Buy .my Domain Name

MYNIC asks for supporting documents according to 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. Individuals may provide a passport, a national identity document, a driver's licence or a utility bill. Where documents are required, the registration completes only after they have been verified.

.my is the short address taken directly at the second level and makes no statement about category. .com.my, in MYNIC's own definition, is for commercial organisations and commercial activity, so the address reports commercial standing through its structure. In practice: choose .my for a short, unrestricted name, and .com.my when the shape of the address should signal that you trade. Many businesses hold both and redirect one to the other.

MYNIC opened the Early Access Period for second-level .my registrations at 16:00 UTC on 13 June 2024 and general availability at 16:00 UTC on 20 June 2024. In the same transition the domain lifecycle, the registration agreement and billing practices were aligned more closely with generic extensions. MYNIC worked with Tucows Registry Services for the backend infrastructure and Internet Naming Co. for operations outside Malaysia.

MYNIC reserves five categories explicitly for Malaysian bodies and individuals:

• .edu.my — Malaysian educational organisations only
• .gov.my — Malaysian government organisations only
• .mil.my — Malaysian military organisations only
• .name.my — personal use by Malaysian individuals only
• .coop.my — Malaysian co-operatives only

The commercial and organisational categories are not on that list; there the test is category fit and document verification.

Eligibility is not a one-off check passed at the moment of registration. MYNIC's registrant agreement requires the registrant to meet the eligibility criteria of the .MY domain name and to continue meeting them for the duration of the subscription. The practical consequence: if your category, company name or legal status changes, update the registration record, otherwise the renewal can run into trouble.

.my names can be moved between providers. MYNIC may request supporting documents from registrars and registrants in order to verify information for the registration, modification or transfer of .MY domain names, so keep your paperwork ready before you start. The remaining registration period is preserved after the move, and your website and email keep working uninterrupted as long as you do not change name servers. Start on the domain transfer page.

You can see whether a .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.