.DE Domain Name Rules/Requirements

Domain Name related Rules

Common Domain Name Rules ^{(Anchor: common)}

• Answerable.com provides 2nd Level Domain Registration services under .DE.

• Answerable.com supports Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) .DE Registration, Renewal and Transfer.

  The list of allowed IDN characters are:

  áà?âåäã??æ????ç??éè?ê?ë?????????íì?îï????????????ñ??óò?ôö?õø?oe??????š????úù?û?ü?????ý?ÿ?ž?ðþ

• As Registration, Renewal and Transfer includes a 1 year Renewal term it needs to be paid for, prior to completion.

• A .DE domain name will Expire on the 6th last day of the Expiry month, upon Registration, Renewal or Transfer.

  Examples:

  • If yourdomain.de is registered on January 1, 2011, it's Expiry Date becomes January 26, 2012 as the Registration term is 1 year and the 6th last day of January 2012 is January 27.

  • If yourdomain.de is registered on January 31, 2011, it's Expiry Date becomes January 26, 2012 as the Registration term is 1 year and the 6th last day of January 2012 is January 27.

• .DE domain names should be Renewed prior to their Expiry date. Upon Expiry ^{(Anchor: expiry)} of a .DE domain name:

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

  • your .DE domain name will be transferred directly under the .DE Registry (DENIC). This process is called Domain Transit.

    once your domain name has Transited to DENIC, the Registrant contact will receive instructions via postal mail from DENIC, for managing your .DE domain name with them.

    About Domain Transit 

    Additional Information

    What happens when your .DE domain name is Transited to DENIC?

    FAQs about Domain Transit

    Domain Transit Service Center

• Domain Theft Protection feature is not available for .DE domain names.

  Additional Information

  Protecting/Locking a Domain Name

• You may Move (push) your .DE domain name to any other Customer Account.

  The Customer you are moving your .DE domain name to, should have a .DE Contact with either the Registrant or the Administrative Contact with the country as Germany.

• If for any reason you need to Delete your domain name, the Registrant Contact needs to contact our Support Team at http://www.answerable.com/content.php?action=mypages&page=support-center.html and submit the request via email or FAX.

  Note

  It is mandatory for the Registrar to record any Deletion request of the Registrant, prior to complying.

• Upon deletion, the .DE domain name enters Redemption Grace Period.

  Additional Information

  What is Redemption Grace Period

Domain Name Registration ^{(Anchor: reg)}

• A .DE domain name can be Registered for only 1 year.

• A .DE domain name does not have any Money Back Grace Period.

• The Bulk Registration feature is not available for .DE domain names.

Domain Name Renewal ^{(Anchor: ren)}

• A .DE domain name can be Renewed for only 1 year.

• After a .DE domain name is registered, it may be Renewed for 1 year, only after the Expiration date has passed in the year when it was registered. The total term of a .DE domain name can not exceed 2 years.

  Examples:

  • If you have registered myname.de on January 11, 2011, then the Expiry Date of myname.de is January 27, 2012. You may, however, renew this domain name only after January 27, 2011 for a further 1 year. This will bring your Expiry Date to January 27, 2013.

  • If you have registered myname.de on January 31, 2011, then the Expiry Date of myname.de remains as January 27, 2012. You may, however, renew this domain name immediately after registration, for a further 1 year since January 27, 2011 has already passed. The Expiry Date becomes January 27, 2013.

Domain Name Transfer ^{(Anchor: trf)}

• Transferring a .DE domain name to Answerable.com includes a 1 year Renewal.

• To Transfer your .DE domain name to Answerable.com, you need to only provide your Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code. Once we get confirmation from the Registry that the Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code is accurate, the domain name is instantly transferred without the need of receiving additional confirmation from the Registrant / Administrative Contact, via email or FAX.

• The length of the Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code of a .DE domain name can be from 8 to 16 characters.

• Any of the following permitted characters can be used:
  A, B, C, D, E‚ F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
  a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  +, -, /, *

• A .DE domain name's Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code can not contain the following characters:

  • I (uppercase i)

  • l (lowercase l)

  • O (uppercase o)

  • o (lowercase o)

  • 0 (zero)

  • 1

• The Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code for a .DE domain name expires in 30 days after setting it. Thus, this interface will prompt you to set a new Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code, unless you have generated it.

• Once a .DE domain name gets transferred to Answerable.com from another Registrar, the .DE Registry removes/deletes the previous Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code.

• The Bulk Transfer feature is not available for .DE domain names.

• If you Transfer Away your .DE domain name to another Registrar, you will lose the benefit of the remaining term of your .DE domain name.

  Example:

  If you have registered myname.de on January 11, 2011, then the Expiry Date of myname.de is January 27, 2012. If however you choose to Transfer Away this domain name on September 1, 2011 to another Registrar, then you will not receive refund for the remaining term ie. from September 1, 2011 to January 27, 2012.

Contact Details related Rules ^{(Anchor: contact)}

• .DE domain names use an independent Contact database in the system. Contacts for .DE domain names are listed under .DE Contact.

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