Germany's ccTLD The administrative contact must have a street address or P.O. box within Germany. .DE names require a minimum of 2 name servers. Please review our Registration Agreement for .DE specific legal information.
.EU
1-2 yrs
To register a .EU domain name, you must meet one of the following requirements: i) Undertakings having their registered office, central administration or principal place of business within the European community; ii) Organisations established within the European Community without prejudice to the application of national law; iii) Natural persons resident within the European Community for .EU specific legal information.
.GS
1-10 yrs
WHOIS changes must be made at the Registry.
.IN
EPP
1-5 yrs
Top level domain for India. Anyone in the world can register a .in name.
.INFO
EPP
1-10 yrs
The first unrestricted top-level domain since .com, .info domains are available to the general public.
.JP
1-10 yrs
Japanese address requirements. Multilingual names will not be supported.
.MS
1-10 yrs
WHOIS changes must be made at the Registry.
.NAME
1-10 yrs
Available to the general public, .name email addresses are listed as
or
, while Web sites are listed as www.firstname.lastname.name. More info on .NAME.
.NET
Auto or Fax
1-10 yrs
Short for .network, this domain extension was originally designed to be used by technical Web sites. However, domains using this extension can be registered by anyone.
.UK.NET
2 yrs
2nd Level Domain for the United Kingdom. More info
The ccTLD for the country of Niue. There are no residency restrictions, these domains can be registered by anyone.
.ORG
EPP
1-10 yrs
Short for .organization. Originally designated for non-profit firms and any other organizations that did not fit under the .com or .net extension, any individual or business may now register a .org domain name.
Currently, contact information modifications are not immediate. .UK names require a minimum of 2 name servers. Name servers changes/updates may take up to half an hour. A renewal cannot be issued until at least five (5) months prior to the domain's expiration date and effects of a renewal do not occur instantly. Please review our Registration Agreement for .UK specific legal information.
The typical life cycle of a domain name can be unpredictable and difficult process to follow. Here we've tried to simplify what generally happens with COM, NET and ORG names to make it easier to understand.
This graphic gives you an idea of the steps involved and will help you understand what you need to do to acquire and protect domain names of value. Note that the times indicated are not always followed by all parties. For example, some names expire, but are not deleted from the registry for days or months afterward. Others are removed right away. This is one of the reasons it is so important to protect your name with an auto-renewal.
available
Five days after the end of the redemption period the domain name will be deleted from the registry and will be made available for anyone to register.
registration
A domain name may be registered for up to a ten year period. Even upon renewal the domain name registration period can not extend past a ten year period. .uk domain names can only be registered for two years at a time.
active
1 - 10 yrs
Original registrant receives renewal notices as expiration date approaches.
expired
29 days
No response from registrant. Registrar may send delete command to the registry at its discretion. Shortly after the domain name goes past its expiration date the domain name will be deactivated. All domain services including the web page and email will no longer work. The domain may be renewed during this period.
redemption
up to 90 days
After the 29 day "Expired" period, the name may go to the redemption tab for up to 90 days. The domain may be renewed by it's original owner by paying a service fee plus the normal renewal fees.
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