Buy .ms Domain Name

Yes. The registry's FAQ puts it in one sentence: anyone can register a .ms domain name, there are no residency requirements. The rules text adds that .ms, .com.ms, .net.ms and .org.ms are open to registrants worldwide. No company, address or representative in Montserrat is needed, and no documents are requested. The two restricted namespaces sit outside this scope: .edu.ms is limited to local educational institutions and .gov.ms to government bodies. There is no limit on how many names you may register.

The rules say it plainly: registering a new name usually takes one to two working days. That sets .ms apart from many extensions in scope — the sibling Caribbean registries .ag and .lc state in the same clause that registration is usually immediate and automated. The practical consequence: if you need a .ms address for a campaign or launch, do not leave it to the last day, and budget for two working days.

Registration and renewal run from one to five years. The rules repeat this limit in two separate clauses and the lifecycle document the registry publishes confirms the same range. This is a point of difference from .ag and .lc in the same region, where the ceiling is ten years. A registration is made for an initial period of at least one year and should be renewed at least annually thereafter. There is no limit on the number of names you may hold.

Yes, and the timings are published day by day. According to the registry's lifecycle document a name is not deleted immediately after a delete request: a 21-day redemption window runs during which the registrar can restore the name. A seven-day delete pending period follows, in which only a registry administrator can restore it. Once both periods expire the name is removed and becomes available to anyone. Restore requests submitted without documentation wait for administrator approval.

The registry's lifecycle document sets out the procedure: registrants are free to use the registrar of their choice, and a name moves automatically from one registrar to another once the domain name and the authorisation code are submitted. If no authorisation code is provided, the losing registrar must authorise the transfer. The transfer fee is charged to the receiving registrar. You can start the process from the domain transfer page.

The registry is bound to the CoCCA Complaint Resolution Service, a three-tier mechanism: immediate action to protect the public interest, informal mediation by an Ombudsman, and, where mediation fails, adjudication by an Expert as an alternative to the courts. The document also states an important limit: the registry does not get involved in arguments over who has the better right to be recognised as registrant; its intervention rests on breaches of its own acceptable use policy.

No. For third-party registrations the registrant contact fields are not redacted but absent from the response entirely: a query returns only the registry identifier, registrar details, dates, name servers and DNSSEC status. That is the most closed approach among the three registries measured — at .ag the fields appear marked as redacted while organisation name and country stay public. The extension has both a port 43 WHOIS server and a registered RDAP address. Run a lookup from our WHOIS search page.