.SPREADBETTING

.SPREADBETTING
Overview
Introduced	2015
Category	Business & Finance
Registry	Verisign
IDN Capable	Yes
Dispute Policy	ICANN Rules
Webpage	Register .SPREADBETTING
Legal Information
Legal	TBA

Registrant Eligibility

1. Eligibility UK Financial Conduct Authority. An entity holding one more more regulatory permissions granted by the UK Financial Conduct Authority in respect of the spread betting space.
2. Eligibility Central Bank of Ireland. An entity holding one more more regulatory permissions granted by the Central Bank of Ireland in respect of the spread betting space.
3. Continued Edibility. It is a condition of continued registration and renewal of a domain name that the registrant continues to meet either the eligibility requirement set out at Eligibility above.

Applicant Verification Information

1. Appointed Representative. If you are an Appointed Representative or Tied Agent (or other) acting on behalf of a regulated firm, you must provide the relevant information in order to identify yourself as such.
2. Authorization Number. An Applicant will be asked to provide the authorisation number provided by the its financial regulator, as relevant to the jurisdiction in which is operates.
3. Regulatory Permission. An Applicant will be asked to identify the regulatory permission(s) that is holds. Such permissions may include (a) Introducing (b) Advising (c) Counterparty to client trades (d) Discretionary management (e) Dealing as an agent (f) Other.

Registrant Licensing, Accreditation, Authorizations, or Charter Terms

1. Authorization, Charters, Licenses, Credentials. During registration you must confirm and represent that you possesses all necessary authorisations, accreditations, charters, licenses and/or related credentials for their participation in the regulated sector associate with the TLD and you agree to verification of same post registration.
2. Applicable Laws, Rules, Policies, Regulations. You must comply with all applicable laws, rules, policies and/or regulations, including updates and renwals of any and all necessary authorisations, accreditations, charters, licenses and/or related credentials necessary for the continued participation in the regulated sectors and/or activities indicated.
3. Report of Changes of Authorization, Charters, Licenses, Credentials. While during an active registration, you must report any material changes to the validity of your authorizations, accreditations, charters, licenses and/or other related credentials provided at the time of registration and/or which affect such Registrant's continued participation in the regulated sector and/or activities indicated and associated with the TRADING TLD.
4. False Claims. You will not claim or infer to have authorisations, accreditations, charters, licences and/or other related credentials, that you do not possess;
5. Accurate Administrative Contact Information. You will provide and keep up-to-date an administrative contact, to be used by the Registry and/or the Registrar for the notification of complaints or reports of registration abuse;
6. Up-to-Date Accurate Administrative Contact Information. You will keep up-to-date information on the name and contact details of the regulatory, or industry self-regulatory entity or entities with control or jurisdiction over its main place of business, such information to be presented promptly upon request in cases where verification is necessary.

Registry

TLD	-
Registry	Verisign
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.internic.net
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: 1 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1
{{{Possible Extensions}}}
IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	0 to 13
Registry Nameservercheck	No
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4 / IPv6
Hosts managed as	Object
Root Nameserver Update	Real-Time
SEC DNS Interface	DS data interface
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	1Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	No
Transfer Pending Period	5 days
Transfer Expire Action	ACK
Transfer ACK by	Registrar
Transfer NACK by	Registrar
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	ICANN-TRADE

Periods

{{{Possible Extensions}}}
Registration Periods	1-10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	-5 days
Finalization Period	35 days
Failure Period	44 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	30 days
Deletion Hold Period	5 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-9 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)
x-spreadbetting-accept-highly-regulated-tac = 1

OPTIONAL

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

Please note that HEXONET is acting in compliance with ICANN Transfers Guidelines. The respective policies can be viewed under http://www.icann.org/transfers/ :

As soon as you have submitted a transfer request, the HEXONET system will send an email to the domain registrant/administrative contact, asking for approval. As soon as this email has been confirmed, the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request. The losing registrar will then send an email to the domain registrant/administrative contact, allowing him/her to cancel or deny the pending transfer. If there is no response received within 5 days, the transfer will automatically be processed.

If the email address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed. If this is the case, then kindly contact your current registrar and ask them to update the WHOIS information accordingly. If you do not know the name of the registrar simply perform a WHOIS search at http://www.hexonet.net/

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 a Deletion Restorable Period of 30 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 5 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

OPTIONAL

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

Ownerchange

All contact information with the exception of registrant Name, Firstname and Organisation can be updated through the ModifyDomain command.
In order to change the owner you have to request a trade with the TradeDomain command. This can be done through our web interface or through our API:

command = TradeDomain
domain = <DOMAIN>
ownercontact0 = <CONTACT>

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
x-spreadbetting-accept-highly-regulated-tac = 1

TLD specific

X-SPREADBETTING-ACCEPT-HIGHLY-REGULATED-TAC

X-SPREADBETTING-ACCEPT-HIGHLY-REGULATED-TAC=1: The confirmation that the registrant has read and agrees and is willing to be compliant with the additional terms and conditions for .SPREADBETTING.

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 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

ICANN Whois Data Reminder Policy (WDRP)

At least annually, a registrar must present to the registrant the current Whois information, and remind the registrant that provision of false Whois information can be grounds for cancellation of his domain name registration. Registrants must review their Whois data, and make any corrections.

ICANN Registrar Data Escrow Program (RDE)

Under the data escrow provision of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), all ICANN-accredited registrars must regularly deposit a backup copy of their gTLD registration data with ICANN through ICANN's arrangement with Iron Mountain or they may elect to use a Third Party Provider of RDE services that has been approved by ICANN.

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.