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About .FAMILY Domains

Rightside is the sponsor and the backend provider for the .family extension.

Registration periods

Phase Dates
Sunrise November 10, 2015 at 17:00 UTC to January 9, 2016 at 17:00 UTC
Early Access Begins January 13, 2016 at 17:00 UTC
General availability Begins January 20, 2015 at 17:00 UTC

These domain names can have up to 63 characters, with a minimum of 1 character, and can contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 3rd or 4th characters of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #.

Features Availability
Registration length 1 - 10 years
Renewal length 1 - 10 years
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IDN French, Spanish, German, and Chinese (simplified and traditional)

Who can register .family domains?

Anyone can register .family domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.

Renewals

We'll attempt to auto-renew your .family domain on its expiration date. We'll park .family domain names after the first failed billing attempt. If the domain isn't renewed within 40 days following expiration, we cancel it and remove it from your account.

Refund details

For details on refunds, please visit GoWebsite's Refund Policy page and look under BOTH of the following categories:

  • Products with Special Refund Terms (look under Domain Name Registrations/Renewals)
  • Products Not Eligible for Refunds

Nameserver requirements

Two nameservers are required for .family domains to resolve, and a maximum of 13 nameservers is allowed. DNSSEC, IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

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