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The details registered about me/my company are incorrect or out of date.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.
Last month, Sweden's capital Stockholm switched its homepage from stockholm.se to start.stockholm. The city is the first in the country to completely go over to using its own geoTLD. The homepage move was part of a staged plan, under which the local authority's various websites were migrated to .stockholm one by one.
Beforehand, there were fears that the switch might impact negatively on the pages' SEO status and that people might struggle to find the information and services they were looking for. However, Stockholm has apparently successfully avoided problems by using '301-redirects' and the modern Episerver CMS.
Every service has its own domain name
Within the .stockholm domain, each of the local authority's services has its own address. That makes the change easier for users: instead of navigating via the homepage, most users can go straight to the page for the particular service they want to use. So early years care information is available at forskola.stockholm, for example. As a result, the gradual service page migration was reasonably straightforward in practice.
Smooth transition
The local authority now has twenty-eight sites under .stockholm and eighty domain names that redirect to those sites. All sites are managed using the same CMS. Stockholm received virtually no complaints from residents during the migration. The biggest job was drilling everyone who works for the city to use the right URLs in their communications.
What can a geoTLD do for your city or region?
City marketing: domain names based on your own TLD will give your city a special vibe.
Closer city-business ties: using your geoTLD will create a strong bond between the user and your region or city. As with adagency.amsterdam.
Better service profiling: when a local government service or a tourism business uses your geoTLD, everyone can see that it's linked to your city or region.
What about your city or region? Surely it deserves a geoTLD as well?
A new window for creating geoTLDs is expected to open in 2021. And SIDN has the know-how to guide you through the application process and run the domain on your behalf. Read more about geoTLDs.
