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
.ASIA	1 - 10	4	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	1-5		.AU domain names are only available for registration to Australian entities or companies incorporated in Australia. See details	2 - 63 Characters	2 - 6
.APP	1-10		None	3-63 Characters	1-13
.BIZ	1 - 10	4	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 Characters3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.BZ	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.CA	1 - 10	0	Canadian presence required for any Contact assigned as the Registrant. See details	2 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.CC	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.CL	1 - 10		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.CN	1 -10		None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 6
.CO	1 - 5	0	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
.CO.ZA	1	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.COM	1 - 10	4	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
.DEV	1-10		None	3-63 Characters	1-10
.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	0	Registrant needs to be from EU See details	2 - 63 Characters	1 - 9
.FR	1-10	4	Registrant country needs to be from the EU (or the 4 countries of the European economic Zone: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland).	3-63 Characters	2-13
.HN	1 - 10		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.ID	1 - 10		None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.IN	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.IN.NET	1 - 10		None	3 - 64 Characters	1 - 13
.INFO	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.JOBS	1 - 10	4	Registration requests will be verified by the Registry, prior to domain name activation.	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.ME	1 - 10	1	Registrant for Third level .ME domain name needs to be a Montenegrin individual/entity.	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.MN	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.MOBI	1 - 10	4	Associated website should be WAP enabled	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.MX	1 - 6		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.NAME	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.NET	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.NL	1		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.NZ	1 - 10	0	None	1 - 63 Characters	2 - 10
.ORG	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.PAGE	1-10		None	3-63 Characters	1-13
.PH	1 - 10		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.PRO	1 - 10	4	None	4 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.PW	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.RU	1		None	2 - 64 Characters	2 - 13
.SC	1 - 10	4	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	4	None	2 - 63 Characters	5
.TV	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.UK	1 - 10	0	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	0	Nexus Compliance See details	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.VC	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.WEB.IN	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 64 Characters	2 - 13
.WS	1 - 10	4	None	4 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.XXX	1 - 10		None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
CentralNic Domains	1 - 10	4	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
.BLOG	1-10 years	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1-13

Renewal ^{(Anchor: ren)}

TLD	Duration (Years) See details	Renewal Grace Period (Days)	Constraints / Notes
.ASIA	1 - 10	40	None
.APP	1 - 10		None
.AT	1 - 10		None
.AU	1-5		You may Renew your .AU domain name anytime from 90 days prior to it's Expiry until days after it Expires.
.BIZ	1 - 10	36	None
.BR	1 - 10		None
.BZ	1 - 10	40	None
.CA	1 - 10	40	None
.CC	1 - 10	36	None
.CL	1 - 10		None
.CN	1 - 10		None
.CO	1 - 5	40	.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
.CO.ZA	1	15	A .CO.ZA domain can be renewed only if there is less than a year left for it's expiry
.COM	1 - 10	36	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 Answerable.com. 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.
.DEV	1 - 10		None
.ES	1 - 5		None
.EU	1 - 10	0	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.
.FR	1-10	36	None
.HN	1 - 10		None
.ID	1 - 10		None
.IN	1 - 10	36	None
.IN.NET	1 - 10		None
.INFO	1 - 10	36	None
.JOBS	1 - 10	36	None
.ME	1 - 10	36	None
.MN	1 - 10	40	None
.MOBI	1 - 10	36	None
.MX	1 - 6		None
.NAME	1 - 10	40	None
.NET	1 - 10	36	None
.NL	1		You can not Renew your .NL domain name until 60 days prior to its Expiry.
.NZ	1 - 10	4	None
.ORG	1 - 10	36	None
.PAGE	1 - 10		None
.PH	1 - 10		None
.PRO	1-10	36	None
.PW	1 - 10	36	None
.RU	1		You can not Renew your .RU domain name until 60 days prior to it's Expiry.
.SC	1 - 10	40	None
.SHABAKA	1 - 10		None
.SX	1 - 10		None
.TEL	1 - 10	40	None
.TV	1 - 10	36	None
.UK	1 - 10	90	Domain name can be Renewed anytime before its Expiry, upto 90 days after its Expiry.
.US	1 - 10	36	None
.VC	1 - 10	40	None
.WEB.IN	1 - 10	30	None
.WS	1 - 10	36	Renewal before expiry is highly recommended.
.XXX	1 - 10		None
CentralNic Domains	1 - 10	36	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
.BLOG	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
.APP	1	8 - 32 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
.CL	NA	NA	None	NA
.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
.CO.ZA	0	NA	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.
.DEV	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.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
.FR	1	8-32 Characters	None
.HN	1	8 - 64 Characters	None
.ID	1	6 - 255 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
.PAGE	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.PH	1	None	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	6 - 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	8 - 32 Characters	None
Radix Domains	1	8 - 32 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
.BLOG	1	8 - 32 Characters	None

Restoration / Redemption Grace Period ^{(Anchor: res)}

TLD	Supported See details	Grace Period (Days)
.ASIA		30
.APP		30
.AT		None
.AU		None
.BIZ		30
.BR		90
.BZ		30
.CA		30
.CC		30
.CL		30
.CN		15
.CO		30
.CO.DE		30
.CO.ZA		20
.COM		30
.COM.DE		30
.COOP		None
.DE		None
.DEV		30
.ES		None
.EU		40
.FR		30
.HN		20
.ID		30
.IN		30
.IN.NET		30
.INFO		30
.JOBS		30
.ME		30
.MN		30
.MOBI		30
.MX		30
.NAME		30
.NET		30
.NL		40
.NZ		90
.ORG		30
.PAGE		30
.PH		None
.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
.BLOG		30

Other Operations ^{(Anchor: oth)}

TLD	Child Name Servers See details	Theft Protection / Locks See details	Contact Details Modification See details	Privacy Protection See details
.ASIA	Unlimited		No Restriction
.APP	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
.CL	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
.CO.ZA	Unlimited		A contact modification action once placed will take 5 days to complete. No other updates can be made to the domain name during this time.
.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
.DEV	Unlimited		No Restriction
.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
.FR	Unlimited		Modification of name, email address or/and organization of the Registrant contact will require email authorization from both the losing and the gaining Registrant. Registrant country needs to be from the EU (or the 4 countries of the European economic Zone: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland). Contacts can be of two types, Individual or Company.
.HN	Unlimited		No Restriction
.ID	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
.PAGE	Unlimited		No Restriction
.PH	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
.BLOG	Unlimited		No Restriction

Overview of TLDs (Domain Name Extensions)

Registration (Anchor: reg)

Registration ^{(Anchor: reg)}