About .PROTECTION Domains

XYZ is the sponsor and CentralNic is the backend provider for the .protection extension.

Registration periods

Phase	Dates
Sunrise	December 17, 2015 at 14:00 UTC to January 19, 2016 at 13:59:59 UTC
Early Access	Begins January 20, 2016 at 14:00 UTC
General availability	Begins January 27, 2016 at 14:00 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
Transfers to	✔
Transfers away	✔
Private Registration	✓
Protected Registration	-
Backorders	-
Bulk Registration	✓
Account change	✔
Contact updates	✔
IDNs	Latin Japanese Hebrew Arabic Russian Greek Thai Lao Chinese Korean

Who can register .protection domains?

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

Renewals

We'll attempt to auto-renew your .protection domain on its expiration date. We'll park .protection 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 .protection domains to resolve, and a maximum of 13 nameservers is allowed. DNSSEC, IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

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