.ly domains
.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
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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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 | |
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Domain length: | 4 - 63 characters |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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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 | |
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Domain length: | 4 - 63 characters |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Extension rules .ly
.ly domain life cycle
Domain registration
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Expiration/Deletion date
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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 14 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 ask for the cancellation of your .LY 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.
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.
- .LY don't have extra documentation.
This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
Africa
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- .ml Mali 19,95 € / year
- .ga Gabon 19,95 € / year
- .ae United Arab Emirates 62,95 € / year
- .co.ao Angola 250,95 € / 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
- .ma Morocco 29,95 € / year
- .co.ma Morocco 29,95 € / 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 39,95 € / year
- .so Somalia 11,95 € / 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