Country extension · Qatar
.qa domain name
What you need to know about .qa: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .qa
- Country
- Qatar
- Registry
- portal.registry.qa
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 32 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 0 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .qa?
- You may not use words or abbreviations that conflict with Qatari law or Islamic morals. Names related to gambling are also prohibited.
- The Qatar Domains Registry may refuse an application, or withdraw or block a registered name, if in its judgement it conflicts with public morals or public order, or if it offends a religion or anything religious.
- Names that mislead the public, are related to illegal or fraudulent activities, or harm the interests or security of the State of Qatar may also be refused or withdrawn.
- Names of government organisations are not allowed.
- You may only register names of well-known people if you have that person's prior permission.
- You may only register a name that matches someone else's trademark if you have the trademark holder's prior permission.
- The registry keeps a list of reserved words and may add to it at any time. You can't register names on that list.
Owner
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can renew a .qa domain at any time before the expiry date, for any period you like. The renewal period is added to your remaining term.
- After renewal, the total term may not exceed five years and ninety days. Thanks to those extra ninety days, you don't lose any remaining term by renewing early.
- A .qa domain cannot be deleted directly. If you want to cancel it, it is no longer renewed and expires on the expiry date.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website portal.registry.qa
- Registry whois domains.qa
- Dispute resolution policy cra.gov.qa
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