.MD

.MD is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of the Repbulic of Moldova. Companies located in Moldova, as well as companies or corporations who have business with Moldova, can register .MD domains. Furthermore .MD Domains are used by individuals and corporations related to the medical industry.

Introduced	1994
Country	Republic of Moldova
Registry	nic.md
IDN Capable	No
Webpage	Register .MD

Registry

TLD	-
Registry	nic.md
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.nic.md
WHOIS-Update	5 minutes
Min. Characters	2
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: not 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
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IDN capable	No
Restore capable	Non-Realtime
Handle Updates	Supported (partially)
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	2 to 2
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4
Hosts managed as	Object
Root Nameserver Update	several times a day
SEC DNS Interface	not available
Transferclass	-
Transfer Authcode required	No
Transfer Real-Time	-
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	Trade
Trade Periods	-

Periods

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Registration Periods	1-2 years / 5 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-42 days
Finalization Period	-36 days
Failure Period	-36 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	30 days
Deletion Hold Period	0 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1 year

API

Domain Registration

New registrations for .MD are not supported at Hexonet, only renewals or transfers.

Domain Transfer

There is no renewal with a domain transfer, despite the cost of the transfer.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)

OPTIONAL

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

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 30 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 0 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed automatically but not in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

Ownerchange

Ownerchange of .MD domains is not free of charge and must be requested manually. Please contact our support team!

Further information can be found at TLD specific

TLD specific

Transfer

After requesting a transfer via the ControlPanel or API command, you have to fill out the "Letter of Transfer" and send to [email protected].

Ownerchange

A Change of Registrant is not free of charge.

Please be aware that a change of registrant is only possible as long as the new registrant is citizen of one of the exclusive countries (see Restrictions).

If you want to change the registrant contact of your domain, please contact our support team.

Nameserver update

Nameserver updates are not free of charge and must be requested manually. Please contact our support team.

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 short time. As soon as the restore has been completed by the registry, 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.