Buy .gm Domain Name

Yes, but the process follows one of two paths. The policy lists local and international individuals, organisations, companies, public bodies and rights holders together; the condition is having a legitimate purpose or connection to the requested name. Applicants with a relation to The Gambia use the direct registration route, while unrelated international requests enter a Reserved Evaluation process and are reviewed manually.

Documents are not mandatory for every registration, but the registry may ask at any stage. The policy names the items explicitly: proof of identity, incorporation, trademark rights, licence, authority, local connection or other supporting documentation. Which item is requested depends on the category your request falls into and on the outcome of evaluation. The true registrant must also be identified and must remain reachable through an e-mail address not controlled solely by the registrar.

The registry places every name in one of these three states. Open means generally available to request, though still subject to final review. Reserved requires manual evaluation and the name may be classified as Standard, Premium, UltraPremium or strategically protected, or made subject to documentation, licence, price or use conditions. Blocked means restricted for legal, official, technical, security, cultural, brand-protection or administrative reasons; where you hold a legitimate claim you may request manual consideration in writing.

A second-level label may contain the letters a-z, the digits 0-9 and hyphens; it cannot begin or end with a hyphen and may run to 63 characters. Internationalised or special-character names are available only where specifically supported and approved, so IDN here is an exception granted rather than a general right. In addition, infrastructure and public-service labels such as com, edu, gov, mil, org, co and ac cannot be registered as ordinary second-level names.

Yes. The Appeals section of the policy states that a written appeal against a registry refusal, reclassification, suspension, transfer or revocation may be submitted within 30 days of notice. Note one limitation: an appeal does not automatically stay an urgent security, legal or abuse action. Abuse reports go to the same address, and the registry may temporarily suspend or restrict a domain where that is reasonably necessary to protect users, the DNS or the registry.

Not without extra steps. The policy sets a separate condition for regulated use: gambling, financial, health or public-authority services directed at The Gambia and other sensitive sectors may require additional approval or licences from GM-NIC. More generally, a domain must not be registered or used unlawfully, deceptively or abusively, in a way that infringes third-party rights, threatens security or DNS stability, or impersonates another party.

No. A measurement taken on 13 August 2026 found no DS record for .gm in the root zone, meaning the zone is unsigned and no DNSSEC chain of trust can be established for this extension. The policy contains no DNSSEC provision either. The zone is served from ns1.nic.gm and ns2.nic.gm alongside a server operated by the African regional internet registry. If DNSSEC is mandatory for you, plan around it from the start.