Overview
DE Domain is an official domain of Germany (Europe).

Germany is located in Central Europe and shares borders with Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, the Czech Republic.

Recommendations
DE domain is recommended for websites related to Germany or containing relevant information, for companies and individuals located in Germany or emerging to local market and for everyone interested in this domain zone.

Limitations
A resident of Germany should be specified as a domain's administrative contact.

Abbreviations of first and last names and names of organizations may not be used in contact information.
Post office box number (for example, PO No. 124) may not be specified as a postal address.

Online gambling is prohibited under the German legislation. Owners of gambling websites or websites promoting gambling activities, which use DE domain zone may be prosecuted by law by German authorities, and such domain names may be deleted by DE domain zone administration.
ATTENTION! If any domain is deleted from DE domain zone for any of the above reasons, domain name registration costs are not returned.

Trustee service / Local presence
If you are a non-resident individual or company from one of the above countries, we perform registration of a domain name you require for your representative and provide you full control of your domain name. We guarantee that it doesn't affect your right to control your domain in any way, including its possible transfer to another person or company.
This service is free of charge.

Registration term
Usually, a domain becomes available for use in 30-60 minutes upon payment.
Maximal registration term for this domain zone is 1 business day.

Transfer
Domains in DE zone may be transferred for service from another registrar with domain renewal for one more year.
Prior to domain transfer request, obtain an Authorization Code from your current registrar. Usually, a domain is transferred for service to a new registrar in 5-7 days upon start of domain transfer process.
Note that after the transfer of his domain registration starts from the date of his transfer to the new registrar, regardless on what time remained before the end of its registration.

If an incorrect e-mail address is specified in WHOIS, ask your current registrar to correct your e-mail address specified in your domain details prior to your domain transfer request. In some cases, requests to confirm your intention to transfer your domain to a new registrar may be sent to your e-mail specified in WHOIS. If such e-mails are not confirmed, your domain transfer request will be declined.

Information in WHOIS
Information on domain owners is fully hidden and not available for public viewing.