.melbourne domains

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For only
55
’95
€/year

Geography: .MELBOURNE

One of the most populated cities in the world now has its own extension. An extension that will let your customers know that your site or business is related to it. Improve the number of visitors interested in knowing or finding out what Melbourne has to offer. Create your personal brand with the name of the most famous city now!

Important: The .melbourne extension has important restrictions:

  • Criteria A: Victorian Entities
    The applicant must be an entity registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission or the Australian Business Register that has an address in the State of Victoria associated with its ABN, ACN, RBN or ARBN; or has a valid corporate address in the State of Victoria.
  • Criteria B: Victorian Residents
    The applicant must be an Australian citizen or resident with a valid address in the State of Victoria.
  • Criteria C: Associated Entities
    The applicant must be an Associated Entity. The applicant may only apply for a domain name that is an Exact Match or Partial Match to, or an Abbreviation, or an Acronym of:

    • the business name of the applicant, or name by which the applicant is commonly known ( i.e. a nickname) and the business name must be registered with the appropriate authority in the jurisdiction in which that business is domiciled; or
    • a product that the Associated Entity manufactures or sells to entities or individuals residing in the State of Victoria;
    • a service that the Associated Entity provides to residents of the State of Victoria;
    • an event that the Associated Entity organises or sponsors in the State of Victoria;
    • an activity that the Associated Entity facilitates in the State of Victoria; or
    • a course or training program that the Associated Entity provides to residents of the State of Victoria.

.melbourne domain rates and features

Domain rates .melbourne

Action Periodes Price
Registration 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) 55,95 €
Renewal 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) 55,95 €
Transfer 1 year(s) 55,95 €
Restore Does not include renewal 180,00 €

Features

  • Domain length between 1 and 63 characters
  • IDN characters are not permitted
  • Allows DNS modification
  • DNSSEC
  • Whois Privacy
  • The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year
  • Possibility to block transfers

.melbourne domain life cycle

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

.melbourne domain regulations

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.melbourne domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To complete .MELBOURNE 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 .MELBOURNE domain transfers.

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

Renewals

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

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .MELBOURNE 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 .melbourne 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: DNSSEC: What is it and how does it work.

Domain owner change

Beginning December 1st, 2016, any ownership changes of .MELBOURNE domains requires both the current and new owner to accept any changes. Once the ownership change has been completed, the domain is locked and unable to be transferred for a 60-day period.

More information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2016-06-01-en.

Permitted characters

.melbourne 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.

Official documentation

In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.

  • .MELBOURNE don't have extra documentation.

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