Asian domains: Taiwan (.com.tw)

Taiwanese Domain Name Queue Check: When entering your search string don't write “www” or the Taiwanese domain type, ie. “com.tw”. Therefore to search “www.nominate.com.tw” enter “nominate” and nothing else.

The only letters allowed within a domain name are: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.

Back Order:

To back order search for its availabilty in our queue by using the box above and then create an account and back order the domain name.

Monitoring

We wont charge to monitor the domain name (expect for excess numbers and will only charge you upon a successfull registration.

We do not auction domains and accept only one order per domain name.

Excessive Number clause †

We reserve the right to charge an annual management fee of £1 per domain name requested per year where, if in our opinion the number of names being monitored in an account is excessive (over 300 domains).

Once the domain is registered

Once the domain name is registered we will debit your account the recovery fee. You then may use our DNS servers free of charge. Future renewals are at a very competative price so you never need to transfer away, but you are able to FREE of charge if you wish, after all the domain is your!. 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 Taiwanese domains.

Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but Domain Recover makes no charge to transfer a domain to another Taiwanese domain name registrar.

Background

.tw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of China (ROC) (commonly known as Taiwan). The registry is maintained by TWNIC. The actual registrations are done through commercial registrars similar to other parts of the world. Neulevel has entered into a partnership with TWNIC to market .tw outside Taiwan.

Registrations are at the second level or at the third level beneath various names:edu.tw:for educational and academic institutionsgov.tw:for Republic of China government agenciesmil.tw: for the Military of the Republic of Chinacom.tw: for companies or firms (Taiwanese or foreign) registered under the laws of their countrynet.tw: or network or telecommunications license holdersorg.tw: for non-profit organizations (Taiwanese or foreign) established according to the laws of their countryidv.tw: for individuals (must verify their identity by e-mail)game.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by e-mail)ebiz.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by e-mail)club.tw: unrestricted (but registrant must verify their identity by e-mail).tw: unrestrictedDomain names in Chinese characters may also be registered at the second level. Furthermore, any registrant of a standard domain name who has chosen a domestic registrar may automatically get two further domain names in Chinese characters beneath the following second-level domains: ‡µ™ˆ¸¯.tw, ‡´ä‡ ö.tw and …òå†Ñ¡.tw. These second-level domains correspond to .net.tw, .org.tw and .com.tw but they are not recognized by ICANN.


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