About .HIV domains

dotHIV is the sponsor and Uniregistry is the registry backend for the .hiv extension.

Registration periods

Phase	Dates
General availability	Begins November 25, 2014 at 20:00 UTC

Restrictions

These domain names can have up to 63 characters, with a minimum of one character, and can contain letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (except as the first or last characters of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #.

Features	Availability
Registration length	1 - 10 years
Renewal length	1 - 10 years
Transfers to	✓
Transfers away	✓
DBP Private Registration	✓
Protected Registration	-
Backorders	-
Bulk Registration	✓
Account change	✓
Contact updates	✓
IDNs	German, Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, Swedish, Spanish, Bosnian, Latin Serbian and Latin Montenegro

Who can register .hiv domains?

Anyone can register .hiv domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.

Renewals

We'll attempt to auto-renew your .hiv domain on its expiration date. We'll park .hiv domain names after the first failed billing attempt. If the domain isn't renewed within 40 days following expiration, we cancel it and remove it from your account.

Refund details

For details on refunds, please visit HostingDude.com's Refund Policy page.

Most domains will follow the Standard Terms, but certain domains will have exceptions or may not be refundable at all. Look under BOTH of the following categories:

• Products with Special Refund Terms (look under Domain Name Registrations/Renewals)
• Products Not Eligible for Refunds

Nameserver requirements

Two nameservers are required for .hiv domains to resolve, and a maximum of 13 nameservers is allowed. DNSSEC, IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.