Register Fees
The Register Fees can be seen below.
The Register Fees can be seen below.
Use the whois service at whois.nic.gl, this can be accessed using the web interface at http: //whois.nic.gl.
This will also show you the expiry time of your domain, the nameservers it uses, which domain registrar your domain is registered with (Legacy means it's registered directly using a form) and most of the contact information associated with the domain.
The .GL Registry is currently in flux with the introduction of the new Registrar program, and in general the improvements associated with having an actual whois system, which .GL never had before. As a consequence, legacy domains that haven't yet been renewed for this year, or where we haven't yet updated the status following a renewal, will show up as expiring on the 1st of January. Please allow at least a month from your date of payment, after that feel free to contact us if you're sure you've paid for the renewal.
This is only relevant for Legacy registrations, registrar controlled domains will show the right status immediately on renewal.
No, please see the previous answer for the reason why. The domain MAY become available, but domains beyond their expiry date are NOT free for registration, only a return answer of "not registered" will mean the domain is free for registration.
We generally prefer 1 year registrations for now, however 2 year registrations are enabled. The reason for this limitation is that the pricing is currently being reconsidered, and we don't want multi-year registrants to feel cheated in that process.
Use the transfer mechanism (EPP/HTTP) with a valid auth code. Legacy domains are not protected with domain locks, and will therefore transfer immediately if the gaining registrar provides a correct auth code. Any registrant or administrative contact for a domain can obtain the auth codes for a legacy domain by using the http://keys.nic.gl facility, if their email address is properly registered with their domain.
Change the registrant contact, we do not keep separate ownership information, nor do we require an ownership change form for registrar controlled domains.
No. But any registrar is free to bundle a transfer with a renewal. This can also be achieved by modifying the auto-renew settings on transfer, under automation in your HTTP interface account settings.
Not currently, but we do intend to add a small transfer fee in the future, to limit any misuse/overuse of the transfer functionality. We will notify all Registrars when it's introduced.
Yes, 30 days redemption on domain deletion.
Yes, a 24 hour grace period. This also applies to auto-renew.
No, nor are there plans to support it.
We allow from 1 to 63 characters, in other words our only limitations are technical limits.
The registry currently has a hard limit of 512 EPP connections. However we reserve 2 connections for
each Registrar, to prevent any accidental DoS and to ensure that every Registrar can always connect to
the Registry, the rest of the connections are available on-demand to any Registrar, under normal
conditions no client should hit a limit.
Worst case time is 31 minutes (During normal operation). This includes registrations, nameserver
updates, suspensions and anything else affecting the zone.
Changes to contacts are applied almost instantaneously.
Yes.