Country extension · Gibraltar
.gi domain name
What you need to know about .gi: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .gi
- Country
- Gibraltar
- Registry
- nic.gi
- Registration period
- 2 years or 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Domain name length
- 3 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 3 working days
- Transfer time
- 3 days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 5
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .gi?
- A domain name directly under .gi, so without an intermediate level such as com, is only available to companies and organisations registered in Gibraltar. You may only use such a name for your own local services or purposes.
- Names of one or two characters are not allowed.
- You can't use generic names such as co, com and net as a domain name, unless the management committee decides to expand the namespace.
- You may not use the domain name for pornography or for anything else that is illegal in Gibraltar, nor in a way that appears to be so.
- Names that the management committee considers offensive or defamatory will not be accepted.
- If there's a dispute over a domain name, Sapphire's dispute policy applies.
Good to know when registering
- If two applicants request the same name, the application received first takes priority.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- You can change the registrant of a .gi domain name. The domain's expiry date stays the same.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- A .gi domain name must be renewed no later than 6 weeks before the expiry date.
- You can't have a .gi domain name deleted straight away. If you want to get rid of it, simply don't renew the domain so that it expires.
- Restoring a domain after deletion isn't possible as standard. It can, however, be arranged manually on request; WebOké will request this for you.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.gi
- Registry whois nic.gi
- Dispute resolution policy nic.gi
- Registry terms and conditions nic.gi
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.