The registration can be done via the control panel. After registration, the domain will be "reserved" by the registry for a period of 3 days. After those 3 days, the domain will start to resolve.

A written confirmation from the domain owner via email of fax is required. An informal writing in English with a valid signature will suffice. Please contact our support department to start the transfer process for you.

Authorization code required	no
Method of confirmation	forms
Registration period after transfer	restarts
Average transfer time	14
Advanced and simple transfers available	Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .md domains is available.

This is a manual process.
Please send us an email to support@openprovider.com requesting an Auth Code for .md domain.
Please note that this can take upto 3 business days.

Owner change (trade)

For changing the domain contacts, a special realtime code is required. Please contact our support department before starting a domain contact update. The following procedure will be followed:

• Ensure that the registrant's e-mail address is working and someone is reading it
• Send us the details of the required change
• We will schedule a date and time with you to process the change; at this date and time, both we, you and the domain holder should be available by phone
• At the chosen date/time, we will initiate the change
• The registry will send a unique, one-time code to the registrant
• We must get this code from the registrant within 5 minutes
• We provide the code to the registry again
• If the code is correct, the change can be completed

Other update

For changing the domain contacts, a special realtime code is required. Please contact our support department before starting a domain contact update. The following procedure will be followed:

• Ensure that the registrant's e-mail address is working and someone is reading it
• Send us the details of the required change
• We will schedule a date and time with you to process the change; at this date and time, both we, you and the domain holder should be available by phone
• At the chosen date/time, we will initiate the change
• The registry will send a unique, one-time code to the registrant
• We must get this code from the registrant within 5 minutes
• We provide the code to the registry again
• If the code is correct, the change can be completed

Delete

 

Restore / reactivate

 

Registry	Registry: MOLDDATA Registry whois: whois.nic.md Registry web based whois: https://nic.md/en/whois/ Registry zonefile updates:
Technical information	DNSSEC support: no Minimum length: 3 characters Maximum length: 63 characters Allowed characters: a-z 0-9 - IDN characters: yes Registration period: 1-5 years Renewal date offset: 35 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: 28 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? yes A domain name can be registered by any natural or legal person. The registry may reject domain names of bad taste, incorporating foul languages, domains with obscene or pornographic words or domain names with otherwise offending character.
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: General registration agreement