.swiss Domain TLD Registration Transfer Information

.swiss Domain

.swiss is a top-level domain (TLD) for Switzerland. It was approved by ICANN as a TLD on 16 Oct 2014. This is meant to augment the traditional .ch TLD.

The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) began registering .swiss domains as of 7 September 2015. Open registration to other legal entities begins from 11 January 2016.

This text was written in the article .swiss on Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. A List of the authors is available on Wikipedia.

Available Suffixes

Registrations on second level (e.g. domain.swiss): yes

Useful information

Cancellation period 1 days
Whois Server whois.nic.swiss

Contact Requirements

Owner contact has to meet the following requirements:

Country has to be ch

Available Types:

Owner has to be Org
Admin has to be Person or Org
Tech has to be Person
Zone has to be Person

Owner needs always the following fields filled:

VatId
CompanyNumber

Owner has to fill the following fields:

For contacts in Australia the state field must contain the code of the state or territory. (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU
For contacts in Brazil the state field must contain the code of the state. (AC, AL, AP, AM, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, PI, RJ, RN, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP, SE, TO)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BR
For contacts in Canada the state field must contain the code of the province or territory. (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, NT, NU, YT)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CA
For contacts in United Kingdom the state field must contain the code of the county. (ABC, ABD, ABE, AGB, AGY, AND, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB
For contacts in Ireland the state field must contain the code of the county. (CW, CN, CE, CO, DL, D, G, KY, KE, KK, LS, LM,LK, LD, LH, MO, MH, MN, OY, RN, SO, TA, WD, WH, WX, WW)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IE
For contacts in Italy the state field must contain the code of the province. (AG, AL, AN, AP, AQ, AR, AT, AV, BA, BG, BI, BL, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IT
For contacts in Japan the state field must contain the code of the prefectures. (01, 02, ..., 47)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:JP
For contacts in Mexico the state field must contain the code of the state. (AGU, BCN, BCS, CAM, CHH, CHP, CMX, COA, COL, DUR, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX
For contacts in United States the state field must contain the code of the state. (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US
The name of a contact must consist of two words.
The city name may not contain '(', ')', '[', ']', '_', '=', '+' '"' or '~'.

Admin has to fill the following fields:

For contacts in Australia the state field must contain the code of the state or territory. (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU
For contacts in Brazil the state field must contain the code of the state. (AC, AL, AP, AM, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, PI, RJ, RN, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP, SE, TO)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BR
For contacts in Canada the state field must contain the code of the province or territory. (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, NT, NU, YT)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CA
For contacts in United Kingdom the state field must contain the code of the county. (ABC, ABD, ABE, AGB, AGY, AND, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB
For contacts in Ireland the state field must contain the code of the county. (CW, CN, CE, CO, DL, D, G, KY, KE, KK, LS, LM,LK, LD, LH, MO, MH, MN, OY, RN, SO, TA, WD, WH, WX, WW)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IE
For contacts in Italy the state field must contain the code of the province. (AG, AL, AN, AP, AQ, AR, AT, AV, BA, BG, BI, BL, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IT
For contacts in Japan the state field must contain the code of the prefectures. (01, 02, ..., 47)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:JP
For contacts in Mexico the state field must contain the code of the state. (AGU, BCN, BCS, CAM, CHH, CHP, CMX, COA, COL, DUR, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX
For contacts in United States the state field must contain the code of the state. (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US
The name of a contact must consist of two words.
The city name may not contain '(', ')', '[', ']', '_', '=', '+' '"' or '~'.

Tech has to fill the following fields:

For contacts in Australia the state field must contain the code of the state or territory. (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU
For contacts in Brazil the state field must contain the code of the state. (AC, AL, AP, AM, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, PI, RJ, RN, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP, SE, TO)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BR
For contacts in Canada the state field must contain the code of the province or territory. (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, NT, NU, YT)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CA
For contacts in United Kingdom the state field must contain the code of the county. (ABC, ABD, ABE, AGB, AGY, AND, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB
For contacts in Ireland the state field must contain the code of the county. (CW, CN, CE, CO, DL, D, G, KY, KE, KK, LS, LM,LK, LD, LH, MO, MH, MN, OY, RN, SO, TA, WD, WH, WX, WW)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IE
For contacts in Italy the state field must contain the code of the province. (AG, AL, AN, AP, AQ, AR, AT, AV, BA, BG, BI, BL, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IT
For contacts in Japan the state field must contain the code of the prefectures. (01, 02, ..., 47)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:JP
For contacts in Mexico the state field must contain the code of the state. (AGU, BCN, BCS, CAM, CHH, CHP, CMX, COA, COL, DUR, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX
For contacts in United States the state field must contain the code of the state. (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US
The name of a contact must consist of two words.
The city name may not contain '(', ')', '[', ']', '_', '=', '+' '"' or '~'.

Zone has to fill the following fields:

For contacts in Australia the state field must contain the code of the state or territory. (ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:AU
For contacts in Brazil the state field must contain the code of the state. (AC, AL, AP, AM, BA, CE, DF, ES, GO, MA, MT, MS, MG, PA, PB, PR, PE, PI, RJ, RN, RS, RO, RR, SC, SP, SE, TO)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:BR
For contacts in Canada the state field must contain the code of the province or territory. (AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, NT, NU, YT)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:CA
For contacts in United Kingdom the state field must contain the code of the county. (ABC, ABD, ABE, AGB, AGY, AND, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB
For contacts in Ireland the state field must contain the code of the county. (CW, CN, CE, CO, DL, D, G, KY, KE, KK, LS, LM,LK, LD, LH, MO, MH, MN, OY, RN, SO, TA, WD, WH, WX, WW)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IE
For contacts in Italy the state field must contain the code of the province. (AG, AL, AN, AP, AQ, AR, AT, AV, BA, BG, BI, BL, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IT
For contacts in Japan the state field must contain the code of the prefectures. (01, 02, ..., 47)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:JP
For contacts in Mexico the state field must contain the code of the state. (AGU, BCN, BCS, CAM, CHH, CHP, CMX, COA, COL, DUR, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:MX
For contacts in United States the state field must contain the code of the state. (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, ...)
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US
The name of a contact must consist of two words.
The city name may not contain '(', ')', '[', ']', '_', '=', '+' '"' or '~'.

Registration

Please note that the .SWISS registry will publish the registration requests of all domains on its website every Tuesday for 20 days. During this time it will be possible for other entities to place competing applications.

Further information is available at the website of the .SWISS registry.

Transfer

Before the transfer can be started, please unlock the domain for transfer by the old registrar. The transfer has to be initiated through our system. A valid Authorization Code has to be provided to initiate a transfer successfully. You may obtain the authorization code from the old registrar. After the transfer is started successfully, the old registrar has to give an acknowledge to the transfer. If the old registrar will not respond within 5 days to the transfer, the transfer will be automatically acknowledged. Normally a transfer will be completed in 5 days.

Ownerchange

An Ownerchange is free of charge and can be performed easily in our system.

Nameserver

check: no
IP-Types: IPv4/IPv6
DNSSEC: yes
min. Nameserver: 0
max. Nameserver: 13

Restore

A Restore can be performed in our system up to 30 days after deletion.