About .mx Domains

Nic Mexico is the sponsor and is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .mx extension that represents Mexico.

Who can register .mx domains?

Anyone can register .mx, and .com.mx domain names.

• .mx: Intended for Mexican businesses or individuals.
• .com.mx: Intended for commercial entities.

Registration restrictions

When registering a .mx domain, you must follow specific requirements.

• Must use: 3 - 63 Characters
• Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters or consecutive)
• Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #)
• IDNs: Not supported

Features

• Registration length: 1-5 years
• Renewal length: 1-5 years
• We attempt auto-renewal of your .mx domain name on its expiration date. If the first renewal attempt fails, we'll continue attempting renewal multiple times until 10 days after expiration.
• If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 10th day after the expiration date, you can attempt to recover your domain with any applicable fees.
• Backorders: Not supported
• Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
• It can take up to 14 days for .mx domains to transfer in.
• Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
• Transfer Lock: Supported
• It can take up to 14 days for .mx domains to transfer out.
• Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
• Domain Privacy: Supported
• Domain Protection: Supported
• CashParking: Supported
• Contact Updates: Supported

Nameserver requirements

• Must use: 2-5 Nameservers, Unique IP address
• Can use: IPv4, IPv6
• Cannot use: DNSSEC

Refunds

For details on refunds, review our refund policy

More info

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• Check out our most common domain articles to get started with your .mx domain.