.FR

TLD metadata .FR (France)

Create

Regular .FR domain Create

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Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.

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Request the create through our portal. For instructions on the create process, go to the Create domain(s) knowledge base article.

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Once requested, the create will complete real-time.

Reserved city name .FR domain Create

When you check a reserved city domain in our domain check, it will return as reserved indicating the domain is restricted from open registration due to the restrictions Afnic has laid down on registering Reserved city domains.

Reserved city domains are domains whose registration is subject to prior review as the name corresponds to a city name, a local authority or groups of local authorities, therefore, registration is only possible if your client demonstrates a legitimate interest and acts in good faith.

Your client should therefore motivate his/her request for the domain name and demonstrate that he/she is prepared for the project for which he/she is requesting the reserved city domain by presenting all of the below documents:

• Copy of a website plan for the reserved city name domain
• Invoice
• Detailed business plan
• Any administrative steps taken thus far, towards the accomplishment of the project

To create a reserved city name domain, follow the instruction below;

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Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.

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Request the required documents with the registrant (Copy of a website plan for the reserved city name domain, invoice, detailed business plan & any administrative steps taken thus far, towards the accomplishment of the project).

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Contact our support department through email, and provide the documents, registrant contact created in our portal and request our support staff to create the reserved city domain.

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Once the registry approves the documents, our support staff will complete the create manually. Our support staff will inform you through email once the create has been completed.

Transfer in

1

Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.

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Make sure you're in posession of a valid authcode and request the transfer through our portal. For instructions on the transfer process, go to the Transfer domain(s) knowledge base article.

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Once requested, the incoming transfer is requested with the registry and will take some time to complete. For more information, check the information below regarding the transfer approval windows for .FR domains.

Registrant change

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Create a contact with the registrant contact data in it. For instructions on how to create a contact, go to the Create a new contact knowledgebase article.

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Open the domain detail page of the domain you wish to request a regsitrant change for and request the update to the new registrant contact. For instructions on how to start the domain update process, go the Update domain(s) knowledge base article.

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Once requested, the registrant change will complete real-time.

Transfer out

To transfer out a .FR domain, you're going to need an authcode.

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To obtain the authcode through our portal, login to the portal, go to the domain overview and lookup the domain you want to retrieve the authcode for.

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Provide the authcode to the registrant and have him/her request the transfer with his/her new registrar.

Registrant verification

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Once a .FR create has been completed, the registry checks the registrant data randomly for incorrect registrant data. In case the registry suspects registrant contact data is incorrect, we will receive the email below from Afnic and the domain is placed on a server_hold status.

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Our support staff will contact you through email and will ask you to provide documents that verifiy the registrant contact data.

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Provide the required documents to our support staff through email. In case an update of the registrant contact data is necessary, our support staff will provide instructions to do so. Once the correct registrant contact data is in place, the registry lifts the server_hold status and the domain starts resolving.

Add Contact properties

To add contact properties for .FR (Afnic) to a contact, go to the Contact properties knowledge base article and follow the instructions up until step #2. Once you've selected the .FR contact properties option, the below options will show up on screen;

Submit the data as requested by the form and click save properties when you're done.

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Legal status In this field, the legal status of to the registrant has to be submitted (organisations only).

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You've now successfully added additional properties for .FR (Afnic) domains to a contact.