TLD Information



Zone Info
.INFO stands for "Information" and is a so-called generic Top-Level-Domain (gTLD)

Zone Use
A .INFO can be used and registered by anyone or any corporation / organisation.

Characters (Min.3, Max.63)
Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.

Registration period
1 to 10 Years

Add Grace Period
4 Days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)

Autorenew Grace Period
44 Days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)

Deletion process
Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

.INFO Domains can be deleted online throught the Delete Command.

Deletion timeframe
This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:

Within the autorenew grace period

IDN capable
Yes, with German Characters

Restrictions
none

Registry
Affilias Ltd.

Dispute Policy
http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm

WHOIS-Update
Real-Time

WHOIS-Server
whois.afilias.net

Registration System
Real-Time

Transfers
.INFO Domain-Transfers are possible. Upon successfully transfering a domain, it is automatically renewed for one year. The registration period is extended by one year.

Transfer procedure
- .INFO Domain-Transfers can either be done through the us WebInterface or API.

- A .INFO Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called “Authorisation Code”, which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.

- Please note that we are only allowed to initiate a gTLD transfer after confirmation of the "ICANN Form of Authorization" by the current registrant. The policies can be viewed under http://www.icann.org/transfers/

Transfer notes
After the transfer has been requested, our backend system sends a confirmation email to the Owner/Admin-C according to the WHOIS of the respective domain.

In order to initiate the transfer successfully it is important, that this email is confirmed.

+ After confirmation the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request.

The losing registrar will also send an email to the Owner/Admin-C. allowing him/her to deny the transfer. If you do not respond to the email of the losing registrar, then the transfer will get processed successfully after 5 days.

IMPORTANT: - If the Email-Address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed.If this is the case, then kindly contact your current registrar and ask him to update the WHOIS information accordingly.

Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.

Transfer time
5-10 days