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Overview of Domain Name Extensions

Registration

Extension Duration Money Back Grace Period? Country/Sponsor Specific Requirements Domain Name Length Name Servers required? Private Registration?
.COM 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 1 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.NET 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 1 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.ORG 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.INFO 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BIZ 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.MOBI 1 - 10 Years Associated website should be WAP enabled 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.NAME 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
CentralNic 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 64 Characters 1 - 13
.ASIA 1 - 10 Years CED Contact? to be based in DotAsia community 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.COOP 1 - 10 Years Need to associate two Sponsors in Coop community 3 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.IN 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.MN 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.BZ 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.CC 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 1 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.TV 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 1 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.EU 1 - 5 Years Registrant needs to be from EU? 2 - 63 Characters 1 - 9
.UK Only 2 Years Not Applicable 3 - 64 Characters
(including the extension)		 1 - 10
.US 1 - 10 Years Nexus Compliance? 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13
.WS 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable 4 - 63 Characters 1 - 13
.ME 1 - 10 Years Registrant for Third level .ME domain name needs
to be a Montenegrin individual/entity.		 3 - 63 Characters 2 - 13

 

Renewal

Extension Duration? Auto Renewal? Constraints
.COM 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.NET 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.ORG 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.INFO 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.BIZ 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.MOBI 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.NAME 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
CentralNic 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.ASIA 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.COOP 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.IN 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.MN 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.BZ 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.CC 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.TV 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.EU 1 - 5 Years

Not Applicable
.UK Only 2 Years

Domain name can be Renewed anytime from 6 months before its Expiry, upto 97 days after its Expiry.
.US 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable
.WS 1 - 10 Years

Renewal before expiry is highly recommended.
.ME 1 - 10 Years Not Applicable

 

Transfer

Extension Registration Term extended by Domain Secret/Auth Code? Constraints
.COM 1 year 1 - 32 Characters Not Applicable
.NET 1 year 1 - 32 Characters Not Applicable
.ORG 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.INFO 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.BIZ 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.MOBI 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.NAME 1 year 1 - 32 Characters Not Applicable
CentralNic 1 year 6 - 48 Characters Not Applicable
.ASIA 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.COOP 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.IN 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.MN 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.BZ 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.CC 1 year 1 - 32 Characters Not Applicable
.TV 1 year 1 - 32 Characters Not Applicable
.EU 1 year Not Applicable Expiry date is extended by one year from the date of Transfer and not from the old Expiry date.
.UK Not Applicable Not Applicable Transfer does not include one year Renewal.
.US 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable
.WS 1 year Not Applicable Not Applicable
.ME 1 year 6 - 16 Characters Not Applicable

 

Restoration

Extension Supported? Grace Period
.COM 30 Days
.NET 30 Days
.ORG 30 Days
.INFO 30 Days
.BIZ 30 Days
.MOBI 30 Days
.NAME NA
CentralNic 45 Days
.ASIA 30 Days
.COOP NA
.IN 30 Days
.MN 30 Days
.BZ 30 Days
.CC 30 Days
.TV 30 Days
.EU 40 Days
.UK NA
.US 30 Days
.WS NA
.ME 30 Days

 

Other Operations

Extension Child Name Servers? Locking? Suspension? Contact details modification? Move Operation?
.COM Unlimited No Restriction
.NET Unlimited No Restriction
.ORG Unlimited No Restriction
.INFO Unlimited No Restriction
.BIZ Unlimited No Restriction
.MOBI Unlimited No Restriction
.NAME Unlimited Registrant details cannot be modified during the Add Grace Period.
CentralNic Unlimited No Restriction
.ASIA 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.
.IN Unlimited No Restriction
.MN Unlimited No Restriction
.BZ Unlimited No Restriction
.CC Unlimited No Restriction
.TV Unlimited No Restriction
.EU 1 - 9 Registrant Name\Company modification? is a billable action.

Registrations Term? is extended by one year from the date of Trade.
.UK 1 - 10 Registrant Name\Company modification? is a billable action.
.US Unlimited No Restriction
.WS Unlimited No Restriction
.ME Unlimited No Restriction
 

Created on:   Jun 18, 2008 9:16 AM  GMT
Last Updated on:   Nov 7, 2008 9:39 AM  GMT
 
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