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.es

This article describes the procedures and requirements of .es domain names.
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Registration

Successful domain registration requires:

  • two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
  • All (!) used handles must have the following details filled in:
    • The state / province in the address details must be filled in. For entities based in Spain, please check the correct naming in our knowledge base article.
    • For private individual (company field is NOT filled in)
      • Passport number or individual ID
    • For companies (company field is filled in)
      • Company registration number

    • .es ANNEX III registrant Acceptance

      • This acceptance will be mandatory from the 1st of September. You can read more details here

 

Registration of .es domains is realtime, except for .edu.es and .gob.es registrations. Those extensions are restricted and will be manually validated by the registry.

 

Here you can see the regulation of .es, where you can find the list of reserved domains.

 

Transfer

Successful domain transfer requires:

  • two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
  • All used handles must have the following details filled in:
    • The state / province in the address details must be filled in. For entities based in Spain, please check the correct naming in our knowledge base article.
    • For private individual (company field is NOT filled in)
      • Passport number or individual ID
    • For companies (company field is filled in)
      • Company registration number


Additional notes on a .es transfer

  • Confirmation email sent by the .ES registry to the administrative contact must be confirmed within 10 days, otherwise the request will time-out.
  • This email can not be re-sent, so we advise to check if the mailbox is still in use and accessible, before you request the transfer. Only option to resend the email is to cancel the transfer and start it again. Transfer can be cancelled from the control panel, from the Transfer Queue. Once cancelled, please delete the domain from the same page.
  • The owner will not change during the transfer.
  • If a transfer is completed after the domain expired at the previous registrar, we will enable auto-renewal for this domain so that it does not expire. This does not depend on your account settings for auto-renewal. You can change this from the domain details.

 

Authorization code required no
Method of confirmation email
Registration period after transfer unchanged
Average transfer time max 10 days
Advanced and simple transfers available Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .es domains is available.
Outgoing transfer
  • Authorization code request - no authcode
  • Authorization code reset - not possible

Administrative contact will have to confirm the email that the registry will send once a transfer request is submitted by the new Registrar.

Update

Owner change (trade)

  • Trade has to be requested directly at the registry. Navigate here to get more info.

Other update

  • requested via RCP or API
  • processed realtime

Email address of existing admin contact cannot be changed. Instead create a new contact handle and update the domain (do no update the current handle). 

 

IMPORTANT: If DNS is not synchronized on the registry side, this is because there is one or more handles not correctly filled. Remember that all used handles must have the following details filled in:

  • The state / province in the address details must be filled in. For entities based in Spain, please check the correct naming in our knowledge base article.
  • For private individual (company field is NOT filled in)
    • Passport number or individual ID
  • For companies (company field is filled in)
    • Company registration number

Once you update the handles, please update again the domain with the DNS and check the registry if they have been changed.

Deletion / Restore

Delete

  • requested via RCP or API
  • processed realtime
  • has to be confirmed via email (admin contact) within 10 days

Restore / reactivate

  • restore / reactivation supported via RCP or API
  • Quarantine period can be found under 
    Detailed extension information > Technical information > Quarantine period
Detailed extension information
Registry
Technical information
  • Available second level domains: .com.es, .org.es, .nom.es, .edu.es
  • DNSSEC support: no
  • Minimum length: 3 characters for .es, 2 characters for .com.es, .org.es, .nom.es, .edu.es and .gob.es
  • Maximum length: 63 characters
  • Allowed characters: a-z 0-9 -
  • IDN characters: yes
  • Registration period: 1-5 years
  • Renewal date offset: 6 days
    The number of days before the registry's expiration date, that Openprovider requires the domain to be renewed or expired. More info.
    Note that the dates as shown in your Openprovider account are always leading, even if they do not match the renewal date offset mentioned here.
  • Soft quarantine period: n/a days
    During this period, following after an expiration, the domain can be restored for free. This period does not apply if the domain is deleted explicitly. More info.
  • Quarantine period: 16 days
    During this period, an expired or deleted domain name can be reactivated at an additional fee.
Restrictions
  • Local presence required? no
  • Does Openprovider provide local presence services? no
  • Local activity required? no
  • Correct nameserver configuration required? no
  • Company registration number or personal identification number is required in all handles.
  • To register a .edu.es the domain owner must be an entity that performs functions or activities related to teaching or research in Spain.
  • To register a .gob.es the domain owner must be a public organisation or entities in Spain.
Policies
Registration agreement The registry requires that a registration agreement is in place between the provider and the domain holder. The text of this registration agreement and any required supplements is the following:

 

Due to the regular changes in registry rules and configuration or missing information from registry side, and despite our effort to keep our knowledge base up-to-date, information in the knowledge base may be outdated or incorrect. If you encounter some issue, please report it through the "HotJar" feedback collector on the bottom right, or (if it is blocked by your browser) by clicking the "Submit a request" link below. No rights can be derived from the information in this knowledge base. If there is discrepancy between the knowledge base and the process in Openprovider, the process in Openprovider is leading.

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