Buy .com.bi Domain Name

No. Every text the registry publishes was read end to end, and no declaration of capacity, trade register entry or document list applies to registrations beneath .com.bi. The registration procedure invites organisations, public and non-governmental bodies, schools and all interested individuals and entities alike; a foreign applicant need keep no name server or administrative contact in the country. Nor is there a cap on how many names one holder may take. The only thing scrutinised is the name itself: the registry expects it to reflect the truth and to match the business name or one of its marks, and the application may ask you to describe the intended use in a sentence.

The difference is the level, not the eligibility test. .bi is registered directly at the second level; .com.bi is the third level beneath com.bi, a zone the registry holds itself, and it is traditionally the space for commercial names. Both sit with the same registry, under the same policy texts, behind the same whois server. Technically com.bi is a separate delegation carrying its own DNSSEC key. The commercial consequence is simple: holding a name at .bi does not close the .com.bi side, since the two levels are independent, so covering your brand across the Burundian market means taking both.

Three characters. The registry's rules put the minimum at three characters and draw no distinction by level, so the same limit applies beneath com.bi. Measurement confirms it directly: single- and double-letter strings queried under com.bi come back from whois neither as registered nor as free, but with a note that they sit on a restricted list and would require approval if registered, while a three-letter string comes back free without that note. A one- or two-character name depends on a prior special arrangement with the registry and cannot be bought through the ordinary ordering flow. In practice, plan on three characters or more.

You get a two-week window. The registry runs renewal through invoicing: the yearly invoice goes to the billing contact's email address on the anniversary of the name and, in the policy's own wording, no second reminder follows. A name left unpaid is deleted two weeks later and made available for registration again. The thirty-day grace period, the redemption window that follows it and the pending-delete state you know from generic extensions do not exist in this zone. The practical consequence is blunt: a delay of more than a fortnight loses the name irretrievably. Keep the billing address on the record working and monitored.

At least two, and on separate networks. The registry's service agreement states it plainly: the registrant agrees to maintain two operational name servers for the name, and the two should sit on separate networks. The application template goes further still: the primary server's full host name and its IP address must match each other, and the servers must already be up and answering queries when the application is filed. The registry also expects its own authoritative hosts to be allowed zone transfers. The practical consequence: putting both servers on one provider's single network can get your application rejected.

Yes — publication is the default on the registry side. The service agreement asks the registrant to grant the registry the right to disclose their data to third parties through a publicly accessible lookup database, covering the name, the postal address and the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of the administrative and technical contacts. Measurement confirms it: in records looked up beneath com.bi, all four blocks — registrant, admin, technical and billing — appear in full. The registry sells no privacy product, so masking happens only through a registrar's own practice. See your record on the whois search page.

A change of registrar is a working operation in this space: the registry applies the standard transfer lock, so if your name is locked you have to get it unlocked first. The registry publishes a list of accredited registrars that mixes Burundian firms with international ones. What it does not publish is a procedure for obtaining the authorisation code; in practice the code and its timing run through your current registrar. A change of holder is a separate route and can only be started by the contacts already on the record. Begin on the domain transfer page, or write to us via contact if you get stuck.