Buy .bb Domain Name

Yes, the published rule asks for it. The government's domain name policy calls the regime semi restricted and states that this means a system requiring a local representative with a formally constituted presence; a tax number or a registered company are given as examples. The public notice repeats in one sentence that applicants must have a local presence in Barbados. The official form additionally asks for the name and address of a person in the country who can be contacted.

It is not a contract but a licence. The application is made on an official form issued under the Telecommunications Act; the form is signed, stamped if a company applies, and sent to the Chief Telecommunications Officer. A successful applicant receives a «Domain Name Registration Licence» and the name is held under its conditions. The annual fee rests on separate regulations. This structure means the name is granted by an administrative act and can be ended by one.

For one year. The registry's public notice decides it in a single sentence: domain name registrations are renewed annually. No multi year option is published in any official text; the information note on the back of the application form also refers to an annual operating fee and grounds it in regulations. In this extension you therefore have to track renewal every year, and you can read your renewal date from the registry's lookup service.

Yes, within a limited window. The public notice sets it out in two sentences: names not renewed within 60 days of the renewal date may be removed from the .bb name server, and names may be reinstated on payment of the outstanding arrears. In practice a late renewal can be repaired, but the name may stop working in the meantime. Because the registration is a licence, the decision rests with the administration.

The shortest name freely available is three characters. The registry's notice rules out one character names entirely, while two character names may be assigned only with the special permission of the Chief Telecommunications Officer. An applicant who wants a two letter brand name therefore has to obtain that permission first, and the outcome is a matter of administrative discretion. Names of three characters or more involve no such extra step.

Only whether the name is registered. In a measurement taken on 12 August 2026 the registry's lookup service returned a single line reading «domain found» for a registered name and «no results found» for an unregistered one; the registrant's name, address, contacts and dates are not published. The IANA record also carries no value for a port 43 server. For other extensions you can use our whois search page.