About .ws Domains
Global Domains International is the sponsor and KeySystems is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .ws extensions that represents Western Samoa.
Who can register .ws domains?
Anyone can register .ws domain names.
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| Features | Availability |
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| Registration Length | 1-10 years |
| Renewal Length | 1-10 years1 |
| Bulk Registration | Supported |
| Backorders | Not Supported |
| Transfers To | Supported2 |
| Transfers Away | Supported3 |
| Account Change | Supported |
| Ownership Protection | Supported |
| Privacy Protection | Supported |
| Cashparking | Supported |
| Contact Updates | Supported |
| IDNs | Supported |
| Refunds | For details on refunds, please visit GoDaddy's Refund Policy page. Most domains will follow the Standard Terms, but certain domains will have exceptions or may not be refundable at all. Look under BOTH of the following categories:
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1Renewal restrictions
You should renew your .ws domain name by its expiration date.
We attempt auto-renewal on the domain name's expiration date. If the renewal attempt fails, we re-attempt renewal five days later, and we make a final attempt seven days after that.
If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 12th day after its expiration date, you can attempt to recover it, and there might be a fee to do so. See Renew my expired domain for more information.
For example: Your .ws domain name expires on October 10. For automatic renewals, we attempt to renew the domain name on October 10, October 15, and October 22. If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by October 29, you can attempt to recover it.
2Transfers in requirements
To successfully transfer a .ws domain name to us, your current registrar must support .ws transfers out.
We currently do not support the transfer in of .ws emoji domains.
3Transfers away requirements
To transfer away from us, your new registrar must explicitly support .ws transfers in.
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