Overview of TLDs (Domain Name Extensions)

Overview of TLDs (Domain Name Extensions)

Registration ^{(Anchor: reg)}

TLD	Duration (Years)	Money Back Grace Period (Days) 1	Country / Sponsor Specific Requirements	Domain Name Length	Name Servers Required 2	60 Day Transfer Lock
.COM	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.NET	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.ORG	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.INFO	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.BIZ	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.MOBI	1 - 10	4	Associated website should be WAP enabled	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.NAME	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.ASIA	1 - 10	4	CED Contact 3 to be based in DotAsia community	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.TEL	1 - 10	4	None	2 - 63 Characters	5
.IN	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.WEB.IN	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 64 Characters	2 - 13
.CC	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.TV	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.ME	1 - 10	1	Registrant for Third level .ME domain name needs to be a Montenegrin individual/entity.	3 - 63 Characters	2 - 13
.CN	1 -10	0	None	1 - 63 Characters	1 - 6
.DE	1	0	German presence required for either Registrant or Admin Contact. 4	1 to 63 Characters	2 - 13
.AU	2	1	.AU domain names are only available for registration to Australian entities or companies incorporated in Australia. 5	2 to 63 Characters	2 - 13
.XXX	1 - 10	4	None	3 to 63 Characters	2 - 13
.RU	1	0	None	2 to 64 Characters	2 - 13

Renewal ^{(Anchor: ren)}

TLD	Duration (Years) 6	Auto Renewal 7	Renewal Grace Period (Days)	Constraints / Notes
.COM	1 - 10		40	None
.NET	1 - 10		40	None
.ORG	1 - 10		40	None
.INFO	1 - 10		15	None
.BIZ	1 - 10		40	None
.MOBI	1 - 10		40	None
.NAME	1 - 10		40	None
.ASIA	1 - 10		40	None
.TEL	1 - 10		40	None
.IN	1 - 10		15	None
.WEB.IN	1 - 10		30	None
.CC	1 - 10		40	None
.TV	1 - 10		40	None
.ME	1 - 10		40	None
.CN	1 - 10		40	None
.DE	1		0	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 ARKIN DIZAYN. 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.
.AU	2		30	You may Renew your .AU domain name anytime from 90 days prior to it's Expiry until 30 days after it Expires.
.XXX	1 - 10		40	None
.RU	1		30	You can not Renew your .RU domain name until 60 days prior to it's Expiry.

Transfer ^{(Anchor: trf)}

TLD	Registration Term Extended By (Years)	Domain Secret / Auth Code Length 8	Constraints / Comments	60 Day Transfer Lock
.COM	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.NET	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.ORG	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.INFO	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.BIZ	1	6 - 16 Characters	1 and 2 character domain names can also be transferred in.
.MOBI	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.NAME	1	1 - 32 Characters	None
.ASIA	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.TEL	1	1 - 16 Characters	None
.IN	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.WEB.IN	None	None	None
.CC	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.TV	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.ME	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.CN	1	1 - 16 Characters	None
.DE	1	8 - 255 Characters	Only Domain Transfer Secret / Authorization Code needed to Transfer a .DE domain name.
.AU	0	6 - 32 Characters	Transfer is free of cost.
.XXX	1	6 - 16 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.

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

TLD	Supported 9	Grace Period (Days)
.COM		30
.NET		30
.ORG		30
.INFO		30
.BIZ		30
.MOBI		30
.NAME		None
.ASIA		30
.TEL		30
.IN		30
.WEB.IN		None
.CC		30
.TV		30
.ME		30
.CN		15
.DE		None
.AU		None
.XXX		30
.RU		None

Other Operations ^{(Anchor: oth)}

TLD	Child Name Servers 10	Theft Protection / Locks 11	Suspension 12	Contact Details Modification 13	Move Operation 14	Privacy Protection 15
.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 can not be modified during the Add Grace Period.
.ASIA	Unlimited			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. 16
.IN	Unlimited			No Restriction
.WEB.IN	Not Supported			No Restriction
.CC	Unlimited			No Restriction
.TV	Unlimited			No Restriction
.ME	Unlimited			No Restriction
.CN	1 - 6			No Restriction
.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. 17
.AU	Unlimited	Theft Protection: Locks:		No Restriction
.XXX	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. 18