Buy .co.de Domain Name

No, and the registry itself says so. The opening section of the policy states plainly that co.de names are technically names beneath the second-level domain "co.de", while being operated exactly like classic domains. Measurement confirms it: querying Germany's national registry returns "co.de" as an ordinary .de domain. In daily use this makes no difference — the address resolves worldwide. The difference shows up on the legal side.

Yes. The policy asks only for full legal capacity: any natural or legal person may register, while minors and persons of limited capacity may not. There is no country, residence, German company or local representative requirement. Registration goes through accredited registrars. The one practical friction is address verification: the postal address you supply must genuinely be reachable, because the registry may send a verification code to it by letter.

No, privacy is banned in this name space. The policy states it directly: the use of privacy or proxy services, or of anonymised WHOIS services, is not permitted; holder data must be transparent, accurate and directly attributable to the responsible person or organisation. Legal entities may not give a personal name-based e-mail address as the WHOIS contact either. A breach can lead to the name being blocked or deleted without compensation. If privacy is your priority, this extension is not the right fit.

A name may be from 1 to 63 characters long. The permitted set covers letters, digits and hyphens as well as IDNs, special characters and German umlauts. A name cannot begin or end with a hyphen and cannot carry two consecutive hyphens in the third and fourth positions. Country abbreviations, terms denoting state authority and terms of public interest are reserved, and the registry has permanently set aside a list of names for its own technical operation. A reserved name can be released on a substantiated request.

There is no fast arbitration route such as UDRP here, because this is not an ICANN top-level domain. The policy offers an administrative channel instead: third parties can report trademark, copyright and personality-right infringements to the registry, which reviews the case within a reasonable period and may block or terminate the name once a breach is confirmed; as a rule the holder is heard before action is taken. Beyond that, German law applies and the competent court is at the registry's seat.

A transfer is possible and depends on four conditions: both parties agree, the transfer runs through an authorised registrar, the new holder's data is supplied, and all obligations have been met. Transfers can only take place between accredited registrars, and the current list is published on the registry's website. If you want us to handle the move, you can start it from the domain transfer page.

No. A measurement taken on 13 August 2026 found no DS record for co.de in the parent zone, meaning the zone is unsigned and the chain of trust breaks at that step. The policy contains no DNSSEC provision either. Even where database records suggest DNSSEC support for this extension, measurement does not confirm it. If DNSSEC is a hard requirement for you, choose a signed zone instead.

Not reliably in practice. The policy reserves the names whois.co.de and rdap.co.de for the registry's technical operation, but in a measurement on 13 August 2026 port 43 on whois.co.de did not answer and rdap.co.de returned the website's page instead of a query response. The document names two protocol endpoints, yet the service could not be measured. Tracking your names through your registrar's control panel is safer; for other extensions our WHOIS search page is available.