.coop domains

Cooperatives

With .COOP you will have the perfect domain for your cooperative, thanks to an exclusive extension for legally accredited cooperatives. Distinguish your web site and offer confidence to your visitors and future members in an easy way.

Important: .COOP domains can only be requested by official cooperative entities. Once a .COOP domain registration has been completed, the organization needs to be verified by the registry. If this verification is not completed, the domain may be revoked, without possibility to obtain a refund.

Rates and features

.coop

69,95 €

.coop domains can only be registered by cooperatives, in case this requirement is not met, the Registry may cancel the domain name, without refund.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	69,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	69,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	69,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	69,95 €	Includes domain renewal for 1 year	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Residency requirements / Membership:	.coop domains can only be registered by cooperatives, in case this requirement is not met, the Registry may cancel the domain name, without refund.
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.coop domain life cycle

				42 days	30 days	5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date				Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period	Pending delete		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period
Pending Delete

Permitted characters

.coop 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

.coop domains can only be registered by cooperatives, in case this requirement is not met, the Registry may cancel the domain name, without refund.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.coop domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To complete .COOP 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 .COOP domain transfers

The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Renewals

Renewing your .COOP domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .COOP 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.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .coop domains. Your domain can take advantage of this additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this technology can provide.
More information is available at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work