.sx domains
On October 2012, the Netherlands Antilles disappeared officially, what led to the creation of two new countries: St. Maarten and Curaçao. A few months later, in march 2011, the creation of the .SX domain was approved, corresponding to the ISO 3166-1 code for St. Maarten.
Rates and features
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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Registration | 23,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Renewal | 23,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Transfer | - | - | |
Restore | 120,00 € | Does not include renewal | - |
Features | |
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Domain length: | 3 - 63 characters |
Transfer system: | Transfer process isn't supported by the system. |
Extension rules .sx
.sx domain life cycle
42 days | 30 days | 5 days | ||||||
Domain registration
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Expiration date
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Deletion date
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Domain available | Domain active | Renew grace period | Redemption period | Pending delete | Domain available |
Permitted characters
.sx 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
This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.
Registrations
.sx domain registrations are immediate.
Transfers
To complete .SX 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 .SX domain transfers
Transfer process isn't supported by the system..
Renewals
Renewing your .SX domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.
Cancellations
It's possible to request a cancellation of your .SX 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 .sx 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: What is DNSSEC and how does it work
Domain owner change
.SX domains permit automatic owner changes, you'll be able to change this data from your client area.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .SX don't have extra documentation.
This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- DNSSEC
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
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