Country extension · Singapore
.org.sg domain name
What you need to know about .org.sg: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .org.sg
- Country
- Singapore
- Registry
- sgnic.sg
- Registration period
- 1 to 2 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 2 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 7 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 64 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- 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 .org.sg?
- .org.sg is intended for organisations only. You need a valid registration number for your company or organisation.
- Applicants from outside Singapore can also register. However, you must appoint a local representative with a valid postal address in Singapore as the administrative contact.
- A local address in Singapore can be arranged through a trustee service. This is mandatory if the registrant and the administrative contact are both outside Singapore.
- The trustee service is also mandatory if the registrant is an organisation in Singapore and the administrative contact is outside Singapore.
- If the registrant is in Singapore, you can't use a trustee service, especially not for the administrative contact.
- As the registrant, you can't enter a job title such as Domain Manager. Use the name of a real person.
- Reselling .org.sg domain names on the secondary market isn't allowed.
Additional details for registration
- You provide your organisation's registration number. This is also required if you use the trustee service.
- Companies in Singapore provide the registration number as shown on the RCB certificate. Societies in Singapore use the number on the ROS certificate.
- Citizens and permanent residents of Singapore provide their NRIC number or passport number.
- If the administrative contact is a person in Singapore, their SingPass ID is required. It consists of a capital letter, seven digits and another capital letter, for example X1234567X.
- Foreign organisations can use an SGNIC ID, for example SGNICID-X12-345678.
- If a contact has an address in Singapore, you write the phone number as +countrycode.areacode.number.
Good to know when registering
- SGNIC requires an identity check via SingPass or CorpPass. The administrative contact uses it to verify the registrant's identity and contact details.
- You do this check by logging in to SingPass or CorpPass and clicking the Verify Identity button.
- You have 21 calendar days after registration to complete the check. If it hasn't been done by then, SGNIC suspends the domain name.
- The check is also required after a change of registrant and after a change of administrative contact.
- If you use the trustee service, the registrar takes care of the identity check for you.
- With the trustee service, registration isn't instant. The registrant's details are checked first before the application goes to SGNIC.
Transfer
Transferring a .org.sg
- If you transfer a domain name to WebOké, the details of all four contacts are mandatory: registrant, administrative, technical and billing contact.
- If you transfer away, you need a transfer code. You can only get it if the administrative contact isn't the trustee service.
- If you use the trustee service as the administrative contact, you must first replace it with a local contact in Singapore. Only then can the transfer go ahead.
The transfer code
- To transfer to another registrar, you need a transfer code. You request it from the registrar.
- You won't get the code as long as the trustee service is your administrative contact. Change it to a local contact in Singapore first.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- After the request, the current registrant receives an email from SGNIC. The change only goes ahead once they approve it.
- A change of registrant isn't instant and takes 7 days.
- A change of registrant doesn't renew the domain name. The expiry date stays the same.
- After the change of registrant, the administrative contact must have the new registrant verified via SingPass or CorpPass within 21 days.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can't restore a deleted .org.sg domain name. This applies both if you cancel it yourself and if it's automatically deleted after it has expired.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website sgnic.sg
- Registry whois sgnic.sg
- Dispute resolution policy sgnic.sg
- Registry terms and conditions sgnic.sg
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.