.DE Domain Names

• .DE - Germany, to be used for commercial and personal sites
  
• Restriction Summary: Registrant must have German Address. In cases where registrant doesn't have a German address, the admin-c contact must be domiciled in Germany and his/her full postal address must be communicated
  
• To successfully register a .de domain name, the .de Registry requires that all registrants of .de domains supply a German address. If your address is not in Germany, we will use the Default Network Solutions Address which is in Germany.
  Greifswalderstr 201a
  Berlin 10405
  DE
  
• Use only letters, numbers, or hyphen ("-")
  
• Cannot begin or end with a hyphen
  
• The third and fourth Characters may not both be hyphens
  
• Must have at least 3 characters, but less than 64, not including .DE
  
• The .de domain is intended for use by the general public, companies or other organizations and can be used in the same way as a .com domain name can be used.
  
• Technical Restriction: Name Servers must be set up in advance of domain registration and at least one of the domain servers must be on a separate class C Network. A sample configuration is
  host 1: 195.166.101.110
  host 2: 195.166.101.111
  host 3: 195.92.252.145
  
• Minimum Term: 1 year
• Maximum Term: 1 year
• must be renewed 11 days prior to expiration or they will be deleted within the month that the domain name expires. Renewals submitted after 11 days prior to expiration will not be accepted and no redemptions will be possible for these domain names when they are deleted.
• Renewals for these domains can be done starting three months before the domain expiration date. Any renewal attempts prior to that period will not be successful.