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Registration Restrictions

• You must be a legal entity with sufficient link to Switzerland. This occurs if You are: - A public body or another public organization under Swiss public law; - A legal entity registered in the Swiss Commercial Register having its seat in Switzerland and an effective site of administration in Switzerland; or - An association or foundation not registered in the Swiss Commercial Register having its seat and an effective site of administration in Switzerland.
• At the time of the application, the requested name belongs to a category of names available for allocation.
• The intended use is legal under Swiss law. Be aware that if the domain name is used to provide products or services or to advertise them, a seat and an effective place of administration are required.
• The name applied for can legitimately be considered as objectively linked to the applicant or the intended use of the domain name.
• The requested name is not a ‘Designation with a Generic Character’, without prejudice to be eligible under the Registries naming mandate program.

Domain Transfer Details

Transfer Procedure

• After the transfer has been requested, our backend system sends a confirmation email to the Owner/Admin-C according to the WHOIS of the respective domain. In order to initiate the transfer successfully it is important, that this email is confirmed.
• After confirmation the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request.
• The losing registrar will also send an email to the Owner/Admin-C. allowing him/her to deny the transfer.
• If you do not respond to the email of the losing registrar, then the transfer will get processed successfully after 5 days.
• If the Email-Address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed.

Transfer Notes

• A .swiss domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called authorisation code, which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
• Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS.
• If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that the domain will be unlocked.
• Please note that we are only allowed to initiate a gTLD transfer after confirmation of the “ICANN Form of Authorization” by the current registrant.
• After a successful transfer of the domain, it will be transfer locked from the registry for a period of 60 days.

Authorization Codes

• The format for auth info requires a minimum length of 8 characters and a maximum length of 32 characters. Additionally, auth info must contain at least one of each of the following three character types: Alphabetic characters: a-z; A-Z, Numeric characters: 0-9, Special characters: !;<=$%?&@[()]*^+-,’-{.|/}:~

WHOIS and Domain Management

• WHOIS Server: Visit WHOIS Server
• Real-Time WHOIS Update: Keep your domain information up-to-date.
• Domain Autorenewal: Enabled to ensure your domain does not expire unintentionally.
• Privacy Protection: Available to keep your personal information secure.

Additional Information

• Deletion Timeframe: 35 days after expiration date

• Redemption Period: 30 days

For more information and to register your .swiss domain, visit our website at https://www.nic.swiss.