.NU is the official country code Top-Level-Domain (ccTLD) of Niue. .NU is a hot domain for Everyone. Young Internet users and small companies everywhere are adopting the .nu domain.

• Registry
• Periods
• API
• TLD specific
• Addons
• RegistrarOC

TLD	.nu
Registry	IIS
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.nic.nu
WHOIS-Update	Real-Time
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: 5 Tech Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 5 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	0 to 10
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4 / IPv6
Hosts managed as	Object
Root Nameserver Update	Hourly
SEC DNS Interface	DS data interface
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	0Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	Yes
Transfer Lock	Yes
Transfer Confirmation (Request / Approve)	- / -
Owner Change by	Update
Trade Real-Time	No
Transfer included	No
Trade ACK by	-
Trade NACK by	-

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Registration Periods	1-10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-1 week
Finalization Period	-1 day
Failure Period	69 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	0 days
Deletion Hold Period	5 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-9 years

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

Domain Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated by the gaining registrar and can be requested with the API TransferDomain command.
A valid Authorization Code must be provided to initiate a transfer successfully. You may obtain the authorization code from the losing registrar.
Domain transfers are processed in Real-Time.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER
ownercontact0 = <TEXT>

OPTIONAL

order = CREATE | REPLACE | UPDATE

subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>
period = <PERIOD> | <2> (see warning box)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>

Please note that domains which are currently managed by the .NU registry can only be transferred if they are renewed for 2 years during the transfer.

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Hold Period of 5 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

n/a

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 0 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

n/a

OPTIONAL

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

Ownerchange

An Ownerchange is free of charge and can be done with the API ModifyDomain command.

Registration

Please NOTE : You are able to register 1-letter domainnames. For an additional fee, you may register any domain name which contains one or two characters, or three numbers, using .NU Domain's Premium Name Services." Full description can be found under item 3 at the following address: http://www.nunames.nu/about/terms.cfm

Transfer

.NU transfers are possible but they will be processed manually by the registry. First of all, you should inform the current registrar before you start a tansfer.

• Make sure that the domain does not have the clientTransferProhibited status set
• Create an owner contact handle which is equal to the current WHOIS data of the respective domain name.
• Request the transfer using the API or the the webinterface. Please make sure that the given contact handle was created before.

command  = TransferDomain
domain = yourdomain.nu
ownercontact0 = P-XYZ123

(optional)
period = 2 (see warning box)

• Generate a fax on the following url : http://www.domainform.net
• Fax the form to the following number: +15082429711 or +15082429712

Please note that domains which are currently managed by the .NU registry can only be transferred if they are renewed for 2 years during the transfer.

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.