About .ph Domains
The .ph country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) is an extension that represents Philippines. The information below applies to the following country-code second-level domain names (ccSLDs) that we offer at this time:
- .com.ph - Intended for commercial entities
- .net.ph - Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- .org.ph - Intended for noncommercial entities
Domain names can be up to 63 characters, with a minimum of three characters, and can contain letters (a to z), and numbers (0 to 9). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as hyphens, &, and #.
| Features | Availability |
|---|---|
| Who can register? | Anyone |
| Registration length | 1, 2, 5, & 10 years |
| Renewal length | 1, 2, 5, & 10 years |
| Renewal restrictions | Details below1 |
| Nameserver requirements | Details below2 |
| Transfers to HostingDude.com | Not supported |
| Transfers away | Supported (details below)3 |
| Private registration | Not supported |
| Protected registration | Not supported |
| Backorders | Not supported |
| Bulk registration | Supported |
| Account change | Supported |
| Contact updates | Supported4 |
| IDNs | Not supported |
| Expiration/redemption | Please contact customer support |
| Refund policy | See below5 |
| Registry | dotPH Domains Inc. |
Details
1 Renewal restrictions
Auto-renewal is attempted one day prior to the domain name's expiration date. If the renewal attempt fails, we re-attempt renewal 5 days later and again 12 days after that.
If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 25th day after the expiration date, it must be redeemed. There might be a fee for the redemption. Your domain name will be deleted and removed from your account if not renewed by the 59th day following expiration.
2 Nameserver requirements
| Nameserver features | Details |
|---|---|
| IPv4 | Supported |
| IPv6 | Not supported |
| DNSSEC | Not supported |
| Minimum # of nameservers | 2 |
| Maximum # of nameservers | 3 |
NS updates can take up to 5 days to complete.
3 Transfers away requirements
Please contact customer support to request an authorization code for .ph domain transfers away.
4 Contact updates requirements
For updates to the following fields, contact our support department for assistance:
- First name
- Last name
- Organization (company name)
You can update all other contact information in the Domain Manager. see Change domain contact information for information.
5 Refund policy
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