About .PHD domains
Every .PHD domain has the same requirements, restrictions, and supported features, such as registrations and renewals, transfers, and DNS.
Note: The .PHD extension is a secure namespace and requires an SSL certificate to enable HTTPS on websites using a .PHD domain. A Standard SSL certificate credit is including with any .PHD registration to be used exclusively with your .PHD domain.
Registrations and renewals
Anyone can register .PHD domains on a first-come, first-served basis. All .PHD domains have the same registration and renewal requirements.
- New registrations
- Registration length: 1-10 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): Supported
- Renewals
- Renewal length: 1-10 years
- You can manually renew your domain anytime before it expires. We'll attempt to auto-renew on the expiration date, and we'll park the domain after the first failed billing attempt. Redemption fees may be applied 12 days after expiration. Check out the standard expiration timeline for details on what happens after expiration.
Features
- Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
- Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
- Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
- Domain Privacy: Supported
- Domain Protection: Supported
- Contact Updates: Supported
- Premium CashParking®: Supported
- GoDaddy Auctions®: Supported
DNS requirements
- Must use: 1-13 nameservers
- DNSSEC: Supported
- IPv4: Supported
- IPv6: Supported
More info
- Search for your .PHD domain and register it today.
- Check out some help articles to get started with your domain.
- Review our refund policy for details on refunds.