Enter Haiti market with a .ORG.HT Domain

No. The Naming Charter describes org.ht as being for non-profit organisations, but it does not list the zone in its table of document-bearing zones; that table holds only edu.ht, gouv.ht, rel.ht, med.ht and coop.ht. Article 17 spells out the consequence: in a free zone no supporting document is asked for and allocation is confirmed on payment. Measurement bears it out — the single-letter name in the zone is not an association but a label parked by a registrar.

No. Article 4 of the charter opens allocation to every applicant «whether Haitian or not, whether legally present in Haiti or not»; no residency, local contact or document is required. Measurement supports it: the single-letter c.org.ht was taken on 16 June 2025 through a Spanish registrar. Use of the name falls first of all under Haitian law, and the registry runs no prior-rights search before registration.

The charter recognises one term only: under article 41 a domain name is valid for 12 months from the last operation billed to the registrar. No other period appears in the text, and the fee schedule is annual. Measurement supports it: c.org.ht was registered on 16 June 2025 and its expiry falls one year later. The renewal calendar therefore has to be run every year.

It is one of the thinnest in this catalogue. On 15 August 2026 certificate transparency logs were used to measure it: 19 distinct names under org.ht held a valid certificate, among them Haiti's chamber of commerce, health and legal associations and the registry's own foundation. One single-letter name is taken (c.org.ht) while a.org.ht is still free — short labels have not run out.

Sixty days in total, and the charter does the arithmetic itself. Under article 42 you have 15 days from the expiry date to renew; if you do not, the name is suspended for 45 days and is then deleted automatically from the management platform. The text spells out the result: deletion falls 60 days after expiry. A deleted name returns to the public pool and can be registered by a new applicant.

No. Article 24 of the charter forbids accented characters and adds an unusual rule: if an accented letter is entered, only the plain letter is recorded, so ñ becomes «n» and ë becomes «e». Article 22 limits the permitted set to A-Z, 0-9 and the hyphen. If your organisation's name is French or Kreyòl, plan the unaccented spelling from the start.

The charter separates two operations. For a change of holder, article 30 is explicit: the registry validates no voluntary transfer unless both parties have given their agreement. Changing service provider is a separate matter; articles 32 to 34 state that the holder may switch provider at any time, subject to the contractual obligations owed to the current one. Start the process from the domain transfer page.

There is one route. Article 51 treats the holder as having undertaken to submit to the PARL procedure administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, and it adds: «the Consortium is bound by no other alternative dispute resolution procedure». The alternative is the courts. The name is blocked for the duration of the proceedings, and an expert decision can lead to a forced transfer.