.com.my Domain: Malaysia's Commercial Extension
.com.my is the commercial category under .my, the country code extension of Malaysia. The zone is run by MYNIC Berhad, an agency under Malaysia's Ministry of Digital and the official ICANN-recognised registry operator for .MY. The top-level .my zone was entered into the root zone on 8 June 1987. In MYNIC's own definition .com.my is for commercial organisations and commercial activity, so the address states what you do through its structure.
That category split is a legible signal in the Malaysian market. Network service providers belong in net.my, organisations that do not fit the commercial definition in .org.my, and micro, small and medium enterprises in biz.my. .my taken directly makes no category statement and simply gives you the shortest form of your name. If you want a visitor to see a trading business the moment they read the address, .com.my is the category you are after.
MYNIC asks for supporting documents according to the type of registrant and registers the name only after the application and documents have been received and verified. Companies incorporated in Malaysia provide certification from the Registrar of Companies; organisations incorporated elsewhere provide a certificate issued by their own country. The registrant's name must match the document exactly; even a small difference in spelling leaves the application waiting in verification. Check your name with domain search.
.COM.MY Domain at a Glance
- Registry MYNIC Berhad — an agency under Malaysia's Ministry of Digital
- Parent zone .my — entered into the root zone on 8 June 1987
- Category definition Commercial organisations and commercial activity
- Document verification Registrar of Companies certification for Malaysian companies; a home-country certificate for organisations incorporated abroad
- Duration of eligibility The registrant agreement requires the criteria to be met for the whole subscription period
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Malaysia
- Character Length 1 - 40 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 servers
.com.my Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$125.00 /year -
Transfer
$125.00 /year -
Renewal
$137.50 /year -
Restore
$86.90 -
Late Renewal
$27.50
Included With Every .com.my Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.com.my Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .com.my the post-expiry timeline is set by the registry, so it differs from one extension to the next. The diagram below shows the windows that actually apply to .com.my, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .com.my address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.com.my Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.com.my Domain Registration
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Malaysia
- Character Length 1 - 40 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 servers
.com.my Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Documents Required for a .com.my Domain
.COM.MY, .NET.MY or .ORG.MY:
Frequently Asked Questions About .com.my Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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In MYNIC's category definition, .com.my is for commercial organisations and commercial activity; the test is category fit plus document verification. The categories MYNIC explicitly reserves for Malaysian bodies and individuals are .edu.my, .gov.my, .mil.my, .name.my and .coop.my, and .com.my is not among them. An application becomes a registration once the supporting documents have been received and verified.
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The evidence depends on the type of registrant. Companies incorporated in Malaysia provide certification issued by the Registrar of Companies (Borang 8, 9, 13 or 83). For organisations incorporated outside Malaysia the accepted evidence is a company, business or organisation certificate issued by the registrant's own country. The registered name on the document and the registrant name you enter when ordering must be an exact match.
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.my is the short address taken directly at the second level and makes no category statement. .com.my is MYNIC's commercial category, so the address reports that you are a trading business through its own structure. In practice: choose .my for a short, unrestricted name, and .com.my when the address itself should signal commercial standing. Most companies hold both and redirect one to the other.
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Both sit on the commercial side, but their definitions differ. MYNIC describes .com.my as being for commercial organisations and commercial activity, and biz.my as being for commercial organisations plus micro, small and medium enterprises. Network service providers belong in net.my and organisations outside the commercial definition in .org.my. In the Malaysian market the established and most widely recognised commercial form is .com.my.
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.com.my names can be moved between providers. MYNIC may request supporting documents from registrars and registrants to verify information for the registration, modification or transfer of .MY domain names, so keep your company paperwork ready. Category eligibility continues to apply after the move. The remaining term is preserved, and your site and email keep working as long as you do not change name servers. Start on the domain transfer page.
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You can see whether a .com.my name is registered, and the general state of the record, through its WHOIS entry. Because of data protection obligations, registrant contact details are published only in limited form, so a lookup will usually show the status of the name and its registration dates. Run the lookup on the whois search page, and check whether a name is still free with domain search.
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