Why .be?
Bring trust with a .BE domaine
People associate a .BE domain name with quality and consider a website with an official national extension to be safe and reliable.
The .BE brings trust in your brand, your product or whatever else you want to promote on your website.
As the national extension of Belgium, the .BE extension strengthens your notoriety.
Choose a domain name. BE
If you want to reach Belgians and access the Belgian market with your company or if you have a department in Belgium, the .BE is the best choice.
In addition, Belgian Internet users who are looking for your organization or your product will spontaneously try to find you by associating your domain name with .BE in their request.
And because a .BE domain name is so natural in Belgium, it is also favored by Google for the ranking of search results in Belgium. A .BE domain name can therefore generate more visits to your site and better positions in the search results.
What to remember: the advantages of .BE
The .BE is the # 1 extension for companies, entrepreneurs and individuals in Belgium, because:
- .BE brings trust and quality thanks to its ccTLD status (country code top level domain)
- the .BE is the Belgian extension in essence to stand out or position itself as a local company
- the .BE allows you to register a relevant and memorable domain name for a Belgian store or online service
Rules and particularities of .be domain names
1988
Related Contract
.BE with Gandi.net
Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited by DNS.BE since august 2002
Number of domains managed by Gandi: more than 27 000 .BE as of December 1st 2012
Terms and conditions
Assigning: .BE domain names are open to everyone
Syntax: from 3 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place)
IDN: yes
Registration period: 1 year
Second-level extensions: no
Procedures
Renewal: before the expiration date
Disputes: disputes about domain names (new window)
Change of Registrar: Once your transfer has been initiated on our interface, the .BE registry sends you an email with the domain's authorization code. Then, you will have to relaunch your transfer order via your interface with this authorization code. Before requesting the transfer, please be sure that your domain name does not have TransferProhibited status and does not expire soon.
Change of owner: the process is started with the registrar of your choice. At Gandi, the current owner initiates the owner change on our interface. The registry sends them an email with the domain's authorization code to be sent to the new owner, who will have to relaunch the change owner order via their interface with this authorization code.
Deletion process:quarantine of 40 days, see this table
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