What name can I register?
Naming Policy
1. Object
The Naming Charter is to define the administrative and technical rules for naming the area managed by the NIC of Benin
2. The domain
The area ". Bj" is broken down into public domains (. Bj,. Gouv.bj,. Mil.bj,. Edu.bj,. Gov.bj,. Asso.bj, etc.) and domains (. Bar. bj,. com.bj etc ...)
3. Syntactic constraints
Are allowed as domain names consist of alphanumeric terms letters of the French alphabet A to Z and numbers 0 to 9 and the hyphen "-".
may not be registered, the domain names:
- composed of unique;
- composed of two letters only;
- beginning or ending with a hyphen "-" for longer than 255 characters (63 per subdomain)
4. Validity of a domain name
The domain has a duration of 12 (twelve) months, automatically renewable unless deletion request sent by the administrative contact.
5. Holder of cpr144449003101 a domain name
Corporations can hold a domain name in the area. Bj.
6. Administrative officer
The holder of a domain name is imperative designate in its application for registration and maintain for the duration of use of the domain name an "administrative contact".
The administrative contact, at the option of the holder, a person natural or legal person may be the third owner, including Internet service provider.
The administrative contact is established in Benin and absolutely must have an effective address that allows it to receive judicial or extrajudicial.
Administrative contact information is disseminated in the Whois database.
The owner is free to change the administrative contact via its Internet service provider.
The NIC of Benin does not in any way be held responsible for relations, whatever the nature between the holder of a domain name and the administrative contact.
The administrative contact is the person or entity that meets the demands of the NIC with the exception of procedures for alternative dispute resolution that are handled directly with the holder of the domain name.
7. Technical Manager
The persons appointed must be able to intervene in the operation of name servers and resources associated with this service. If your name server is managed by a service provider, the contacts must be members of the technical service provider.
8. Nameservers
Servers must be permanently accessible to all machines on the Internet. It is recommended that they are not on the same network. You can ask your service provider or an organization similar to yours, asking him to be secondary to your area.
