Buy .sn Domain Name

The direct .sn level has no category, and the note below article 7 states that the extension is open to everyone. If you apply as a company, the document asked for is a NINEA or a commercial register entry; the charter does not say which country's register it means, so have it confirmed before you order whether your own register entry is accepted. If you apply as a private individual the position is clear: you must name an administrative contact residing in Senegal.

Documents are required at registration. The registry's lifecycle page says so twice: the eligibility box states that legal persons need «a NINEA or a commercial register document», and the note on the first stage adds that a registration becomes valid once the payment and the supporting documents have reached the registrar. NINEA is Senegal's business identification number. The same box also gives the timing: once payment and documents are verified, the registration completes within a few hours.

Yes, but on two hard conditions. Once the name has been deleted, a 30-day recovery window (Rédemption) opens, which the registry calls a right of regret. The first condition is that the services are cut immediately — the website and email do not work during those 30 days, so a recovery window is not the same as uninterrupted service. The second is a monopoly: only the registrar that deleted the name can restore it, and the restore fee equals one additional year. A final, irreversible five-day stage follows.

The charter publishes no separate article on a registrar change or a change of holder; the two concrete published rules concern timing. A five-day correction window runs after registration, and the name then cannot be transferred for 30 days. The channel itself is open: article 2 accepts a registrar that is either a company under Senegalese law or ICANN accredited. Start the move from the domain transfer page and confirm the procedure with your registrar.

No. Article 13 limits the permitted set to the letters a-z and the digits 0-9 and closes it in two words: accents are forbidden. The registry repeats the same point in its best-practice advice, in plain language and with a reason tied to email addresses. In a country where French is the official language this is a notable choice: a .sn name carrying é, è or ç cannot be registered. Hyphens are allowed, but a name may not begin or end with one.

Article 13 lists four classes under the heading of absolute prohibitions. Names contrary to public order or religion; the names of Senegalese cities, which are reserved; technical terms such as arpanet, icann and ipv6; and the names of regulated professions such as lawyers and doctors. That last class is the one that surprises applicants most: because the profession itself is regulated, a name that designates it may be refused. The length rule sits in the same article — each segment must be between 3 and 63 characters.

Yes. On 12 August 2026 a query to the registry's whois.nic.sn server returned the administrative, technical and billing contacts in the open, alongside the registrar, the dates and the status. The header of the reply sets out the framework: the data is processed only for domain name operations, and under Senegal's personal data protection law 2008-12 you may exercise your rights of access, objection, correction and deletion through the registry's abuse address. Privacy here is a right you invoke, not a product you buy. You can view a record on the whois lookup page.