Country extension · Heard & McDonald Islands
.hm domain name
What you need to know about .hm: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .hm
- Country
- Heard & McDonald Islands
- Registry
- registry.hm
- Registration period
- 1 year or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 year or 10 years
- Domain name length
- 3 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 14 working days
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 3
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .hm?
- There are no special requirements for .hm. For example, you don't need to live or be based in a particular country.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- You can't change the owner's name or organisation by simply updating your contact details. That requires a change of registrant.
- Other contact details, such as your address or email address, can simply be updated without a change of registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can't have a .hm domain name deleted straight away. If you want to get rid of it, don't renew it at the end of the current term, and it will lapse.
- Once a .hm domain name has been deleted, you can no longer restore it.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website registry.hm
- Registry whois registry.hm
- Registry terms and conditions registry.hm
Related extensions
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