Search for your domain .fr


Click on the items below for infoRegistrationTransfer
Required Documentation See below See below
Timing 24/48 hours 8/10 days
DNS Service FREE for life FREE for life
URL Redirect FREE for life FREE for life
Min/Max years 1/10 1/9
NS Verification No No
Local Presence See below See below
Restrictions See below See below

General info about .fr Domains

  • .fr domain names can only contain letters A-Z (case insensitive), digits 0-9 and hyphens (-);
  • Hyphens cannot be the first or last character; you cannot put 2 consecutives hiphens (--);
  • .fr domain must have minimum 3 and maximum 64 characters (extension excluded);
  • .fr domain must not include spaces;

Required Documentation for .fr domains

No documentation required.

Registration times for .fr domains

24/48 hours from the payment confirmation.

Free DNS management for .fr domains

Full control to manage the DNS records of the associated domains. DNS servers are globally distributed with a highly redundant structure. you can edit SOA, A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, and NS records.

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Free Url Redirect for .fr domains

Visitors who will type the domain name will be redirected to another web space / URL. URL redirects are of two types:

  1. Forwarding URLs : Redirects the domain name to another web address; in the address bar the destination address will be shown;
  2. Alias: Makes the domain name point to a hosting plan already purchased on ormag.com; the address bar will continue to show the domain name
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Maximum period of registration for .fr domains

.fr domains can be registered for minimum 1 year and maximum 10 years and, of course, always be renewed by the owner.

Maximum number of .fr domains registered per owner

No limits.

NS check for .fr domains

It is not needed to set Nameservers before registering the domain.
Nameservers must be between 2 and 13; it's not necessary for Nameservers to reside in different subnets. If you don't insert the Nameservers in the Profile, during the Registration Process, the Ormag ones will be used. You will be able to change them anytime.

Local Presence for .fr domains

.fr domain registration can be requested only by subjects (legal and natural persons) that resides in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein.

Restrictions about .fr domains

The .fr domain names can be registered only by natural or juridical persons having residence / seat in the European Community, otherwise Ormag could offer the Local Presence service, mentioned above.
Since 6 December 2011 the French Authority no longer allows registration of the .com.fr domains but only transfers

.fr domain transfer

  • The domain must be registered / renewed / transferred for at least 60 days;
  • The domain must not be blocked by the current Registrar;
  • The administrative contact's e-mail address must be active and reachable;
  • Request the current Provider the Authorization Code (EPP key) of the domain to be transferred;
  • Transfer times: up to 24-48 hours after payment confirmation and during office hours;
  • It is advisable to request the transfer of the domain at least 15 days before the expiry date;
PROCEDURE: during the transfer order, the Authorization Code (chiave EPP) has to be given. Once the procedure takes place, the admin account will receive an email from French Authority to whom confirmation of transfer has to be given.

Restore .fr domains

IMPORTANT: from the expiration date on, renewals will be charged with a fine, besides its price, which varies with the time passed since expiration date (until 29 days after, it will be cheaper; later, it will be more expensive). The Restore cost will be automatically added during the order procedure. The French Authority will automatically suspend the domain, some days after expiration date.

IMPORTANT: none of our contracts is automatically or tacitly renewed. Two months before the expiration date, you will be contacted by Ormag by e-mail and will be able to decide on the renewal of the expiring services.