.NG regulations summary:
No restrictions. Anyone may register any amount of .NG domain names.
Annual domain fee: USD 199.00
DNS Service/Web forwarding is included, free of charge.
Want a generic domain? Read this important note!
We recommend that you place the order, but do notice the following:
The Nigerian registry will soon be publishi.ng a list of reserved, banned or premium domain names. Probably at the end of April 2013.
Therefore, if you are planni.ng to apply for a generic or premium style domain, such as for instance cars.ng or bloggi.ng, then please be advised that we may not be able to fulfill the order, as those type of domains are likely to appear on the list.
But do go ahead and place the order. As part of the process we will merely verify your credit card. We will not charge the card, until we know that the order can be successfully completed.
List can be viewed here:
Reserved, Banned or Premium .NG domain names.NG full regulations:
The .NG TLD is an unrestricted domain. Registrants does not need to have a local company, address or contacts in Nigeria.
How to transfer domains to Web Solutions?
Required info:
- Enter the domains you wish to have transferred to Web Solutions into the box
- Fill in your name and email address
- Press Confirm. A person from Web Solutions Support will contact you, in order to process the transfer request
Additional information:
- If you have Auth. Codes ready, include these. If not, you can send them later
- If possible and relevant, please unlock the domains, so they are ready for transfer
.NG Top Level Domains are now available for registration (Nigeria)
Now anyone can register domain names directly under the .NG Nigerian TLD
The Nigerian Domain Registry has released the .NG extension. Any Second Level Domain name, like yourdomain.ng can now be registered with Web Solutions. No local presence required. Previously, registration of Nigerian domain names was limited to Third Level Domain names such as .COM.NG and .NET.NG. Those TLDs were also restricted to local companies [...]