Country extension · Sierra Leone
.sl domain name
What you need to know about .sl: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .sl
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Registry
- nic.sl
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 2 years
- Domain name length
- 4 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 1 working day
- Transfer time
- 4 days
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 4
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .sl?
- There are no registration requirements for .sl: anyone can register a domain name.
Owner
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can't have a .sl domain name deleted straight away. If you want to get rid of it, simply don't renew it at the end of the registration period.
- Once your .sl domain name has been cancelled, you can no longer restore it.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.sl
- Registry whois whois.marcaria.com
- Dispute resolution policy nic.sl
- Registry terms and conditions nic.sl
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