.ye Domain: Yemen's Country Zone and How It Works
.ye is the country-code domain of the Republic of Yemen; the IANA record was last updated on 16 March 2025. The sponsoring organisation is TeleYemen, based in Sana'a. The zone is operated in practice through TeleYemen's internet arm: the registry whois server is whois.y.net.ye, and the only registration services address IANA lists is an RDAP endpoint.
Registration requires the domain owner to have an administrative contact in Yemen; a trustee service is offered to those who cannot meet this. The zone itself is in good health: on 11 August 2026 .ye and its sub-zones resolved cleanly, the registry whois server answered, and names that do not exist came back plainly as available.
One more thing is measurable: second-level .ye registration is live. The registry whois shows names registered directly under .ye, and it also separates certain names as «reserved or restricted», which means a reserved-names mechanism is running too. Check whether the name is free on the domain search page.
.YE Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation TeleYemen — Sana'a; the sponsor named in the IANA root zone record
- IANA record Last updated on 16 March 2025
- Local contact The owner needs an administrative contact in Yemen; otherwise a trustee service is used
- Registry services whois.y.net.ye (port 43) and rdap.y.net.ye; both answered on 11 August 2026
- Second-level registration Live — the registry whois shows names registered directly under .ye
- Sibling zones com.ye, net.ye, org.ye, edu.ye, gov.ye, me.ye and tv.ye
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Yemen
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 2 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Popular Domain Extensions for Yemen
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- .ye
- .com.ye
.ye 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
$549.90 /year -
Transfer
$613.59 /year -
Renewal
$660.79 /year -
Restore
$1,415.90 -
Trustee Service
$249.00
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.ye Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .ye 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 .ye, 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 .ye 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.
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.
.ye Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.ye Domain Registration
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Yemen
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 2 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.ye Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Documents Required for a .ye Domain
If you do not meet this requirement, we can register the domain in the name of our local representatives and then make it available to you. This option has an additional cost (Trustee Service)
| Extension | Trustee Service | DNS Update |
| .ye | 249 $ | 69 $ |
| .com.ye | 249 $ | 69 $ |
| .net.ye | 249 $ | 69 $ |
| .org.ye | 249 $ | 69 $ |
Frequently Asked Questions About .ye Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The IANA record for .ye lists no registry website; it names only a WHOIS server (whois.y.net.ye) and an RDAP endpoint (rdap.y.net.ye). The basic requirement known for the extension is that the domain owner has an administrative contact in Yemen; where that is not possible, a trustee service is used. For terms and other details you can ask our support team before ordering.
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Yes, and this is a measurable fact. The registry whois shows names registered directly under .ye, while the free names we tested came back as «not found», meaning they are open for registration. Taking the same name at the third level is also possible; the com.ye zone is live and queryable.
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No, and this is the extension's most practical limitation. The registry whois server returns only four fields: the domain name, the registrar, the last update date and the name servers. Registrant details, the creation date and the expiry date are never published. The RDAP endpoint IANA lists adds its own note that the record contains only a summary. Keeping renewal dates in your own calendar therefore matters here.
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They will not. The registry whois never publishes the registrant's name, address, phone or email; the answer contains only the domain name, the registrar, the update date and the name servers. Privacy here is therefore not a paid add-on but the default behaviour of the zone. There is a flip side: you cannot verify from outside who really holds a name. You can view a record on the whois search page.
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The sub-zones registered in the registry whois are: com.ye, net.ye, org.ye, edu.ye, gov.ye, me.ye and tv.ye. All of them are registered under the same registrar label and served by the parent zone's name servers. By contrast co.ye and info.ye do not exist: both return «not found». me.ye and tv.ye are two unusual zones you will not find in most country namespaces.
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The zone is not signed. A check on 11 August 2026 confirmed that the root zone holds no DS record for .ye. On the technical side there is a positive detail, though: all five authoritative servers in the IANA record publish IPv6 addresses, and the name servers of the sub-zones carry IPv6 too, so the zone resolves without trouble on modern networks.
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