Overview of TLDs (Domain Name Extensions)

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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
.TEL	1 - 10	4	None	2 - 63 Characters	5
.CC	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.TV	1 - 10	4	None	3 - 63 Characters	1 - 13
.UK	2	0	None	6 - 64 Characters for .co.uk/.me.uk TLDs (including the TLD) 3 7 - 64 Characters for .org.uk TLD (including the TLD) 4	1 - 10
.US	1 - 10	4	Nexus Compliance 5	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
.CN	1 -10	0	None	1 - 63 Characters	1 - 6
.XXX	1 - 10	4	None	3 to 63 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
.TEL	1 - 10		40	None
.CC	1 - 10		40	None
.TV	1 - 10		40	None
.UK	Only 2		90	Domain name can be Renewed anytime from 6 months before its Expiry, upto 90 days after its Expiry.
.US	1 - 10		40	None
.ME	1 - 10		40	None
.CN	1 - 10		40	None
.XXX	1 - 10		40	None

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
.TEL	1	1 - 16 Characters	None
.CC	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.TV	1	8 - 32 Characters	None
.UK	0	None	Transfer does not include one year Renewal.
.US	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.ME	1	6 - 16 Characters	None
.CN	1	1 - 16 Characters	None
.XXX	1	6 - 16 Characters	None

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
.TEL		30
.CC		30
.TV		30
.UK		None
.US		30
.ME		30
.CN		15
.XXX		30

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.
.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
.CC	Unlimited			No Restriction
.TV	Unlimited			No Restriction
.UK	1 - 10			Registrant Name/Company modification 17 is a billable action.
.US	Unlimited			No Restriction
.ME	Unlimited			No Restriction
.CN	1 - 6			No Restriction
.XXX	Unlimited			No Restriction