the CED Contact specific details.

    You may also select one of the other Contacts (Registrant, Administrative, Billing or Technical) as the CED Contact for the domain name. For this, click the specific Contact,
    select the Use this as your local Contact(CED) checkbox. If the newly selected Contact has never been used as a CED Contact before, you would be prompted to
    provide additional information, so as to declare that this Contact is a legal entity
    within the DotAsia Community. Provide the details.

    If you had chosen the CED Contact provided by during the registration of your .ASIA domain name, the
    newly selected CED Contact will now be listed as the Technical Contact for your domain name.

  4. Click the Save Contact Details button.

.ASIA CED Contact Modification Errors 

Note
  • You will encounter the below error message in case the domain name is either:

    • Locked/Suspended at the Registry (and not under our system), or

    • a Transfer Away for the domain name to another Registrar is under process

    Attention

    Domain Status does not allow this operation.

  • If you wish to modify your domain name's Contact Details in these circumstances, you have the following solutions:

    • Lock/Suspension applied at the Registry: Contact our Support Team
      at to know the
      reason for Lock/Suspension and how this Lock/Suspension may be removed.

    • While a Transfer Away is under process:

      • Cancel the Transfer through the link listed in the email sent to the Registrant/Administrative Contact of the domain name and then perform the required
        modification, or

      • Wait for the Transfer to complete and then carry out the desired modification at the New Registrar.

Changing Name Servers of a Domain Name

In order to host a website on your domain name, you will need to obtain the Name Servers from the Web Hosting company with whom you wish to host your website and point your
domain name to these Name Servers.

To Modify Name Servers of your Domain Name

  1. Contact your Web Hosting Company and find out from them the Name Servers you need to use.

    If you have purchased Web Hosting for your domain name through , then you need to set the Name Servers as specified
    by .

    Name Server Information 

  2. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  3. Search for the domain name and proceed to the Order Information
    view. See details

    About Lock / Suspension 

    Note

    If the domain name is Locked/Suspended by , you will have to first unlock/unsuspend it before proceeding
    further.

    Additional Information

    For Resellers:

  4. Click the Name Servers link.

  5. Enter upto 13 Name Servers and click Update Name Servers.

Note

Upon modifying your domain name's Name Servers, your website would begin appearing in a web browser, after about 24 to 48 hours (provided your Web Hosting package is properly setup and you
have uploaded the content of your website). This is a standard time-frame required for a process called as DNS Propagation to complete Worldwide. This process is not controlled by any one
ISP/company and therefore it can not be hastened.

Name Server Modification Related Errors 

Attention (Anchor: errors)
  • If the Name Server(s) you are submitting has/have not been registered with the Registry, you will encounter the below error message:

    Name server <nameserver> is not a valid name server

    Please contact your Web Hosting Company and ask them to provide Name Servers that are valid and registered with the Registry.

  • You will encounter the below error message in case you try to set only 1 Name Server for a domain name extension that requires a minimum of 2 Name Servers:

    There should be atleast 2 Nameserver(s)

  • You will encounter the below error message in case the domain name is Locked/Suspended at the Registry (and not in our system) or an outbound Transfer for the domain name to another
    Registrar is under process:

    Domain Status does not allow this operation.

    You may do the following to resolve either of these cases:

    • a lock/suspension at the Registry, contact our Support Team at to know the reason for lock/suspension and
      how the lock/suspension may be removed.

    • an outbound Transfer, you may

      • either cancel the Transfer through link listed in the email sent to the Registrant/Administrative Contact of the domain name and then perform the required Name Server
        modification, or

      • wait for the Transfer to complete and then carry out the desired Name Server modification at the New Registrar.




Name Server Caveats 

Note (Anchor: notes)
  • .AT domain names need a minimum of 2 Name Servers and can support a maximum of 8 Name Servers.

  • .CN (Anchor: cnrules) domain names support only upto 6 Name Servers. Therefore, you
    can not add more than 6 Name Servers for your .CN domain name.

  • Avoid assigning Name Servers such that a .COM and a .NET (Anchor: comrules) domain name depend
    upon each other for resolution, since such a configuration will not work.

    Example 1

    Lets consider the domain names yourdomainname.com and yourdomainname.net. You should not assign Name Servers to these domain names as indicated below:

    • yourdomainname.com: ns1.yourdomainname.net and ns2.yourdomainname.net as Name Servers

    • yourdomainname.net: ns1.yourdomainname.com and ns2.yourdomainname.com as Name Servers

    The above limitation, however, is not applicable to domain names under the same TLD (extension).

    Example 2

    Both the below-mentioned configurations will work properly:

    • Configuration I:

      • yourdomainname.com: ns1.yourdomainothername.com and ns2.yourotherdomainname.com as Name Servers

      • yourotherdomainname.com: ns1.yourdomainname.com and ns2.yourdomainname.com as Name Servers

    • Configuration II:

      • yourdomainname.net - ns1.yourdomainothername.net and ns2.yourotherdomainname.net as Name Servers

      • yourotherdomainname.net - ns1.yourdomainname.net and ns2.yourdomainname.net as Name Servers

  • Due to restrictions imposed by the .COM / .NET Registry, Name Servers under .IN.NET and certain CentralNic extensions such as .BR.COM cannot be associated with a .COM / .NET domain name.

  • Each .DE (Anchor: derules) domain name needs to have at least 2 Name Servers and can
    have upto 13 Name Servers. The limitation of supporting a maximum of 13 Name Servers is common for both Child Name Servers and Name Servers.

    Examples:

    • If you add 4 Name Servers for your .DE domain name, then you may now add only upto 9 Child Name Servers or Name Servers.

    • If you add 2 Name Servers and 2 Child Name Servers for your .DE domain name, then you may now add only upto 9 Child Name Servers or Name Servers.

    The IPv4 (IP) address associated with each Name Server of a .DE domain name needs to be unique.

    Example:

    If you wish to associate 4 Name Servers - ns1.hosting.com, ns2.hosting.com, ns3.hosting.com, ns4.hosting.com with your .DE domain name, then their individual IPv4 addresses need to be unique.

    You need to create a Zone for your .DE domain name on the Name Servers that you plan to use, prior to modifying them. These Name Servers should have the same Resource
    Records as the ones that you were using before.

    If the Name Servers you submit for your .DE domain name fails to display the Zone file of your .DE domain name and/or display NS Records for the Name Servers, you
    will not be able to modify Name Servers of your .DE domain name. Moreover, you will be provided 30 days to correct this issue or else your domain name would
    get Deleted by DENIC.

    Once you have setup your .DE domain name's Zone correctly, you may click the Recheck Domain Status button in the Order Information view to confirm the same with the .DE Registry.

    If you wish to modify/delete a Name Server of a .DE domain name, which appears to be the Child Name Server of the same .DE domain name, then you can not do so from this interface. This action is
    only possible from the Manage Child Name Servers interface.

    Example

    If you wish to modify/delete the Name Server ns1.yourdomainname.de of yourdomainname.de, then you will not be able to do so from this interface. This action is permissible from the
    Manage Child Name Servers interface only.

  • .ES domain names need a minimum of 2 Name Servers and can support a maximum of 7 Name Servers.

  • .EU (Anchor: eurules) domain names support only upto 9 Name Servers. Therefore, you
    can not add more than 9 Name Servers for your .EU domain name.

  • If you wish to modify/delete a Name Server of a .EU domain name, which appears to be the Child Name Server of the same .EU domain name, then you can not do so from this interface. This action is
    only possible from the Manage Child Name Servers interface.

    Example

    If you wish to modify/delete the Name Server ns1.yourdomainname.eu of yourdomainname.eu, then you will not be able to do so from this interface. This action is permissible from the
    Manage Child Name Servers interface only.

    In case of .EU domain names, all Child Name Servers that you create/add,
    are automatically associated with that .EU domain name as a Name Server. The maximum number of Name Servers that can be associated with any .EU domain name is 9. If you have already created any Child Name Servers under this .EU domain name, then the number of Name Servers that you may associate with the .EU domain name would reduce by that many.

    Additional Information

    Registering Child Name Servers

    Examples:

    • yourdomainname.eu

      Child Name Servers created: ns1.yourdomainname.eu and ns2.yourdomainname.eu

      These Child Name Servers get automatically added as Name Servers as well for this domain name: ns1.yourdomainname.eu and ns2.yourdomainname.eu

    • yourotherdomainname.eu

      Name Servers used: ns1.hostingprovider.com, ns2.hostingprovider.com

      Child Name Servers created: ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu, ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu

      These Child Name Servers get automatically added as Name Servers for this domain name: ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu, ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu

      So in all 4 Name Servers will be associated with yourotherdomainname.eu: ns1.hostingprovider.com, ns2.hostingprovider.com, ns1.yourotherdomainname.eu,
      ns2.yourotherdomainname.eu

      This means that now for the domain name yourotherdomainname.eu, you may only associate upto 5 other Name Servers since every time you create a Child Name Server,
      it gets automatically associated with the .EU domain name as a Name Server.

  • The total number of Name Servers and Child Name Servers taken together can not exceed 10, in case of .NZ
    (Anchor: nzrules) domain names.

    Examples

    • Consider a domain name yourdomain.co.nz with Name Servers as ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com. The total number of additional Name Servers that can be added under
      yourdomain.co.nz, taken together with Child Name Servers created under yourdomain.co.nz will be 8.

    • On a similar note, a domain name yourdomain.co.nz is using its own Child Name Servers ns1.yourdomain.co.nz and ns2.yourdomain.co.nz as its Name Servers as well. Here, the total number
      of additional Name Servers that can be added under yourdomain.co.nz, taken together with any new Child Name Servers created under yourdomain.co.nz will
      be 6.

  • If you wish to modify/delete a Name Server of a .RU domain name, which appears to be the Child Name Server of the same .RU domain name, then you can not do so from this interface. This action is
    only possible from the Manage Child Name Servers interface.

    Example

    If you wish to modify/delete the Name Server ns1.yourdomainname.ru of yourdomainname.ru, then you will not be able to do so from this interface. This action is permissible from the
    Manage Child Name Servers interface only.

  • .SX (Anchor: sxrules) domain names need a minimum of 2 Name Servers and can support a maximum of 10 Name Servers.

    In case of .SX domain names, all Child Name Servers that you create/add,
    are automatically associated with that .SX domain name as a Name Server. The maximum number of Name Servers that can be associated with any .SX domain name is 10. If you have already created any Child Name Servers under this .SX domain name, then the number of Name Servers that you may associate with the .SX domain name would reduce by that many.

    Additional Information

    Registering Child Name Servers

    Examples:

    • yourdomainname.sx

      Child Name Servers created: ns1.yourdomainname.sx and ns2.yourdomainname.sx

      These Child Name Servers get automatically added as Name Servers as well for this domain name: ns1.yourdomainname.sx and ns2.yourdomainname.sx

    • yourotherdomainname.sx

      Name Servers used: ns1.hostingprovider.com, ns2.hostingprovider.com

      Child Name Servers created: ns1.yourotherdomainname.sx, ns2.yourotherdomainname.sx

      These Child Name Servers get automatically added as Name Servers for this domain name: ns1.yourotherdomainname.sx, ns2.yourotherdomainname.sx

      So in all 4 Name Servers will be associated with yourotherdomainname.sx: ns1.hostingprovider.com, ns2.hostingprovider.com, ns1.yourotherdomainname.sx,
      ns2.yourotherdomainname.sx

      This means that now for the domain name yourotherdomainname.sx, you may only associate upto 6 other Name Servers since every time you create a Child Name Server,
      it gets automatically associated with the .SX domain name as a Name Server.

  • A .TEL (Anchor: telrules) domain name requires some specific Name Servers and these would be
    assigned by at the time of domain name registration
    itself. These Name Servers cannot be modified.

  • In case of .US (Anchor: usrules) domain names, all Name Servers must be using IP Addresses issued
    in the United States.

  • You may encounter a situation where you have modified the Name Servers of your Domain Name, and are viewing the cached results due to the DNS propagation delay. This issue can be addressed through the hosts file.

    Additional Information

    Modifying the hosts file

Listing, Searching and Managing Domain Registration Orders

In order to manage your domain names, you need to search for them from within your Control Panel with , and access
their Order Information view.

To List/Search and Manage Domain Registration Orders

  1. Login to your Control Panel:

    For Resellers: See details

    For Customers: See details

  2. Next, click

    For Resellers: Products -> List All Orders.

    For Customers: Manage Orders -> List/Search Orders.

  3. Search for the Domain Registration Order(s) by selecting Domain Registration under the For Product drop-down menu.

    Note
    • To search for Domain Registration Orders affected by the Registrant Contact email verification process, select Domain Registration under the For Product drop-down menu.

      Here,

      • To search for Orders for which the Registrant Contact email address verification is pending, select Pending under the Verification Status drop-down menu.

      • To search for Orders which have been deactivated due to non-verification of the Registrant Contact email address, select Suspended under the Verification Status drop-down menu.

    • For Resellers:

      • You may search for Domain Registration Orders belonging to your Sub-Resellers by selecting the Include Sub-Reseller's results
        check box.

      • To search for deleted Domain Registration Orders, point to Products -> Domain Registration in the Menu and then click Search.

        Here,

        • To search for Orders deleted in the past 30 days, select the Order Status as Deleted (in last 1 month).

        • To search for Orders deleted more than 30 days ago, select the Order Status as Deleted Archived.

  4. On the next page, you would see a list of all your Domain Registration Orders bought through . Click any domain name to reach its Overview.

  5. Click the Domain Registration tab to reach the Order Information view, from where you can perform any modifications to the Order.

Additional Information

For Resellers: You can also use the Search Bar on the Control Panel home page to bring up the Order Information view for a Domain Registration Order. This Search Bar will also be available on the topmost menu bar, in every page of the Reseller Control Panel.

  1. Provide the domain name in the search field.

  2. Select Order from the drop-down menu.

  3. Click the Search button.

  4. On the next page, click the Domain Registration tab.

Domain Names

A Domain Name is a textual version of an IP Address, the number that points to a particular website. For example, the number 206.190.60.37 is the IP Address for yahoo.com. Each domain name on the Internet corresponds to such numbers.

Without domain names, each and every website would have to be recalled by a number like this, similar to the telephone system, but much more difficult to remember. For this reason, domain names were introduced, and have made navigation on the net much simpler.