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Frequently asked questions

  • I am looking for a domain name registrant. Where can I look it up?

    The Whois is an easy-to-use tool for checking the availability of a .nl domain name. If the domain name is already taken, you can see who has registered it.

    On the page looking up a domain name you will find more information about what a domain name is, how the Whois works and how the privacy of personal data is protected. Alternatively, you can go straight to look for a domain name via the Whois.

  • I would like to transfer my domain name to another registrar. What is the procedure?

    To get your domain name transferred, you need the token (unique ID number) for your domain name. Your existing registrar has the token and is obliged to give it to you within five days, if you ask for it. The procedure for changing your registrar is described on the page transferring your domain name.

  • The details registered about me/my company are incorrect or out of date. How can I get them updated?

    To update the contact details associated with your domain name, you need to contact your registrar. Read more about updating contact details.

  • Why is my domain name in quarantine?

    When a domain name is cancelled, we aren't told the reason, so we can't tell you. You'll need to ask your registrar. The advantage of quarantine is that, if a name's cancelled by mistake, you can always get it back.

    One common reason is that the contract between you and your registrar says you've got to renew the registration every year. If you haven't set up automatic renewal and you don't renew manually, the registration will expire.

  • Ik heb een klacht over mijn provider/registrar. Kan ik daarvoor bij SIDN terecht?

    Wanneer je een klacht hebt over of een geschil met je registrar dan zijn er verschillende mogelijkheden om tot een oplossing te komen. Hierover lees je meer op pagina klacht over registrar. SIDN heeft geen formele klachtenprocedure voor het behandelen van een klacht over jouw registrar.

  • What conditions do I have to meet as a registrar?

    Would you like to be able to register domain names for customers or for your own organisation by dealing directly with SIDN? If so, you can become a .nl registrar. Read more about the conditions and how to apply for registrar status on the page becoming a registrar.

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What is SIDN Fund?

SIDN Fund gives money for projects that make the internet stronger or use the internet in an innovative way. So, through the Fund, we contribute to prosperity and welfare in the Netherlands. We established the Fund in May 2014 with a start-up capital of about 5 million euros. Since then, the Fund has received more than 2 million euros annually to invest in a stronger internet.

A stronger internet

The internet is of great value to our society. It offers plenty of opportunities for new applications with both economic and social added value. On the other hand, dependence on the internet also makes us vulnerable. It is now high time to focus now on a strong internet for everyone. That is why SIDN Fund supports innovative internet projects that contribute to a stronger, safer internet, skilled internet users and valuable initiatives for our society.

Objectives

We support courageous projects with disruptive potential and social impact that contribute to one or more of our objectives:

  • A stronger internet

  • Empowerment of the internet users

  • Internet and society

Highlighted projects

SIDN Fund has now supported more than 400 excellent projects with real value. A number of them are highlighted below.

  • Work out your digital carbon footprint using the CO2.js open-source tool

    The internet offers endless possibilities and opportunities. However, uploading, downloading and saving the huge volumes of associated data usually results in CO2 emissions. So SIDN Fund is supporting a project by The Green Web Foundation to show how the internet impacts the environment and climate.

    Read more about CO2.js

    Read more Work out your digital carbon footprint using the CO2.js open-source tool

  • Interactive game helps children understand polarisation

    How do you tell children about a complex topic like polarisation, in a way that they can understand? With support from SIDN fonds, online education platform Skillsdojo is aiming to do that by developing an interactive game for youngsters.

    Read more about Skillsdojo

    Read more Interactive game helps children understand polarisation

  • Packet Run: an interactive marble run that shows people how the internet works

    At the recent Dutch Design Week, design agency Moeilijke Dingen exhibited an installation called Packet Run. Created with support from SIDN Fund, Packet Run draws on PathVis, the visualisation tool developed by SIDN Labs, to enable people without a technical background to see the pathways across the internet taken by data packets.

    Read more about Packet Run

    Read more Packet Run: an interactive marble run that shows people how the internet works

More projects

Each month on our website we highlight one of the great projects that SIDN Fund supports.

To the other projects

Who runs SIDN Fund?

The Fund's CEO is Valerie Frissen. Valerie works with an Executive Board.

Executive Board

  • Jet de Ranitz (chair)

  • Jeroen Hüpscher

  • Wido Potters

  • Dennis Raithel

  • Marian Spier

  • Roelof Meijer

Advisory Panel

The Fund also has an Advisory Panel, chaired by Roxane van Iperen. The Panel's other members are representatives of the internet community in the Netherlands. They include developers, (internet) entrepreneurs and academics. The Panel's main role is to assess project proposals.

Read more about the Advisory Panel

Valerie Frissen, director SIDN fund
Valerie Frissen, CEO SIDN Fund