.bg domains
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Europe: Bulgaria
The domain extension .BG belongs to Bulgaria and is managed by Register.bg, the Domain Name Registry of Bulgaria. Introduced in 1995, this domain is strategic for companies looking to focus on the Bulgarian market.
.bg domain rates and features
Domain rates .bg
| Action | Periodes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Registration | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s) | 100,95 € |
| Renewal | 1 year(s) | 59,95 € |
| Transfer | 1 year(s) | 59,95 € |
Features
- Residency requirements
- Domain length between 3 and 63 characters
- IDN characters are permitted
- Allows DNS modification
- DNSSEC
- The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year
.bg domain life cycle
.bg domain regulations
Index of regulations
Residency requirements
Any private persons or legal entities with legal or commercial registration in the Republic of Bulgaria or EU member state, or holders of a constituent act issued by a Bulgarian State Authority; entities, established by virtue of an agreement between Bulgaria and other countries; companies and organizations, registered abroad, having a registered branch or commercial representative office in the Republic of Bulgaria.
Efficient persons, Bulgarian citizens, foreigners with the right for permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria or citizens of EU member state. Documents required for companies are company incorporation, trademark, ID of contact person. Documents required for individuals are passport or ID number of an EU member state.Technical requirements
This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.
Registrations
.bg domain registrations aren't immediate.
Average duration of the registration process: 10 days.
Transfers
To complete .BG domain transfer, you'll need your current registrar to provide you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key to verify the ownership of the domain.
Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars provide manual transfers allowing transfers to be completed on the same day, contact your current registrar to find out if they offer this service.
More information about .BG domain transfers.
The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year
Renewals
The renewal of .BG domains is different than with other extensions.
It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 21 days before the domain expiration.
In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.
Cancellations
It's possible to request a cancellation of your .BG domain, visit the support center to open a support ticket. Please note, cancelling a name does not provide a refund of any registration fees.
DNS modifications
DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.
DNSSEC
We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .bg domains. Your domain can take advantage of this additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this technology can provide.
More information is available at: DNSSEC: What is it and how does it work.
Domain owner change
Ownership changes are done manually and have additional costs, contact us via ticket in case you're interested in it.
Permitted characters / IDN
.bg domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.
IDN characters are permitted in .bg domains.
Permitted IDN character table for .bg domains
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.
| Unicode Script | Hyphen (-) | Digits (0-9) | Characters (a-z) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By default | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IDN domains don't permit to mix different Scripts or character sets (for example, Latin, Greek or Cyrillic).
But it's possible to use different character tables for a same script.
- The Latin Script permits the use of characters of Latin-1 supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, etc.. tables.
- The Greek Script permits to combine characters of the Greek, Greek Extended, etc.. tables, doesn't permit combine them with the normal latin characters (a-z), but permits the use of numbers or hyphens.
- Other script types have their own corresponding tables.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .BG don't have extra documentation.
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