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.re

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

Successful domain registration via RCP or XML API or REST API requires:

  • Registrant contact require:
    • Valid full first-name. Abbreviations like "A." are not allowed.
    • Located within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • Two or more nameservers or a nameserver group.
  • Technical Contact can be a COMPANY or an INDIVIDUAL Person. If the technical contact is an individual person, his/her information will be published on the whois.


Registry maintains a list of domain names to the "reserved" status (towns, community names).
If registration fails with a "2304, Object status prohibits operation" error (example: Object status prohibits operation: city name (AFNIC authinfo mandatory)),the domain can not be registered directly. Only in case the registrant has a legitimate interest (represents city council of that city or region for example) a request can be submitted to the registry to manually asses the request in order to register the domain.

If the registrant believes he has a legitimate interest / claim, please sent us an email and include the handle of the registrant + his connection to the city / region + purpose of the website and we can submit the request.

Domain names under the extensions .com.re and .asso.re are discontinued since 2013. No new domain names can be registered under those extensions. Existing domains under those extensions can be managed like any other domain and can be transferred into Openprovider.

Transfer

Successful domain transfer via RCP or XML API or REST API requires:

  • Registrant contact require:
    • Valid full first-name. Abbreviations like "A." are not allowed.
    • Located within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • Two or more nameservers or a nameserver group.
  • Technical Contact can be a COMPANY or an INDIVIDUAL Person. If the technical contact is an individual person, his/her information will be published on the whois.

 

The transfer period is subject to cooperation of the current registrar:

  • if the current registrar approves the transfer, it completes immediately
  • if the current registrar does not approve/reject the transfer, it completes after 8 days
  • if the current registrar rejects the transfer within the first 8 days, it completes after 22 days

If the holder wants to cancel an initiated transfer, only the gaining registrar (Openprovider) can do so; you can cancel the transfer from the transfer queue in RCP.

The registry will not send an e-mail to the domain contacts after the transfer finishes.

Authorization code required yes
Method of confirmation authcode
Registration period after transfer extends
Average transfer time 8-22 days
Advanced and simple transfers available Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .re domains is available.
Outgoing transfer
Update

Owner change (trade)

  • requested as a normal domain update via RCP or XML API or REST API
  • processed realtime

If your domain is premium/reserved - contact us to validate this change.

Other update

Deletion / Restore

Delete

  • requested via RCP or XML API or REST API
  • processed realtime
  • will result in a quarantine period



Restore / reactivate

  • restore / reactivation supported via RCP or XML API or REST API 
  • quarantine period can be found under
    Detailed extension information > Technical information > Quarantine period
Detailed extension information
Registry
Technical information
  • DNSSEC support: yes
  • Minimum length: 1 character
  • Maximum length: 63 characters
  • Allowed characters: a-z 0-9 -
  • IDN characters: supported
  • Registration period: 1-10 years
  • Renewal date offset: 2 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: 29 days
    During this period, an expired or deleted domain name can be reactivated at an additional fee.
Restrictions
  • Local presence required? yes
  • Does Openprovider provide local presence services? yes
  • Local activity required? no
  • Correct nameserver configuration required? no
  • It is required that the office/residence of the registrant is within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • Additional information about date, place and country of birth (private individuals) is required.
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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