Buy .bm Domain Name

No, not directly. The registration agreement restricts applications to three categories, each with an address in Bermuda: companies incorporated there under the Companies Act 1981, charities registered under the Charities Act 2014, and residents of Bermuda who permanently live there. A separate clause requires the registrant's WHOIS contact information to include a Bermuda address in any event. Without an establishment in Bermuda, eligibility cannot be met.

No. The agreement does define an agent role — an authorised third party may manage the domain on the holder's behalf, and a dedicated authorisation form is required for it — but agency does not create eligibility. The relevant clause is explicit: even where the agreement is completed by an agent, the registrant is bound as principal, and the WHOIS record must still carry a Bermuda address. An agent may manage the name; the party that must qualify is the holder.

The list depends on the eligibility category. An entity — company, charity or organisation — must supply documentary evidence of its legal registration. An individual must supply proof of Bermudian residency. An individual registering the name for commercial purposes must also supply a business licence, or proof that one has been applied for such as a fee receipt or letter of intent. Where a third party will manage the account, an authorisation form is added.

No, and this is an unusually explicit prohibition. When listing permitted characters the naming clause of the agreement states, in brackets, that letters a through z are allowed with no accents of any kind. Only the digits 0 to 9 and the hyphen are added, and the hyphen may not start or end a name. Length runs from three to 63 characters. An accented .bm name therefore cannot be registered at all.

You cannot sell it. The agreement expressly prohibits the sale of a domain name and limits transfer to seven enumerated situations: sale of the business or its assets under a deed, assignment of intellectual property, liquidation, movement between entities in the same group, holding as an agent for the incoming holder, an order by a court or arbitrator, and settlement of a dispute. In every case the incoming holder must meet the eligibility rules; a request that does not qualify is denied and the name is surrendered and deleted.

Partly the registry. A clause of the agreement maps zones to the declared purpose of the domain: personal use maps to .bm, small business and professional use to .net.bm and .biz.bm, company and commercial use to .co.bm and .com.bm, and organisations and professional bodies to .org.bm, .net.bm and .edu.bm. Separately, .gov.bm is reserved for the Government of Bermuda and .edu.bm for valid local educational institutions. You declare the purpose in the application.

There are two routes. Disputes between the registrant and the registry go to arbitration under the WIPO Expedited Arbitration Rules, before a sole arbitrator, with Hamilton as the place of arbitration. For disputes between the registrant and third parties, the holder submits to the jurisdiction of the courts at the Bermuda address shown in WHOIS and of the courts where the registry is located. The governing law is the law of Bermuda.