.ORG TLD

.ORG with Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been registered by PIR since February 2000.
Number of domains registered by Gandi: over 60,000 .ORG as of August 1st, 2007
Price: see .ORG price list
Corresponding Gandi contract: https://www.gandi.net/contracts

Assigning: There is no restriction imposed upon .ORG
Syntax: From 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN: Yes
Registration period from 1 to 10 years max.
Subdomains available: No

Procedures

Renewal: Renewal of a .ORG reactivates it by 1 year, for a maximum of 10 years.
Disputes: http://www.pir.org/index.php?db=content/Website&tbl=Registrants&id=8
Change of owner: The current procedure allows one to yield a domain name to a third party at Gandi or another Registrar.
Change of registrar: You must begin the process at your new registrar. A confirmation e-mail will be sent (FOA) to the e-mail address of the current owner of the domain. On average the processing time for this procedure can take from 1 to 10 days.