Buy .im Domain Name

Yes. Rule 3.2 states that the registry accepts applications on a first come, first served basis and does not restrict who may apply, which names may be held, or how many. No company, address or representative on the Isle of Man is required and no document is requested. The registry may only ask for information about your legal identity under rule 3.4, and under rule 3.1 it may check an application for compliance before or after registration.

The term is not a continuous range but a set of four: rule 9.1 says names may be registered for periods of 1, 2, 5 and 10 years, and the registry's price list shows the same four terms as separate items. A 3, 4 or 7 year registration is therefore not possible. Condition 18 of the terms frames renewal as a right: if your request and fee arrive by the deadline, you are entitled to enter a new contract on the standard conditions then offered.

The calendar is published day by day. Expiry notices go to all contacts by email 60, 30, 5 and 1 day in advance. On the expiry date a final notice is sent and the name is de-listed from the .im name servers — your site and email stop resolving at that moment. One month later the name becomes available for registration by any party; renewal is still possible during that one-month window.

Rule 5.2 provides that applications containing words connected to regulated activities on the Isle of Man — gaming and financial services among them — are sent to the Designated Official through a referral list. A referral is not an automatic refusal; it is considered within two working days and usually leads to a request for further information. If the name is refused you may appeal within 10 days, the Designated Official's decision is final, and the registration fee is refunded within 30 days.

The process has four steps: the incoming party asks the current holder to "Unlock" the name, the holder switches the record from Lock to Unlock on the registry website, the incoming party raises a transfer request there and the current holder is notified automatically, then approves or rejects it. Conditions 20 and 21 make this the only valid route: a transfer outside the published process is invalid and no document claiming otherwise has any effect. See our domain transfer page for details.

No. A query run on 13 August 2026 opened with a notice that the data had been redacted to comply with the GDPR, and the registrant, administrative, billing and technical contact fields all came back "Redacted"; what remains published is the name, the expiry date and the name servers. Condition 9 of the terms allows the registry to release personal data only on written request to those with a legitimate reason. You can run a lookup on our whois search page.

Neither is. Rule 4.3 states plainly that internationalised domain names are not offered and that names beginning with "xn--" may not be registered; a name may contain only a-z, 0-9 and the hyphen, and it may not start or end with a hyphen. On DNSSEC the measurement is unambiguous: the root zone holds no DS record for .im, so the zone is unsigned and its sub-zones cannot be chained either.

If you registered as a consumer, yes. Condition 22 of the terms grants a right to cancel provided it is claimed within fourteen days of the service start date; the registry then cancels the name and refunds within fourteen days, reserving the right to deduct costs incurred while the service was active. A cancellation clause this explicit is rare among the country extensions we cover.