Country code for Switzerland   Use Companies or private entities that are located in Switzerland mainly use this TLD.   Legal requirements No special requirements. Anyone can register a .ch domain name.   Technical requirements There are two options to register a .ch domain name. The first option is to register the domain with inactive name servers. You will need to set them up afterwards. An activation time of 24h should be respected. The second and more convenient option is to register them with active name servers. This means the name server configuration is already done. If you use the UniNames’ name servers, it will be automatically an active registration.   Naming conventions All letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) are allowed; hyphens (-) are also allowed, however not at the beginning or at the end of the domain name. A domain name should be between 2 and 63 characters long.   Registration term 1 to 20 years

General information .ch domain names transfers to UniNames are not possible at this time.

Updates The following domain name information can be updated through your UniNames domain control panel.     Processing Owner contact Within 12 hours Admin contact Within 12 hours Technical contact Within 12 hours Billing contact Within 12 hours Name servers Within 12 hours*   *Changes are processed in real-time but due to the nature of the domain name system it might take 24 to 48 hours before the changes are propagated worldwide. The .ch WHOIS zone files are updated every 24 hours. Updates can be done by any UniNames account having edit permissions on the domain name.

Renewal The billing contact of the domain name will automatically receive an invoice to renew the domain name. If the invoice is paid before the domain name expires, the domain name will be renewed. Note the importance of correct billing information! If not paid by 30 days after due date you will receive a maximum of two reminders extra fees caused by non-payment are the responsibility of the domain name owner If the owner does not wish to renew his domain name he should send the “domain name cancellation form” to UniNames at least 30 days prior the expiration date. If the owner or the billing contact asks us to let the domain name expire: the domain owner will be notified by e-mail the domain billing contact will be notified by e-mail the accounts with permissions on the domain name will be notified by e-mail the owner will have to sign the domain name cancellation form.