Buy .us Domain Name

Yes, but conditionally. The third Nexus category covers foreign entities with a bona fide presence in the United States; the applicant certifies this on the basis of «real and substantial lawful connections with, or lawful activities in» the country. You do not need a US-incorporated company, but you do need a concrete business link and the ability to evidence it if asked. The registry does not collect documents at application; it runs spot checks on selected records, and at that stage a foreign entity may produce a bill of sale with a US buyer, or a deed or lease showing its US address.

One of three categories proving the holder's link to the United States. Category 1: a natural person who is a US citizen, a permanent resident, or whose primary domicile is in the US. Category 2: an entity incorporated in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia or a US possession or territory — including federal, state and local government and US-based non-commercial organisations. Category 3: a foreign entity with a bona fide presence in the country. The requirement is not a one-off: the policy states plainly that holders must remain in compliance throughout the registration.

The name goes on a thirty-day hold. During that period the registrar is notified and given the chance to correct the information with the registrant. If the registrar takes no action within the thirty days, the registration is cancelled, the name returns to available status and the registration fee is not refunded. If the registrar demonstrates compliance and corrects the data, the hold is released and the name is registered. And if any one of the three certifications is missing at application — Nexus compliance, the category, or the name server statement — the application is rejected outright.

No, and this is not a preference but a prohibition. The privacy policy in force expressly bars a registrar, its resellers, affiliates and contractors from offering anonymous or proxy registration services, and a registrar may not use its own contact details as registration data either. Two reasons are given: keeping a complete whois database and being able to enforce Nexus. The registry also describes the enforcement — it runs an algorithm to detect such registrations. You can check the visible data of your record on the whois search page.

The rules define no such route. The Nexus requirement attaches to the registrant personally: you meet it, you certify it, and you produce the evidence in a check. On top of that, proxy registration services are separately prohibited by the privacy policy. So «handing the eligibility test to an intermediary and standing behind it» is not merely unregulated here but directly contrary to policy. If you have no link to the US, the answer is not an intermediary but an alternative without an eligibility test, such as .us.com.

Up to ten years. The limit is written into the registry's transfer policy: a transfer extends the registration by one year, «provided that in no event shall the total unexpired term of a registration exceed ten (10) years». Pricing is built as an annual subscription, with multi-year subscriptions also offered. One practical detail on transfers: when a holder-authorised change of registrar completes, the registration is automatically extended by a year. You can start the move on the domain transfer page.

No. The registry says so directly in its own FAQ: .us does not currently offer IDN registrations, and it suggests checking the official site for updates. A .us address containing characters such as ş, ğ, ü, ö, ç or ı therefore cannot be registered; names are built from ASCII letters, digits and the hyphen only. That is a real constraint for brands whose names carry such characters — plan the ASCII rendering of your brand before you buy.

There are three routes and ICANN's UDRP is not among them — the registry states plainly that, as a country-code TLD, .us is not bound by ICANN policies. The first is usDRP, the classic trademark-based procedure; the second is usRS, rapid suspension; the third is the zone-specific Nexus Dispute Policy. The last one is different in kind: the complainant argues not that a trademark is infringed but that the holder does not meet the eligibility requirement. The registry publishes its list of approved dispute providers separately.

If a panelist decides against the holder, the registry does not implement the decision at once: it waits ten business days. If within that period the holder produces official documentation — for example a complaint file-stamped by the clerk of the court — showing that a lawsuit has been commenced against the complainant in a US court to whose jurisdiction the complainant has submitted, the decision is not carried out. The administrative procedure therefore does not close the courtroom door; either party may take the dispute to a competent US court before or after the mandatory proceeding.