.cf domains
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
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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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 | |
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Domain length: | 4 - 63 characters |
Transfer system: | Transfer process isn't supported by the system. |
Extension rules .cf
.cf domain life cycle
Domain registration
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Expiration/Deletion date
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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 complete .CF domain transfer, you'll need your current registrar to provide you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key to verify the ownership of the domain.
Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars provide manual transfers allowing transfers to be completed on the same day, contact your current registrar to find out if they offer this service.
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 request a cancellation of your .CF 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.
Domain owner change
Unfortunately it's not possible to make ownership changes in this type of domain names.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .CF don't have extra documentation.
This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
Africa
- .ml Mali 19,95 € / year
- .ga Gabon 19,95 € / year
- .ae United Arab Emirates 62,95 € / year
- .it.ao Angola 250,95 € / year
- .bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .co.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .com.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .edu.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .info.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .mo.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .or.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .org.bi Burundi 65,95 € / year
- .cd Congo, the Democratic Republic of the 70,95 € / year
- .cm Cameroon 108,95 € / year
- .co.cm Cameroon 22,95 € / year
- .com.cm Cameroon 22,95 € / year
- .net.cm Cameroon 22,95 € / year
- .co.ke Kenya 71,95 € / year
- .ly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 179,95 € / year
- .com.ly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 112,95 € / year
- .ma Morocco 32,95 € / year
- .co.ma Morocco 32,95 € / year
- .mg Madagascar 114,95 € / year
- .co.mg Madagascar 114,95 € / year
- .com.mg Madagascar 114,95 € / year
- .net.mg Madagascar 114,95 € / year
- .org.mg Madagascar 114,95 € / year
- .mu Mauritius 75,95 € / year
- .ng Nigeria 39,95 € / year
- .com.ng Nigeria 9,95 € / year
- .org.ng Nigeria 9,95 € / year
- .re Reunion 9,95 € / year
- .sc Seychelles 79,95 € / year
- .com.sc Seychelles 92,95 € / year
- .net.sc Seychelles 92,95 € / year
- .org.sc Seychelles 92,95 € / year
- .sh Saint Helena 45,95 € / year
- .so Somalia 59,95 € / year
- .com.so Somalia 11,95 € / year
- .net.so Somalia 11,95 € / year
- .st Sao Tome and Principe 46,95 € / year
- .ug Uganda 110,95 € / year
- .com.ug Uganda 110,95 € / year
- .yt Mayotte 9,95 € / year
- .co.za South Africa 16,95 € / year