Enter the Jersey market with a .JE Domain

No. The registry's rules set no nationality, residency or local-connection test for registrants; names are granted on a first-come, first-served basis, and you do not need a company, an address or an agent on the island. Identity documents are not requested as a matter of routine either. Two points are worth knowing before you start: the registry may refuse an application without giving reasons, and a new registration stays provisional for three working days after the application. If nothing happens in that window, the registration stands.

It does not expire in the usual sense. The minimum period is one year, but the contract continues until one side ends it, and the fee falls due each year before the registration anniversary. That is why a lookup shows the words registered until cancelled together with a line saying the registry fee is due on a fixed day each year, rather than an expiry date. In practice there is no multi-year prepayment option, so the annual payment is the thing to keep on schedule.

Name resolution can be suspended first, which means the website and email stop working. If the registry intends to suspend every name held by the same registrant, it normally gives 30 days' notice. Where an amount is still outstanding 30 days after it fell due, the registration agreement can be cancelled and the name leaves the register. Reactivating a suspended name attracts a further charge, so tracking the anniversary date in your registrar's panel is the safest approach.

You may submit a cancellation at any time, but the timing is binding: it has to reach the registry at least one full day before the current annual fee period ends. If the notice is late, the next year's fee becomes payable in full. Names registered through an accredited registrar may have an additional grace period. Once cancelled, the name can be registered by anyone else; the registry may offer the former holder a short priority window, but that is discretionary rather than a right.

Yes, and it is a condition of the registration agreement rather than a recommendation. If the name is used for a website with a commercial purpose, that site must publish identifying details in a reasonably prominent place. The rules list the minimum: company name, postal and email address, registration number, place of incorporation, a non-electronic way of making contact, and any trade bodies or professional associations the business belongs to. The obligation lasts for as long as the site is live.

Personal names are not published. The registry's publication scheme covers the domain name, its status, the creation date, the name servers, the registrar and — only where it has been filled in — the organisation name. When that field is empty the holder appears as redacted for privacy, and email addresses are never published. In return, third-party privacy services are expressly prohibited: you may not conceal your identity from the registry itself. You can inspect a record on the whois search page.

The gaining registrar runs the process and will normally ask you for a transfer authorisation code. For names held directly with the registry, that code is available in the advanced section of your account. Registrars are obliged to help registrants move to the provider they choose; if a transfer cannot be completed within a reasonable time, the registry can step in for an administrative charge. The reverse direction is closed: a name held through a registrar cannot normally be moved to direct registration. Start on the domain transfer page.