.ly domains

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

.LY domains pertain to Libya and are managed by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company since year 1988. .LY domains have grown in popularity because of it use from famous services like for example Bit.ly or adf.ly.

.lv domains are managed by Nic.ly.

Rates and features

.ly

179,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	179,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	179,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	179,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	4 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

.com.ly

112,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	112,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	112,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	112,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	4 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.ly domain life cycle


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

Permitted characters

.ly 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

.LY domains require the DNS to be active on different subnets and to be authoritative for the domain at the time of registration. You can check if they pass these minimum requirements using our Zone Check tool.

Registrations

.ly domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

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

The registrant must send a confirmation e-mail to sales@register.ly using the e-mail account that appears at the domain's whois in order to accept the transfer.

Renewals

The renewal of .LY domains is different than with other extensions.

It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 21 days before the domain expiration.

In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.

Cancellations

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