.SEX

.SEX
Overview
Introduced	2015
Category	Adult
Registry	Afilias
IDN Capable	Yes
Dispute Policy	ICANN Rules
Webpage	Register .SEX
Legal Information
Legal	TBA

Registration Information

• TMCH Sunrise: Starting Sept 1 - Oct 1, 2015, .SEX will be made available for a thirty day (30) period to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), as required under ICANN’s Rights Protection Mechanism.
• Sunrise B: Oct 5 - Oct 30, 2015, This priority registration period is for those 2011 XXX Sunrise B applicants.
• Domain Matching: Oct 5 - Oct 30, 2015, registered owners of any .XXX domain (EXAMPLE.XXX) will be given priority to register its counterpart in .SEX (EXAMPLE.XXX for EXAMPLE.SEX). The Domain Matching Program will be available to all .XXX registrants who have a .XXX registration as of October 1, 2015.
• General Availability: Nov 4, 2015, anyone can register a .SEX domain during this time, even individuals / entities outside the adult entertainment industry

Sunrise B and Matching Eligibility

Sunrise B Eligibility Requirements - Sunrise B Registration Requests in an ICM gTLD may only be submitted by the same Applicant that submitted a successful .XXX Sunrise B Reservation Request. The Applicant must use the same Accredited Registrar of Record that sponsored the Applicant in its underlying, directly matching .XXX Sunrise B Reservation Request; if such Registrar of Record is unwilling or unable to participate in the ICM gTLD Sunrise B Program, then the Applicant may use an alternate Accredited Registrar(s) designated by ICM. In the event there was more than one successful .XXX Sunrise B Reservation Request for the same second level domain name in the .XXX TLD, then, more than one Applicant may submit a Sunrise B Registration Request during the ICM gTLD Sunrise B Program for the directly matching second level domain name in an ICM gTLD. The Registry will allocate the matching second level domain name in the ICM gTLD on a first-come, first-served basis.

Domain Matching Eligibility Requirements - Only the Registrant of the directly matching .XXX TLD Registration is eligible to submit a Domain Matching Registration Request for the directly matching second level domain name in an ICM gTLD. The Applicant must use the same Accredited Registrar of Record that sponsored the Applicant in its underlying, directly matching .XXX Registration; if such Registrar of Record is unwilling or unable to participate in the ICM gTLD Domain Matching Program, then the Applicant may use an alternate Accredited Registrar(s) designated by ICM. The underlying, directly matching .XXX second level domain name must be registered by such Applicant as of October 1, 2015.

Registry

TLD	-
Registry	-
Dispute Policy	-
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: / Maximum: Admin Contacts: Required: / Maximum: Tech Contacts: Required: / Maximum: Billing Contacts: Required: / Maximum:
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Allowed number of NS	to

Periods

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API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

OPTIONAL

auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

Domain Transfer

There is a special procedure to handle a domain transfer. Please contact our Support-Team if you should need further information.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

auth = (TEXT)

OPTIONAL

period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)
action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is no Deletion Restorable Period.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

subuser = (TEXT)
renewalmode = (NULL) | (TEXT)

Ownerchange

command = ModifyDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)

TLD specific

Authorization code

There are special requirements regarding the format of the authorization code. Please consider the following restrictions, if you want to assign a new authorization code to a .COM domain:

• Minimum 8 characters
• having at least one (1) numeric,
• one (1) alphabetic, and
• one (1) special character

You may generate a valid random auth code by adding this parameter to the ModifyDomain command:

command = ModifyDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

generaterandomauth = 1

RegistrarOC

No special procedures.