Country extension · Malaysia
.my domain name
What you need to know about .my: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .my
- Country
- Malaysia
- Registry
- mynic.my
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 4 years
- Domain name length
- 4 to 40 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 3 working days
- Transfer time
- 10 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 7
- Quarantine after deletion
- 70 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: yesIf you don't meet the local address requirement, you can use a trustee service.
Requirements
Who can register a .my?
- There are no restrictions for .my: anyone can register a domain name.
Additional details for registration
- If you register as an individual, you'll need your date of birth and your identity card or passport number.
- If you register as an organisation, you provide the type of organisation and the organisation's registration number.
- You choose from these types of organisation: enterprise, company, non-profit organisation, educational institution, legal professional organisation or other.
- These details are required for every contact on the domain name, so for the registrant and the administrative, technical and billing contacts.
Transfer
Transferring a .my
- When you transfer a domain, you also need to provide the extra details for each contact: date of birth and identity number for individuals, or type of organisation and registration number for organisations.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- Moving a domain name to a new owner is done through a standard change of the registrant details. You don't need a separate transfer procedure or confirmation form.
- Provide the extra details of the new registrant: date of birth and identity number if it's an individual, or type of organisation and registration number if it's an organisation.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- Once the domain name has expired, you still have 40 days to renew it as normal.
- After that comes a 30-day quarantine period, during which the domain name can only be recovered through a restore request.
- After day 70 the domain name is permanently deleted and you can no longer get it back.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website mynic.my
- Registry whois whois.mynic.my
- Dispute resolution policy mynic.my
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.