The official country domain of Denmark
The .dk domain
Price information
Setup | €0.00 |
Registration | €34.90 |
Renewal | €34.90 |
Transfer (including annual fee) | €34.90 |
Change of the owner | €26.00 |
Modification of domain data | €0.00 |
Useful information about .dk domains
Trends & General Information
The .dk domain is the Internet country code top-level domain from Denmark. This domain extension exists already since June 14, 1987 - so the domain is one of the oldest worldwide. DK Hostmaster administrates registered Internet addresses with the top-level domain .dk.
Especially for individuals, businesses and organizations around the world the .dk domain offers an enormous potential, because every Internet users and administrator can buy and register his own .dk domain. Only organizations must meet the following requirement: It's necessary that we receive your VAT if your organization want to buy and register a .dk domain.
General Information
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Transfer auth-code | |
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Registry | DK Hostmaster A/S (Website | Regulations) |
Periods
New registration | 1 year up to max. 10 years | |
Renewal | 1 year | |
Duration of registration | It takes up to one day to register the .dk domain | |
Notice period | The notice period for termination is 42 days before the domain expires. |
Special provisions
Domain length | A .dk domain may be between 1 - 63 characters long. Hyphens may be used, but not at the beginning or at the end of the domain, and not 2 consecutive (for example, aa -bb.dk). |
Contact handles |
The technical contact has to meet following contact type:
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additional Information
Benefits
Particularly in Denmark .dk top-level domain enjoys a large popularity: Danish companies and private individuals use the top-level domain to demonstrate a cultural, economic and ethnic connection to Denmark and the Danish public. Within the country the .dk domain is often used for projects with search engine optimization, abbreviated SEO. The reason: In Denmark the .dk domain ranks quite high, because it represents the most relevant domain suffix for Danish users.
If you want to buy and register your personal .dk domain, please take a look on the following information to ensure a smooth process of your order: Between 3 and 63 characters are available for your personal domain. Pure numeric domains are permitted. Just in the Danish region, there are some special characters you may use within your domain - these include æ, ø, â, ö, ä, ü, and é. German special characters like ä,ö,ü are unfortunately not allowed. Due to the geographical proximity to the Scandinavian neighbours and Germany, you can find some related domains: Both the German .de domain as also the Norwegian no.com domain are directly related to Danish .dk domain.
As mentioned earlier, it's possible for every Internet User around the world to buy and register a .dk domain. Organizations must provide their VAT in addition. You want to use your own name server? No problem: Please feel free to contact our customer service by mail to support@easyname.com - alternatively you are invited to use our contact form. We will take your concerns as soon as possible and fully inform you about your options.
Statistics
Denmark is located in southern Scandinavia and on the northern border of the Federal Republic of Germany. The country has a population of 5.5 million and is excluded on a total area of approximately 43.100 square miles (without the regions of Greenland and Faroe Islands). In July 2012 the registry recorded approximately 1.2 million registered .dk domains. In a period of five years the number of registered Internet address so has almost doubled.
We highly recommend you in any case, to buy and register your .dk domain as quickly as possible, because in particular Danish businesses and private individuals have recognized the potential of the top-level domain.
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The prices stated exclude VAT.