Country extension · Singapore
.sg domain name
What you need to know about .sg: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .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 .sg?
- Anyone can register a .sg domain. If you live or are based outside Singapore, you must appoint a local representative with a valid postal address in Singapore as the administrative contact.
- If both the registrant and the administrative contact live or are based outside Singapore, a local address through a trustee service is required. The same applies if the registrant is an organisation in Singapore but the administrative contact isn't.
- If the registrant is based in Singapore, you may not use a trustee service, especially not for the administrative contact.
- As the registrant, you must provide the name of a real person. A job title such as 'Domain Administrator' isn't allowed.
- Reselling .sg domain names isn't allowed.
Additional details for registration
- If you're a company in Singapore, you provide your business registration number as shown on your registration certificate. An association in Singapore provides the number as shown on its association certificate.
- If you're a citizen or permanent resident of Singapore, you provide your NRIC number or passport number.
- If the administrative contact is a person in Singapore, their SingPass ID is required: a capital letter, seven digits and another capital letter. A foreign organisation can use an SGNIC ID instead.
- If a contact has an address in Singapore, you write the phone number as +countrycode.areacode.number.
Good to know when registering
- After registration, the administrative contact must verify the registrant's identity and contact details within 21 calendar days. You do this by logging in to SingPass or CorpPass and clicking the identity verification button there.
- If verification hasn't been completed after 21 days, SGNIC suspends the domain name. The same verification is also required after a change of registrant or a change of administrative contact.
- If you use a local address through the trustee service, WebOké takes care of the verification for you.
- If you register using the trustee service, the domain isn't registered straight away. The registrant's details are checked first before the request is sent to SGNIC.
Transfer
Transferring a .sg
- If you transfer a .sg domain to WebOké, the details of all four contacts are required: registrant, administrative contact, technical contact and billing contact.
- If you want to transfer a domain to another registrar, you first need a transfer code.
- If the administrative contact is the trustee service's local contact, you must first have that contact replaced with your own local contact in Singapore. Only then can you transfer the domain.
The transfer code
- To transfer a domain to another registrar, you need a transfer code, which you request from WebOké.
- You only get the code if the administrative contact isn't the trustee service's local contact.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- After the request, the current registrant receives an email from SGNIC. The change only takes effect once the current registrant approves it.
- A change of registrant isn't instant and takes 7 days.
- The domain isn't renewed when the registrant changes and keeps its current expiry date.
- After the change of registrant, the administrative contact must verify the new registrant within 21 days via SingPass or CorpPass, otherwise the domain will be suspended.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- A deleted .sg domain generally can't be recovered. This also applies if the domain was deleted automatically after it expired.
- If you had a domain deleted yourself, restoring it may still be possible in some cases. WebOké can check whether this is possible for you.
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.