Country extension · Spain
.es domain name
Register or transfer your .es with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .es and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .es
- Country
- Spain
- Registry
- nic.es
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years or 10 years
- Domain name length
- 3 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 7
- Quarantine after deletion
- 10 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 .es?
- The administrative, technical and billing contacts must be natural persons, not a company or organisation.
- Names that match the official name of a Spanish public authority or place are on a list of reserved terms kept by Red.es. Only the authority or institution that is entitled to the name according to that list may register such a domain name.
- Reserved names can only be registered by legal entities or organisations, not by private individuals.
Additional details for registration
- You need to provide an identity number for the registrant and all contacts. If you live in Spain, this is your DNI or NIF. If you're a foreign national living in Spain, it's your NIE. If you live outside Spain, it's another identity number, such as your passport number.
- Spanish citizens may also use their passport number. Bear in mind that you'll then also need to sign any later change of registrant with a copy of that passport.
- You state the legal form of the registrant, for example private individual, association, foundation, cooperative, private or public limited company, government body or other.
Documents
- For a reserved name, you send proof that you're the authority or institution that is entitled to that name according to the Red.es list.
- If you register a reserved name using a NIF as the tax number, you also send a copy of the registrant's tax identification card.
- For a change of registrant, you upload a copy of your ID card or passport. This must be a JPG file of no more than 2 MB and no more than 600 pixels.
Good to know when registering
- An application for a reserved name is put on hold first. The registry will reject the application if you don't meet the requirements.
- If you don't provide the documents for a reserved name within 10 days, the registration will be cancelled.
- The registry usually reviews submitted documents within 24 to 48 hours.
Transfer
Transferring a .es
- The new registrar starts the transfer using a transfer code.
- The administrative contact then receives an email from the registry. They must approve or reject the transfer within 10 days using the link in that email.
The transfer code
- You need a transfer code to transfer a domain.
- Only the registry can generate the code. Your registrar requests it for you.
- The transfer code is valid for 10 days.
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Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- Since 2010, a registrar can no longer change the registrant's details. The registrant does this themselves with the registry Red.es, logging in with their contact code, which can be found in the whois details.
- If you've lost your password for the registry, you can request a new one. It will be sent to the email address of the contact in question.
- The email addresses of the registrant and the administrative contact can only be changed by that contact themselves, directly with the registry.
- For a change of registrant, you first request the transfer via WebOké. You provide the new registrant and the new administrative contact. You'll then receive their details for the registry.
- The current administrative contact logs in to Red.es and requests the transfer with the new registrant and the new administrative contact. They also upload a copy of their ID card or passport.
- The new administrative contact receives an email from the registry. They log in, confirm the request and sign it by uploading a copy of their ID card or passport.
- Once both administrative contacts have given their approval, the registrar completes the change of registrant.
- Red.es checks the identity number of the administrative contact. This means you may need to update that contact first before changing the registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- When a domain name is cancelled, the administrative contact receives an email from the registry with a link to approve or withdraw the cancellation. They have 10 days to do this.
- A request to restore a domain name is handled manually. You'll be notified by email once it has been processed.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.es
- Registry whois nic.es
- Dispute resolution policy dominios.es
- Registry terms and conditions dominios.es
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.