.cf domains

Central African Republic

The registration of .CF domains (Central African Republic) is completely open, this means that they don't have residency requirements, so it's possible to register them independently of the country of residence.

The extension is managed by SOCATEL (Central African Society of Telecommunications) since year 1996 and has been opened to the general public in July 2013.

Rates and features

.cf

19,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Transfer not supported

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	19,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	-		-
Restore	110,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	4 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	Transfer process isn't supported by the system.

Regulations

.cf domain life cycle


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

Permitted characters

.cf 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

.cf domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To be able to complete .CF 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 .CF domain transfers

Transfer process isn't supported by the system..

Renewals

You can renew your .CF domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete. .CF domains must be renewed at least 2 days prior expiration day, if the domain is not renewed in this time, the domain will be deleted and only a recovery is possible, witch involves a higher price.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .CF 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.