.sx domains

Island of Sint Maarten

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

.sx

23,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Transfer not supported

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
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
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	Transfer process isn't supported by the system.

Regulations

.sx domain life cycle

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

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period
Pending Delete

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