.name domain names

Registration

$15.60

per year

From 1 to 10 years

Transfer

$15.60

60 days minimum after domain registration

Transfer

Renewal

$15.60

per year

From 1 to 9 years
Late renewal (domain suspended): 45 days after the domain's expiration date - $15.60

Renew

Country:

Currency:

Taxes:

Grid:

Pricing Options Prices for United States, Taxes excluded, in $ (USD)

Restore

30 days after the late renewal period

the first year, then renewal at normal price

Owner Change

Period before release

Pending Delete

5 days

after the restoration period

Legal rules and specificities of .name domain names

Registry

VeriSign

Creation date

2001

Related Contract

View the .name contract

.NAME with Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by VeriSign since September 2001
Number of domains managed by Gandi: over 3 000 .NAME as September 1st, 2010Corresponding Gandi contract: https://www.gandi.net/contracts

Terms and conditions

Assigning: .NAME domain names are open to everyone, but the domain must correspond to a personal or pen name for which you have the right (see our contract for more detail)
Syntax: from 2 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN: yes
Registration period: 1 to 10 years
Second-level extensions: no
Email Forwarding : warningGandi do not provide the Registry forwarding email for .name domains of third level.(of type firstname.lastname.name). To have a redirection of the form firstname@lastname.name with Gandi, you must reserve a second level .name (of type lastname.name).

Procedures

Renewal: domains are deactivated upon expiration. It is possible to renew up to 45 days following the expiration date
Disputes: UDRP , ERDRP
Change of Registrar:You must begin the process at your new registrar. Be sure that you have the domain's auth code (which you must get from the former registrar), and that the domain's status is not "TransferProhibited". 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.
Change of owner:available on our interface
Deletion process: Quarantine of 30 days, see this table

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