.BR

With Brazil being the largest country in South America, and the fifth-largest country in terms of population and size, it doesn't come as a surprise that .BR is consistently in the top 10 largest ccTLDs (currently in position #8). .COM.BR is the most commonly used TLD under the .BR portfolio. Mainly dedicated to companies and commercial activities, .COM.BR is restricted to local citizens and legal entities that are registered in Brazil. As it is not possible to register directly under .BR, .COM.BR is most commonly used in Brazil.

Introduced	1989
Country	Brazil
Registry	NIC Brazil
IDN Capable	Yes
Webpage	Register .BR

Registry

TLD	.BR
Allowed TLDs	.com.br
Registry	NIC.BR Registry Services
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.registro.br
WHOIS-Update	Real-Time
Min. Characters	2
Max. Characters	26
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: 1 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 The registrant must be located in
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported
Registration System	Non-Realtime
Allowed number of NS	2 to 5
Registry Nameservercheck	Yes
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4 / IPv6
Hosts managed as	Object
Root Nameserver Update	every 15min
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	0Y
Transfer Authcode required	No
Transfer Real-Time	No
Transfer Pending Period	5 days
Transfer Expire Action	ACK
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	Registry

Periods

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Registration Periods	1-10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-10 days
Finalization Period	-2 days
Failure Period	-2 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	104 days
Deletion Hold Period	0 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-9 years

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>
X-BR-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1
X-BR-REGISTER-NUMBER = <TEXT> | <NULL>

A local presence service may be necessary for registrants outside of Brazil. The X-BR-REGISTER-NUMBER parameter is mandatory for the registration of a .com.br domain without trustee service.

Domain Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated by the gaining registrar and can be requested with the API TransferDomain command.
As soon as a domain transfer has been initiated it can either be approved ("ACK") by Registrar or denied ("NACK") by Registrar. If the registry receives neither a denial ("NACK") nor an approval ("ACK") the transfer will be ACKed after 5 days.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

Action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER

OPTIONAL

order = CREATE | REPLARE | UPDATE

subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>
period = <PERIOD>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 104 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 0 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 104 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

renewalmode = <NULL> | <TEXT>
subuser = <TEXT>

Ownerchange

A Change of Registrant can only be directly processed by the registry.

TLD specific

Transfer procedure

Important: The online form on the registry website is only available in Portuguese. The current domain owner has to sign the document and has to have it notarially certified . Afterwards the document has to be sent to the address mentioned on the document, which is the registry NIC.BR.

RegistrarOC

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.