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About .vg Domains

NIC.VG is the sponsor and KeySystems is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .vg extensions that represents The British Virgin Islands.

Who can register .vg domains?

Important Note: Effective June 24, 2021, GoDaddy is no longer accepting registrations or incoming transfers for the .vg extentions. If you already owned a .vg domain with GoDaddy prior to June 24, 2021, you can continue to renew your existing .vg domain name.

Registration restrictions

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

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

Features

  • Registration length: Not supported
  • Renewal length: 1 year
    • Your .vg domain renews before its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal on the 1st day of the month prior to the domain's expiration date. If the first attempt fails, we'll continue attempting renewal multiple times prior to the domain's expiration date.
    • If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 20th of the month prior to the expiration date, you can attempt to recover your domain with any applicable fees.
  • Backorders: Not supported
  • Transfers to GoDaddy: Not supported
  • Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
    • You must initiate the transfer with the gaining registrar and provide an authorization code. Contact a GoDaddy Guide to request an authorization code.
  • Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
    • When the domain name is moved, the registrant first name, last name, and organization cannot be changed.
  • Domain Privacy: Not supported
  • Domain Protection: Not supported
  • CashParking: Supported
  • Contact Updates: Supported
    • For changes to the registrant, contact a GoDaddy Guide for assistance.
    • Changes to all other domain name contacts can be made through the Domain Manager.

Nameserver requirements

  • Must use: 1-10 Authoritive Nameservers
  • Can use: IPv4, IPv6, DNSSEC

Refunds

For details on refunds, review our refund policy

Cancellation requirements

To cancel your .vg domain names, contact a GoDaddy Guide for assistance.

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