Country extension · Belarus
.by domain name
What you need to know about .by: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .by
- Country
- Belarus
- Registry
- domain.by
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 7 days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 8
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .by?
- Anyone can register and use a .by domain name, whether you're an individual or a business.
- Names that infringe the rights of others, go against moral or ethical standards or break the laws of the Republic of Belarus are prohibited.
Documents
- To transfer a domain, the registrant must provide a signed statement on company letterhead.
Transfer
Transferring a .by
- Once the transfer has started, the registrant signs a statement on company letterhead. In it, you ask the registry to transfer the rights to the domain name to the new registrar.
- This statement must be sent from the email address of the current administrator of the domain name. A statement sent from any other address isn't valid.
- The statement includes the registrant's name, the domain name, the full name of the current administrator and the name and signature of the representative. WebOké will help you get the content right.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- A .by domain name can't currently be put in the name of a different owner.
- You can't change the registrant's name and organisation through a standard update of the contact details. You can, however, have other contact details updated.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can't have a .by domain name deleted straight away. If you want to cancel it, simply let it expire by not renewing it.
- An expired or deleted .by domain name can't be recovered.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website domain.by
- Registry whois whois.cctld.by
- Registry terms and conditions domain.by
Related extensions
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