.TO

.TO is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the island kingdom of Tonga. The .TO ccTLD is administered by the Tonga Network Information Center (Tonic).

Introduced	1989
Country	Tonga
Registry	TONIC
IDN Capable	yes
Webpage	Register .TO

Registry

TLD	.to
Registry	TONIC
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.tonic.to
WHOIS-Update	6 hours
Min. Characters	1
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: allowed
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Admin Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	No
Handle Updates	Unsupported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	0 to 4
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4
Hosts managed as	Attribute
Root Nameserver Update	6 hours
SEC DNS Interface	not available
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	1Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	Yes
Transfer Lock	No
Transfer Confirmation (Request / Approve)	- / -
Owner Change by	Trade
Trade Periods	1Y

Periods

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Registration Periods	1-3 years / 5 years / 10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-5 days
Finalization Period	0 days
Failure Period	24 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	0 days
Deletion Hold Period	0 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-3 years / 5 years / 10 years

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time 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

Currently not available.

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is no Deletion Restorable Period and no Deletion Hold Period. Deleted domain names will be available for new registrations immediately.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Currently not available.

Ownerchange

Currently not available.

TLD specific

There are no specific parameters available

RegistrarOC

No special procedures.