Buy .com.by Domain Name

By a private company. The national namespace is administered by the Operational and Analytical Centre under the President, but com.by itself is an ordinary second-level name registered under .by, and the registry record shows it as belonging to the Minsk company Otkryty Kontakt. The company says the same in clause 2.6 of its own published contract: the service provider is the administrator of the second-level domain. The zone is not unregulated, though — chapter 10 of the central instruction governs third-level registrations under a separate regime.

The governing rule sets a ceiling. Article 66 of the central instruction states that the term of a lower-level domain registration may not exceed the term of the corresponding higher-level registration. So the term of a name under com.by is capped by the expiry of com.by's own registration. The operator defines its service in two items — ensuring the functioning of the lower-level domain and extending that period — and ties the fee to its own tariff. Clause 10.1 of its contract sets a term of one year, and under clause 10.2 the contract is extended by a further year each time the renewal fee is paid.

Yes. Clause 2.5 of the operator's published contract defines the customer as a natural person, a legal entity or a sole trader, and the text contains no residency, Belarusian address, local representative or trustee requirement. Article 62 of the central instruction likewise says the holder of a lower-level domain may be an applicant who has concluded a contract with the second-level holder. In practice your counterparty is not an accredited registrar but the company that operates the zone; it passes the application to the registrar.

Yes, the contract lists four routes separately: an assignment contract for the rights, a court decision, inheritance, and succession when a legal entity is reorganised. On assignment the transferor files an application and the transferee files an acceptance stating the contract's date, number and signatories. One restriction matters: on transfer, the new contract runs only for the remaining term of the previous holder's contract, so the clock does not restart. You can plan the operation from the domain transfer page.

Partly. Clause 4.5.1 of the operator's contract says two things: if the extension fee is not paid before the contract expires, the lower-level domain is removed from the register; but the operator preserves a 30 calendar day priority right for the customer to register the same name again. The name therefore goes offline, yet for thirty days it does not pass to anyone else. Direct .by has a shorter window: there a missed due date annuls the registration, and the previous holder can get the name back without an auction only by applying within 10 calendar days.

None are required at registration, but the contract reserves the right to ask. Clause 4.5.2 gives the operator the power to demand documents confirming the accuracy of the information supplied in the application; clause 4.6.5 obliges the customer to produce originals or duly certified copies within three days of the request. That means an identity document for individuals and sole traders, state registration documents for legal entities, and where necessary an extract from the commercial register of the country of incorporation or equivalent proof of legal status.