.cd domains

Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Since May 2018 it's not possible to register, renew or transfer .CD domains due to changes on CONIC

Please visit the oficial website for more information.

.CD domains pertain to the Democratic Republic of Congo, this extension was created in year 1997. It's used by some music websites because of the CD initials of the extension.

It's managed by NIC Congo.

Rates and features

.cd

70,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period doesn't change

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	70,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	70,95 €	1,2,3,4,5 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	70,95 €		2 dominitis
Restore	70,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	4 - 49 characters
Transfer system:	When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Regulations

.cd domain life cycle


	Domain registration		Expiration/Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Domain available

Permitted characters

.cd 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.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.cd domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

When the transfer ends, the expiration date doesn't change.

Renewals

The renewal of .CD domains is different than with other extensions.

It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 32 days before the domain expiration.

In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .CD domain, visit the support center to open a support ticket. Please note, cancelling a name does not provide a refund of any registration fees.

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.