Generic extension
.fly domain name
What you need to know about .fly: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .fly
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- 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: yesYour details can be hidden in the public Whois.
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .fly?
- .fly is a secure extension: websites on a .fly name only work in browsers if you've set up HTTPS with an SSL certificate.
- If you register a two-letter name, you must avoid giving the impression that you or your company has ties to a government or to the operator of a country code extension, if that isn't the case.
- Names on the list of protected names of the IOC, the Red Cross and international government organisations may only be registered on behalf of that organisation.
Good to know when registering
- Before you register, you'll be made aware of the HTTPS requirement and given information about setting up HTTPS and getting an SSL certificate.
- .fly is being opened in phases. Applications for all phases have been accepted since 1 September 2026.
- The priority phase for trademark holders with a registration in the Trademark Clearinghouse ran until 9 November 2026, 16:00 Dutch time.
- This is followed by an early access phase in several steps, on 11, 12, 13, 15 and 17 November 2026. After that, general registration opens on 17 November 2026 at 16:00 Dutch time.
- You won't get back the cost of an application in the early access phase, even if the application doesn't result in a registration.
- A Trademark Clearinghouse claims period applies during the early access phase and at the start of general registration.
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