.cc domains
The .CC extension, created in year 1997 pertains to the Cocos Islands, located on Australian territory. They were initially promoted by eNic (Official Registry for .cc domains) internationally as "the next .com".
Rates and features
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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Registration | 10,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Renewal | 10,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Transfer | 10,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Restore | 60,00 € | Does not include renewal | - |
Features | |
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Domain length: | 1 - 63 characters |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Extension rules .cc
.cc domain life cycle
42 days | 30 days | 5 days | ||||||
Domain registration
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Expiration date
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Deletion date
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Domain available | Domain active | Renew grace period | Redemption period | Pending delete | Domain available |
Permitted characters / IDN
.cc domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.
IDN characters are permitted in .cc domains.
Permitted IDN character table for .cc domains
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.
Unicode Script:
- Hyphen (-)
- Digits (0-9)
- Characters (a-z)
Character | Unicode | HTML Code | HTML Number | Unicode Table |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | ||||
á | U+00E1 | á | á | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | ||||
é | U+00E9 | é | é | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | ||||
í | U+00ED | í | í | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE | ||||
ñ | U+00F1 | ñ | ñ | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE | ||||
ó | U+00F3 | ó | ó | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | ||||
ú | U+00FA | ú | ú | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
ü | U+00FC | ü | ü | Latin-1 Supplement |
IDN domains don't permit to mix different Scripts or character sets (for example, Latin, Greek or Cyrillic).
But it's possible to use different character tables for a same script.
- The Latin Script permits the use of characters of Latin-1 supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, etc.. tables.
- The Greek Script permits to combine characters of the Greek, Greek Extended, etc.. tables, doesn't permit combine them with the normal latin characters (a-z), but permits the use of numbers or hyphens.
- Other script types have their own corresponding tables.
Residency requirements
This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.
Technical requirements
This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.
Registrations
.cc domain registrations are immediate.
Transfers
To be able to complete .CC domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.
Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.
More information about .CC domain transfers
The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year
Renewals
You can renew your .CC domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.
Cancellations
It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .CC domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.
DNS modifications
DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.
DNSSEC
We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .cc domains, thanks to it your domain will be able to take advantage of an additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this tecnology can provide.
You can obtain more information at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work
Domain owner change
.CC domains permit automatic owner changes, you'll be able to change this data from your client area.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .CC don't have extra documentation.

This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- DNSSEC
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock

We are a Verisign accredited registrar.
Verisign is the official registry for .com, .net, .jobs, .tv and .cc domains.
Oceania
- .as American Samoa 69,95 € / year
- .com.au Australia 13,95 € / year
- .id.au Australia 13,95 € / year
- .net.au Australia 13,95 € / year
- .org.au Australia 13,95 € / year
- .cx Christmas Island 75,95 € / year
- .fm Micronesia 72,95 € / year
- .radio.fm Micronesia 14,95 € / year
- .biz.ki Kiribati 145,95 € / year
- .com.ki Kiribati 145,95 € / year
- .info.ki Kiribati 145,95 € / year
- .net.ki Kiribati 145,95 € / year
- .nf Norfolk Island 1.069,95 € / year
- .com.nf Norfolk Island 539,95 € / year
- .net.nf Norfolk Island 539,95 € / year
- .nu Niue 21,95 € / year
- .nz New Zealand 25,95 € / year
- .co.nz New Zealand 25,95 € / year
- .net.nz New Zealand 25,95 € / year
- .org.nz New Zealand 25,95 € / year
- .pw Palau 16,95 € / year
- .com.sb Solomon Islands 59,95 € / year
- .net.sb Solomon Islands 59,95 € / year
- .org.sb Solomon Islands 59,95 € / year
- .tf French Southern and Antartic Lands 9,95 € / year
- .tk Tokelau 9,95 € / year
- .to Tonga 49,95 € / year
- .tv Tuvalu 28,95 € / year
- .wf Wallis and Futuna 9,95 € / year
- .ws Samoa 23,95 € / year