Country extension · Belgium
.be domain name
Register or transfer your .be with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .be and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .be
- Country
- Belgium
- Registry
- dns.be
- Registration period
- 1 year
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 9
- Quarantine after deletion
- 40 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: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .be?
- Anyone can register a .be domain name, both individuals and organisations. Registration is only possible through a registrar.
- You don't need to live or be based in Belgium, and you don't need a local address or trustee service.
- The registrant details must be accurate and up to date. They may not be replaced with the registrar's details unless you explicitly ask for this yourself.
- At the request of the FPS Economy, DNS Belgium can block a .be domain name if it's being used for a fraudulent online shop or for phishing. This only happens in cases of serious crime.
- If your domain name is blocked, you have two weeks to respond. After six months, a blocked domain name lapses.
Good to know when registering
- A .be domain name is registered on a monthly or yearly basis.
- DNS Belgium offers registration certificates for .be domain names.
Transfer
Transferring a .be
- You're always free to switch registrars. A registrar may not charge for your domain name leaving, ask for a reason or require a notice period of more than one month.
- Step 1: request a transfer code from DNS Belgium, either yourself or through your new registrar, at dnsbelgium.be/en/transfer-code.
- Step 2: DNS Belgium sends the transfer code to the registrant's email address.
- Step 3: pass the transfer code on to your new registrar, who will carry out the transfer.
- After a successful transfer, the registration period starts again.
- You can recover and transfer a cancelled domain name in quarantine at the same time. This costs extra, and you have to confirm it as with a regular transfer.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code for a transfer or a change of registrant. It comes from DNS Belgium itself, not from your registrar.
- DNS Belgium sends the code to the registrant's email address. The code consists of five groups of three digits.
- The transfer code has an expiry date. Once it has passed, you request a new code.
- You can invalidate a transfer code using the link in the email from DNS Belgium.
- With the same code, you can transfer to a new registrar and/or move the domain name to a new registrant.
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Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- First, request a transfer code from DNS Belgium. It will be sent to the current registrant's email address.
- The current registrant gives the code to the new registrant, who then uses it to have the domain name moved over, to their own registrar if they wish.
- A change of registrant is processed immediately.
- A change of registrant counts as, and is charged as, a new registration. The registration period starts again with one year.
- A change of registrant isn't possible while the domain name is in quarantine.
- An expiring domain name may not be sold or transferred to someone else without the registrant's explicit consent and outside the DNS Belgium procedure.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- A .be domain name runs on a monthly or yearly basis and isn't renewed separately. Your registrar takes care of the renewal as long as you don't cancel it.
- After cancellation, including if you don't pay, the domain name goes into quarantine for 40 days. During this period it can't be reached and you can't make any changes.
- During the quarantine, you can reactivate the domain name for a fee. This is cheapest with your current registrar.
- During the quarantine, you can also transfer the domain name to another registrar at extra cost.
- After the quarantine, the domain name becomes available for registration. Domain names are released every hour, on the hour.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website dns.be
- Registry whois dnsbelgium.be
- Dispute resolution policy dnsbelgium.be
- Registry terms and conditions dnsbelgium.be
- Official sources dnsbelgium.be
- Official sources dnsbelgium.be
- Official sources assets.dnsbelgium.be
- Official sources docs.dnsbelgium.be
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