.xxx domains
Intended exclusively for the adult market, the .XXX domains are the new generation of domains on the Web.
The opening date of this extension will be the next December 6, 2011.
.XXX domains will provide online consumers greater confidence while surfing the Web, improving the image of adult entertainment brands in the Web, creating a very attractive market (and therefore valuable) in the long term.
Premium Domains
Some .xxx domains are premium names with a higher initial registration fee over a standard registration with all subsequent renewals and transfers at a standard rate. All search results will automatically reflect premium names fees.
Rates and features
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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Registration | 79,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Renewal | 79,95 € | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Transfer | 79,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Restore | 60,00 € | Does not include renewal | - |
Features | |
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Domain length: | 1 - 63 characters |
Residency requirements / Membership: | This domain name has membership requirements. |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Extension rules .xxx
.xxx 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 / IDN
.xxx 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 .xxx domains.
Permitted IDN character table for .xxx domains
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.
Unicode Script:
- Hyphen (-)
- Digits (0-9)
- Characters (a-z)
Character | Unicode | HTML Code | HTML Number | Unicode Table |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | ||||
á | U+00E1 | á | á | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | ||||
é | U+00E9 | é | é | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | ||||
í | U+00ED | í | í | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE | ||||
ñ | U+00F1 | ñ | ñ | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE | ||||
ó | U+00F3 | ó | ó | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | ||||
ú | U+00FA | ú | ú | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
ü | U+00FC | ü | ü | Latin-1 Supplement |
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 domain name has membership requirements.
Technical requirements
This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.
Registrations
.xxx domain registrations are immediate.
Transfers
To complete .XXX 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 .XXX domain transfers
The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year
Renewals
Renewing your .XXX domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.
Cancellations
It's possible to request a cancellation of your .XXX 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 .xxx 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
Beginning December 1st, 2016, any ownership changes of .XXX 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
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .XXX don't have extra documentation.

This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- DNSSEC
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
Category: Generic domains

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