Why Choose Always Amber to register .FR domains?

Experience

Over 20 years experience registering domain names.

Pricing

Our pricing has always offered value for momey.

Full DNS Control

You have full control over your DNS settings using our Control Panel.

DNSSEC

Concerned about domain security? You can secure your domain with DNSSEC in our Control Panel.

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.FR Domain Pricing

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Full Information On .FR Domains

Registration

Successful domain registration via our control panel requires:

  • Registrant contact require:
    • Valid full first-name. Abbreviations like "A." are not allowed.
    • Located within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • two or more nameservers or a nameserver group

 

The french registry (Afnic) will perform checks on the requirements above and contact the registrant directly in case the requirements are not met to ask for proof of identification data. (For example, the registrant seems to have an address outside the EU).
Proof of identification data contains:

  • Company
    - business registration certificate 
    - the ID of the legal representative of the company
  • Private individual
    - copy of the holder's national identity card or passport
    - proof of residence of less than three months (telephone or electricity bill, tax notice, etc.
    - holder's email address and telephone number

In case the registry does not receive any documents in time, they will block the domain untill the documents are received. To unblock, the registrant has to reply to the email of the registry with the required documents.

Registry maintains a list of domain names to the "reserved" status (towns, community names).
If registration fails with a "2304, Object status prohibits operation" error (example: Object status prohibits operation: city name (AFNIC authinfo mandatory)),the domain can not be registered directly. Only in case the registrant has a legitimate interest (represents city council of that city or region for example) a request can be submitted to the registry to manually asses the request in order to register the domain.

If the registrant believes he has a legitimate interest / claim, please sent us an email and include the handle of the registrant + his connection to the city / region + purpose of the website and we can submit the request.

Registrants from the United Kingdom that registered their domain before the 1st of January 2021 are eligible to keep their domain name; they can update, transfer and renew their domain name as any other registrant. However, as the Brexit transition period ended, new registrations for registrants from the United Kingdom are not allowed anymore.

Transfer

  • Registrant contact require:
    • Valid full first-name. Abbreviations like "A." are not allowed.
    • Located within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • two or more nameservers or a nameserver group

 

The transfer period is subject to cooperation of the current registrar:

  • if the current registrar approves the transfer, it completes immediately
  • if the current registrar does not approve/reject the transfer, it completes after 8 days
  • if the current registrar rejects the transfer within the first 8 days, it completes after 22 days

The registry will not send an e-mail to the domain contacts after the transfer finishes.

Authorization code required yes
Method of confirmation authcode
Registration period after transfer extends
Average transfer time 8-22 Days

Deletion / Restore

Delete

Restore / reactivate

Detailed extension information

Registry
Technical information
  • Available second level domains: .nom.fr, .prd.fr, .presse.fr
  • DNSSEC support: yes
  • Minimum length: 1 characters
  • Maximum length: 63 characters
  • Allowed characters: a-z 0-9 -
  • IDN characters: supported
  • Registration period: 1-10 years
  • Renewal date offset: 2 days
    The number of days before the registry's expiration date, that we require the domain to be renewed.
  • Soft quarantine period: 0 days
    During this period, following after an expiration, the domain can be restored for free.
  • Quarantine period: 29 days
    During this period, an expired or deleted domain name can be reactivated at an additional fee.
Restrictions
  • Local presence required? yes
  • Do Always Amber provide local presence services? yes
  • Local activity required? no
  • Correct nameserver configuration required? no
  • It is required that the office/residence of the registrant is within the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or any of the French overseas territories.
  • A .fr domain name may not end in "-gouv.fr"
  • Additional information about date, place and country of birth (private individuals) is required.
  • The tech handle can not be a person, but needs to be a company handle
Policies

Due to regular changes in registry rules and policies and despite our effort to keep our knowledge base up-to-date, information in the knowledge base may be outdated or incorrect. If there is a discrepancy between the knowledge base and the process in the Always Amber control panel, the process in the Always Amber control panel will be deemed to be correct.