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About .gs domains

Every .gs domain has the same requirements, restrictions, and supported features, such as registrations and renewals, transfers, and DNS.

Registrations and renewals

Anyone can register .gs domains on a first-come, first-served basis.

Email verification must be completed within 21 days of registration, renewal, or change of registrant to activate .gs domains by following the instructions sent to the registrant and administrative email addresses, otherwise the domain will be suspended, then deleted and refunded by the registry.

  • New registrations
    • Registration length: 1-5 years
    • Must use: 1-63 characters
    • Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 3rd and 4th characters of the domain name)
    • Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & or #)
    • IDNs (Internationalized Domain Names): Not Supported
  • Renewals
    • Renewal length: 1-5 years
    • You can manually renew your domain anytime before expiration. We'll attempt to auto-renew 22 days before expiration, and we'll park the domain after the first failed billing attempt. Redemption fees may be applied 8 days before expiration. Check out the standard expiration timeline for details on what happens after expiration.

Features

DNS requirements

  • Must use: 2-13 nameservers
  • DNSSEC: Not Supported
  • IPv4: Supported
  • IPv6: Not Supported

Cancellation requirements

Cancel the .gs domain in your GoDaddy account and then contact a GoDaddy Guide to complete the process.

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