.fr domains
The Country code top-level domain for France is .FR and was created in year 1986. It's being managed by AFNIC (French Network Information Center) and has approximately 2,500,000 registered domains, with a monthly growth rate of 44,000 new domains.
Rates and features
.fr
It's required for the domain's administrative contact to reside in Europe
New period when transfer completes
| Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | 8,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
| Renewal | 8,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
| Transfer | 8,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
| Restore | 9,95 € | Includes domain renewal for 1 year | - |
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Domain length: | 1 - 63 characters |
| Residency requirements / Membership: | It's required for the domain's administrative contact to reside in Europe |
| Transfer system: | The expiration date changes but a new year isn't added. The new expiration date will be created adding a year to the transfer completion date. |
Extension rules .fr
.fr domain life cycle
| 30 days | ||||||
|
Domain registration
|
Expiration date
|
Deletion date
|
||||
| Domain available | Domain active | Redemption period | Domain available |
Permitted characters / IDN
.fr 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.
IDN characters are permitted in .fr domains.
Permitted IDN character table for .fr domains
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.
- Hyphen (-)
- Digits (0-9)
- Characters (a-z)
| Character | Unicode | HTML Code | HTML Number | Unicode Table |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S | ||||
| ß | U+00DF | ß | ß | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE | ||||
| à | U+00E0 | à | à | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | ||||
| á | U+00E1 | á | á | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
| â | U+00E2 | â | â | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE | ||||
| ã | U+00E3 | ã | ã | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ä | U+00E4 | ä | ä | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE | ||||
| å | U+00E5 | å | å | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER AE | ||||
| æ | U+00E6 | æ | æ | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA | ||||
| ç | U+00E7 | ç | ç | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE | ||||
| è | U+00E8 | è | è | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | ||||
| é | U+00E9 | é | é | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
| ê | U+00EA | ê | ê | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ë | U+00EB | ë | ë | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE | ||||
| ì | U+00EC | ì | ì | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | ||||
| í | U+00ED | í | í | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
| î | U+00EE | î | î | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ï | U+00EF | ï | ï | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE | ||||
| ñ | U+00F1 | ñ | ñ | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE | ||||
| ò | U+00F2 | ò | ò | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE | ||||
| ó | U+00F3 | ó | ó | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
| ô | U+00F4 | ô | ô | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE | ||||
| õ | U+00F5 | õ | õ | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ö | U+00F6 | ö | ö | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE | ||||
| ù | U+00F9 | ù | ù | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | ||||
| ú | U+00FA | ú | ú | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
| û | U+00FB | û | û | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ü | U+00FC | ü | ü | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE | ||||
| ý | U+00FD | ý | ý | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
| ÿ | U+00FF | ÿ | ÿ | Latin-1 Supplement |
| LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE | ||||
| œ | U+0153 | œ | œ | Latin Extended-A |
IDN domains don't permit to mix different Scripts or character sets (for example, Latin, Greek or Cyrillic).
But it's possible to use different character tables for a same script.
- The Latin Script permits the use of characters of Latin-1 supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, etc.. tables.
- The Greek Script permits to combine characters of the Greek, Greek Extended, etc.. tables, doesn't permit combine them with the normal latin characters (a-z), but permits the use of numbers or hyphens.
- Other script types have their own corresponding tables.
Residency requirements
It's required for the domain's administrative contact to reside in Europe
Transfers
To be able to complete .FR 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 .FR domain transfers
The expiration date changes but a new year isn't added. The new expiration date will be created adding a year to the transfer completion date.
Renewals
.FR domains must be renewed the month prior the expiration date, for example, if the expiration date is the 25th September, the renewal must have been requested before the last day of August. Renewals can take up to three days in order to complete.
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 .fr 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
Domain owner change
.FR domains allow to change the registrant but this has to be done using a TRADE process, this process has cost and doesn't imply the domain renewal. Please contact us if you're interested in changing the registrant of your .FR domain.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- Frequently Asked Questions in AFNIC (French)
- Domain name dispute resolution for .FR (English): View PDF
This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- DNSSEC
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
We are an Afnic.fr accredited registrar.
France
Europe
- .eu European Union 6,95 € / year
- .me Montenegro 12,95 € / year
- .de Germany 7,95 € / year
- .uk United Kingdom 7,95 € / year
- .co.uk United Kingdom 7,95 € / year
- .nl Netherlands 7,95 € / year
- .ru Russian Federation 11,95 € / year
- .it Italy 7,95 € / year
- .pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .at Austria 10,95 € / year
- .be Belgium 7,95 € / year
- .ch Switzerland 27,95 € / year
- .cz Czech Republic 19,95 € / year
- .dk Denmark 14,95 € / year
- .es Spain 6,95 € / year
- .com.es Spain 2,95 € / year
- .nom.es Spain 2,95 € / year
- .org.es Spain 2,95 € / year
- .fi Finland 35,95 € / year
- .gg Guernsey 89,95 € / year
- .co.gg Guernsey 88,95 € / year
- .net.gg Guernsey 88,95 € / year
- .org.gg Guernsey 88,95 € / year
- .gl Greenland 42,95 € / year
- .co.gl Greenland 42,95 € / year
- .com.gl Greenland 42,95 € / year
- .net.gl Greenland 42,95 € / year
- .org.gl Greenland 42,95 € / year
- .gr Greece 9,95 € / year
- .com.gr Greece 9,95 € / year
- .edu.gr Greece 9,95 € / year
- .net.gr Greece 9,95 € / year
- .org.gr Greece 9,95 € / year
- .hr Croatia 73,95 € / year
- .com.hr Croatia 9,95 € / year
- .hu Hungary 22,95 € / year
- .co.hu Hungary 22,95 € / year
- .ie Ireland 19,95 € / year
- .im Isle of Man 17,95 € / year
- .co.im Isle of Man 17,95 € / year
- .com.im Isle of Man 17,95 € / year
- .net.im Isle of Man 17,95 € / year
- .org.im Isle of Man 17,95 € / year
- .is Iceland 77,95 € / year
- .je Jersey 92,95 € / year
- .co.je Jersey 92,95 € / year
- .li Liechtenstein 19,95 € / year
- .lt Lithuania 21,95 € / year
- .lu Luxembourg 15,95 € / year
- .lv Latvia 12,95 € / year
- .com.lv Latvia 12,95 € / year
- .md Moldova, Republic of 149,95 € / year
- .no Norway 13,95 € / year
- .biz.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .com.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .edu.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .info.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .net.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .nom.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .org.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .shop.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .waw.pl Poland 4,95 € / year
- .pt Portugal 15,95 € / year
- .com.pt Portugal 15,95 € / year
- .ro Romania 72,95 € / year
- .com.ro Romania 72,95 € / year
- .rs Serbia 134,95 € / year
- .co.rs Serbia 99,95 € / year
- .org.rs Serbia 99,95 € / year
- .com.ru Russian Federation 11,95 € / year
- .se Sweden 11,95 € / year
- .si Slovenia 11,95 € / year
- .sk Slovakia 35,95 € / year
- .com.ua Ukraine 34,95 € / year
- .me.uk United Kingdom 7,95 € / year
- .org.uk United Kingdom 7,95 € / year
