European domains: San Marino (.sm)

Registration:

To register your San Marinan domain, click here!

Once the domain is registered

All San Marinan domain names registered with us are stored on our international server. Domains registered with us are automatically provided with their own under-construction page - this notifies potential registrants that the name has been acquired and is now registered. The under-construction page is offered free of charge and may be used indefinitely.

It is possible for Web and/or Mail forwarding to be provided for San Marinan domains.

Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but BB Online make no charge to transfer a domain to another San Marinan domain name registrar.

Background

The Registration Authority (RA) manages the registration of second-level domain names in the name tree of the Republic of San Marino, i.e. directly within the ccTLD ".sm" (e.g.bb-online.sm).

All domain names placed directly within the ccTLD ".sm" registration with the RA is compulsory. However the registration and management of these names are subject to rules and procedures established by the Naming Authority (NA).

Domain names may be granted to companies and organisations from San Marino or from overseas . So there is a possibility for a foreign company to have a domain name within the ccTLD ".sm". A company can register up to 50 domain names together with other entities. Though a physical person (Individual) may upon the presentation of an identity document, apply to register up to 3 domain names.

If you wish to register a name under the ".sm" domain make sure that the name meet the following criteria:

• minimum length 3 characters, maximum length 63 characters;

• allowed characters: figures (0-9), letters (a-z), hyphen (-);

• a domain name cannot begin or end with the hyphen symbol (-);

The following groups of names are reserved and will not pass the NA (Naming authority) rules regarding available domain names:

• trademarks, symbols, flags, logotypes and anything else reserved by law and regulations;

• names made up of one or two characters;

• geographic names and initials of the Republic of San Marino, names and initials of the Castelli (municipalities) and places of the Republic of San Marino;

• persons' names (Silvio, Alejandro .etc.);

• names of gTLDs (e.g. org, biz, com, net etc.);

• all units of measurement (Km, Mhz, etc.);

• names of protocols (e.g. http, ftp etc.);

• names of technologies (e.g. gsm, umts, esp);

• names referring to gaming and to betting in general;

The RA may hence suspend the assignment of a domain name:

• at the order of the authority;

• at the request of the NA;

• due to non-payment of the registration fee;

A domain name may be transferred at the agreement of the parties, by inheritance or as the result of a re-assignment procedure carried out pursuant to the law or an arbitration ruling, or a judgment that has become final. A contested or suspended domain name may only be transferred to the party raising the contention. Once the state of contention is settled, the domain name may once again be transferred by the assigned to any party.

Please note that the buying up and cybersquatting of ".sm" domains are in all cases prohibited.