General
- Extension
- .swiss
- Type
- Regional extension
- Meaning
- Switzerland
- Registry
- Swiss Confederation
- Registry website
- www.nic.swiss
- Registered since
- 16 April 2015
- ICANN agreement
- since 16 October 2014
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 7 (7 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.swiss
- RDAP server
- rdap.nic.swiss
- At 1blu
- available to order directly
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Swiss public-law corporations, companies entered in the commercial register with their seat and administration in Switzerland, associations and foundations based in Switzerland, and natural persons with Swiss residence or citizenship. Branches of foreign companies are excluded.
- Allocation
- Organisations need an objective connection to the name. Natural persons only with their own name or trademark, not with purely generic terms. Special rules apply to generic names.
- Length
- 3 to 63 characters.
- Characters
- Letters, including accents customary in Switzerland, and digits.
- Term
- 1 to 10 years per registration or renewal (ICANN Registry Agreement).
- Transfer
- With an auth code (auth info) under the ICANN Transfer Policy. A lock period applies after a new registration or transfer.
- After expiry
- Restore possible during the Redemption Grace Period (ICANN rules).
- Disputes
- ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The registry's current rules are binding: www.nic.swiss.
Sources: OFCOM: Registration requirements and procedure · OFCOM: Register your .swiss address · ICANN Transfer Policy · ICANN UDRP · IANA Root Zone Database: .swiss · As of 25 October 2026
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