.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 €	Does not include renewal	-

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 be able to complete .COOP 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 .COOP domain transfers

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

Renewals

You can renew your .COOP 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 .COOP 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 .coop 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