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$1,249.50
.KW second level opening - 26 September 2024
Sunrise period from 26 September 2024 to 23 March 2025: reserved to registrants having a .kw third level domain name (.com.kw, .net.kw, .org.kw), trademark owners and government agencies.
Landrush period from 24 March 2025 to 23 October 2025: open to all eligible persons at an additional cost.
General Availability: 24 October 2025
Rules and particularities of .kw domain names
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Terms and Conditions
Assigning:
- .kw domain names are open to trademark owners having a company registered in Kuwait.
- .com.kw domain names are open to commercial entities and natural persons registered in Kuwait.
If you are a company / commercial entity but you do not have a local presence, Gandi can provide one.
The technical contact must be different to the owner and administrative contacts.
Syntax: from 4 (2 for .com.kw) to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place).
IDN: no.
Registration period: 2 years.
Second-level extensions: yes, Gandi provides .com.kw.
Procedures
Registration: once your registration request made on our website, please send us the following documents:
- for natural persons registered in Kuwait: a copy of Your civil ID and a brief handwritten paragraph indicating the reason of your registration request,
- for commercial entities registered in Kuwait: a copy of your business registration certificate with a clear expiry date, and an original letter requesting the domain name signed by the representative of your entity on official letterhead with your entity stamp,
- for entities not registered in Kuwait: the original registration request letter completed and signed by the representative of your entity on official letterhead signed with your entity stamp,
- and in addition for .kw registration, the trademark certificate.
Renewal: a copy of your business registration certificate is required for entities registered in Kuwait.
Please note that the modifications of contacts and DNS are charged
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