TLD Specifications
Country
Registration Time
up to 3 working days
Registration period
1-3 years
5 years
5 years
10 years
Renewal period
1-3 years
5 years
5 years
Allowed character length
2 - 63 characters
Allowed characters
a-z, 0-9, MUST NOT contain two consecutive hyphens in the third and fourth character positions and MUST NOT start or end with a hyphen.
TLD supports
IPv6
IDN
Transfer locks possible
no
Renewal on transfer
yes
Transfer time
10 days
Authcode length
6 - 16 characters
Handle updates
no
Preconfigured DNS
no
Allowed Nameservers
2 - 13
Deletion Timeframe
9 days prior to paiduntil date
Redemption Period
30 days
Domain Restrictions
- This domain is unrestricted, however, a company registration number and supporting documents are required (for organizations) or a copy of the personal ID/passport (for individuals) is required for registration.
- For a Second-Level '.hk' domain name, applications are accepted from organizations and individuals from both local and overseas.
- Use of the word "government", "bank", "assurance", "insurance" or derivatives of these names require additional justification documents.
- The change of name servers is NOT free of charge for a domain under an old contract! To change the name servers you have to accept a special parameter.