Publish Date: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The .DE top-level domain (TLD) has been added to the domain extensions' list of the web hosting accounts' Control Panel. The implementation of this TLD required minor upgrade of our DNS cluster system, because of the DENIC's requirement for the different C-class IP addresses for the DNS settings. Here is some more information concerning the registration and management of .DE domain names.
.DE is the country code TLD for Germany, The registry of this domain, DENIC, has set a few special requirements for the management of this domain and the execution of the domain registration.
WHOIS / Contact Information:The registry of this domain, DENIC, demands a street address or P.O. Box within Germany to be given in the field of the administrative contact, in order for the registration to be approved. Due to that requirement, there is an additional step included in the registration process, in which, after the WHOIS information has been approved, the German address of the P.O. Box has to be confirmed. If, for some reason, the information is not found correct, the .DE registry, DENIC, may not approve the registration and, in such case, a notification is to be sent to the registrant.
Registration Period:The registration is optional to choose from periods of 1 to 10 years. Renewals for multiple years are possible as well.
Domain Renewal:.DE domain name can be renewed successfully up to 10 days before the expiration date. After that the registry adds to the domain name a "Transit" status and attempts to contact the registrant. If, after 4 weeks, there is no response, the domain is transferred to DENICdirect for management and the registrant must then contact them, if he/she wishes to obtain the domain name again.
WHOIS / ID Protection:This service is unavailable for .DE domain names.
Registrar Change / Transfer: It is not possible to change the registrar of .DE domain names.
The .DE TLD is the last of the best-selling TLDs that ResellersPanel had to make available in order to boost all reseller web hosting domain sales. The next step would be to put all new extensions at the sign-up page.
