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.NYC Domain Rules and Requirements
When you want to review registry rules before registering, renewing, transferring, or managing a .NYC domain name. This article explains key .NYC domain policies and requirements.
- Domain Name Related Rules
- Contact Details Related Rules
- Name Servers and Child Name Servers Related Rules
Domain Name Related Rules
Common Domain Name Rules
- ResellerClub provides 2nd Level Domain Registration, under .NYC.
- Domain Theft Protection feature is supported for .NYC domain names.
- For Resellers: Both Lock and Suspension features are supported for .NYC domain names.
- strong>Bulk Lock / Unlock and Bulk Suspend / Unsuspend features are also supported for .NYC domain names.
- Move (push) feature is supported for .NYC domain names.
- If for any reason you need to Delete your .NYC domain name, contact our Support Team .
- Upon deletion, the .NYC domain name enters Redemption Grace Period.
Domain Name Registration
- A .NYC domain name may be Registered for 1 to 10 years.
- A .NYC domain name has a 4 day Money Back Grace Period.
- The Bulk Registration feature is available for .NYC domain names.
- Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) are not supported under .NYC extension.
Domain Name Renewal
- A .NYC domain name may be Renewed for 1 to 10 years.
- A .NYC domain name has a Renewal Grace Period of 40 days and a Redemption Grace Period of 30 days.
Domain Name Transfer
- Upon Transferring a .NYC domain name, the domain name gets renewed by 1 year.
- The 60 day Registration/Transfer Lock is applicable in case of .NYC domain names.
- All .NYC domain names have a Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code.
The length of a Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code may vary between 8 to 32 characters.
- The Bulk Transfer feature is available for .NYC domain names.
Contact Details Related Rules
- .NYC domains are only available for registration by New York City businesses, organizations with an NYC address and individuals with a primary residence in New York City.
- .NYC domain names use the NYC Contact database in the system.
.NYC domain names use the following 4 Contacts:
- Registrant Contact
- Administrative Contact
- Technical Contact
- Billing Contact
- .NYC domain names do not support ResellerClub's Privacy Protection feature.
- The Bulk Modify features is available for .NYC domain names.
Name Servers and Child Name Servers Related Rules
- Each .NYC domain name needs to have at least 1 Name Server and may have upto 13 Name Servers.
- There is no limitation on the number of Child Name Servers you may create.
- You may modify both Name Servers as well as any Child Name Servers associated with your .NYC domain name.