Generic extension
.coop domain name
What you need to know about .coop: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .coop
- Registry
- nic.coop
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 3 working days
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 8 to 32 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
- Renewable after expiry date
- 35 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .coop?
- Registration of .coop is intended for the cooperative sector. You must declare that your organisation meets at least one of the eligibility requirements of the registry DotCooperation LLC.
- You're eligible if your organisation is a democratically run cooperative that is owned by its members and operates according to the seven international cooperative principles.
- An association made up of cooperatives can also register, as can an organisation in which cooperatives hold the majority of control.
- Organisations that work mainly to support cooperatives are also eligible.
- Members of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) or the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) may register if they otherwise meet the conditions. This also applies to organisations that count as a cooperative under local law.
- To a limited extent, for no more than 5,000 registrants, other individuals or organisations may also be admitted. In that case, the registry's board must consider that their use of .coop promotes the cooperative sector.
- The registry checks registrations afterwards. If you don't comply with the policy, the registry may change or cancel your domain name. The full registration policy is available at https://identity.coop/policies/.
Additional details for registration
- When you register, you explicitly confirm that your organisation meets the eligibility requirements for .coop.
Good to know when registering
- After you submit your request, the registry sends an email to the registrant of the domain name, asking you to verify your details.
- The registration is only completed once verification has succeeded. Until then, your request remains pending.
- Once you've been verified, you won't need to verify again for future registrations using the same registrant details.
Transfer
Transferring a .coop
- Request the transfer code from your current registrar and pass it on to your new registrar, who will then start the transfer with the registry.
- Check beforehand that there's no transfer lock on your domain name. You can see this in the WHOIS.
- Has your current registrar set a transfer lock? Then ask that registrar to remove the lock.
- The registry notifies your current registrar that a transfer has been requested. That registrar sends the registrant an email, in which you can often approve or reject the transfer.
- If you neither approve nor reject the transfer, it will be completed automatically after 5 days.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code to transfer a .coop domain name.
- The registrant or administrative contact of the domain name requests the transfer code from the current registrar.
Owner
Change of registrant
- When transferring a .coop domain name to a new owner, ICANN's transfer policy applies.
- The new registrant must also meet the eligibility requirements for .coop.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.coop
- Dispute resolution policy icann.org
- Registry terms and conditions europe.domains.coop
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