.tw domains

Taiwan, Province of China

Registration of .tw domains (Taiwan) is open and doesn't have residence restrictions, they can be registered by any private person or company, whatever their country of residence is.

The extension is managed by the Taiwan Network Information Center since year 1989 and is a very popular extension in Taiwan.

Rates and features

.tw

18,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	18,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	18,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	18,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis

Features
Domain length:	2 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.tw domain life cycle

				33 days	5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date			Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Redemption period	Pending delete		Domain available

Redemption Period
Pending Delete

Permitted characters / IDN

.tw 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.
IDN characters are permitted in .tw domains.

Permitted IDN character table for .tw domains

An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.

Unicode Script:

IDN domains don't permit to mix different Scripts or character sets (for example, Latin, Greek or Cyrillic).
But it's possible to use different character tables for a same script.
- The Latin Script permits the use of characters of Latin-1 supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, etc.. tables.
- The Greek Script permits to combine characters of the Greek, Greek Extended, etc.. tables, doesn't permit combine them with the normal latin characters (a-z), but permits the use of numbers or hyphens.
- Other script types have their own corresponding tables.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.tw domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To be able to complete .TW domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.

More information about .TW domain transfers

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

Renewals

You can renew your .TW domain at any moment, this process can take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .TW 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.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .tw domains, thanks to it your domain will be able to take advantage of an additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this tecnology can provide.
You can obtain more information at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work