.CH

Name: .CH — TLD-Wissensdatenbank
Creator: SWITCH

Switzerland

SWITCH · ccTLD · Aktualisiert 2026-09-10

OpenIDNDNSSEC

Technische Daten

Zone: .ch
Registrierung: Real-time
Laufzeit: 1 year
Zeichenlänge: 1-63
IDN: Ja
DNSSEC: Ja
IPv6: Ja
Nameserver: 0-7 nameservers
Transferdauer: 1-3 days
AuthInfo-Format: Standard EPP
Redemption-Phase: 40 d
Handle-Aktualisierung: Ja
WHOIS-Aktualisierung: Real-time
WHOIS-Server: whois.nic.ch
Anbindung: Direct
Datensatz: ccTLD
Registry Lock: Ja
IDN-Zeichensätze: ISO_8859_1
AuthInfo: Ja

Berechtigung & Einschränkungen

Open to anyone worldwide. No residency requirement. Non-Swiss registrants must provide an authorised contact in Switzerland to receive official/court documents within 30 days on request. Registry deletes domains if Swiss contact not provided in time.

Registrierung

Minimum 1 year. Domains renew 5 days after expiry date by default. Must delete at least 30 days before expiry to disable auto-renewal. Transfers do not change expiry date.

Auto-renewal 5 days after expiry is a common surprise. Must delete 30+ days before expiry to prevent unwanted renewal.

Transferverfahren

Auth code (Auth-ID) required from current registrar or directly from registry. Standard EPP transfer. Completes within a few days. Transfers do NOT change the expiry date.

Inhaberwechsel

Standard registrant change process. If ownership changing: additional documentation may be required. Changes take a few hours to reflect in WHOIS.

Verlängerung & Löschung

Domains renew 5 days after expiry by default. Must delete at least 30 days before expiry to disable auto-renewal.

Wiederherstellung / RGP

No documented restore/redemption period specific to SWITCH. Standard deletion process.

WHOIS / Datenschutz

IDN supported (French/German accented characters: à, â, ä, ç, é, ê, ë, etc.).

NIS2-Konformität

Switzerland is not an EU member state. NIS2 does not directly apply, though SWITCH may implement equivalent standards.

Bekannte Fehlercodes & Hinweise

Auto-renewal timing: Auto-renewal 5 days after expiry. Must delete 30+ days early to prevent.
Transfer expiry: Transfers do NOT extend the expiry date.
Swiss contact: Non-Swiss registrants must provide authorised Swiss contact for legal document service. Minimum 3 characters for domain name.

Verantwortliche für Registrierungsdaten

SWITCH The Swiss Education & Research Network (org) Werdstrasse 2, Zurich CH-8021, Switzerland
SWITCH The Swiss Education & Research Network — SWITCH TLD Administration (admin) Werdstrasse 2, Zurich CH-8021, Switzerland

Fehlercodes

EF00803
EF01017
EF03008
EF00512
EF01008
EF01009
EF03005
EF03007
EF01015
EF03006
EF01075
EF03011
EF01055
EF03035
EF03010
EF01095
EF01074
EF0103118
EF011316

Pflichtfelder

techc/email
ownerc/email
adminc/email

Einschränkungen

Laufzeitübernahme. Die Restlaufzeit wird beim Transfer übernommen.
Nameserver müssen vorher eingerichtet sein und autoritativ antworten.
Domains können ohne weitere Einschränkungen registriert werden.

Root-Nameserver

A.NIC.CH
D.NIC.CH
E.NIC.CH
B.NIC.CH
F.NIC.CH

Aufträge (API)

restore · verfügbar · kostenpflichtig · manuell
update · verfügbar · automatisch
updateStatus · verfügbar · automatisch
create · verfügbar · kostenpflichtig · automatisch
preack · verfügbar · automatisch
authinfoDelete · verfügbar · automatisch
transfer · verfügbar · kostenpflichtig · automatisch · AuthInfo nötig
delete · verfügbar · automatisch
authinfoCreate · verfügbar · automatisch

API

Domain Create

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain

{
  "name": "example.ch",
  "ownerc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "adminc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "techc": {
    "id": 23142212
  },
  "nameServers": [
    {
      "name": "ns1.example.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "ns2.example.com"
    }
  ],
  "confirmOrder": false
}

⚠ Non-Swiss registrants need authorised Swiss contact. Auto-renews 5 days after expiry.

Domain Transfer

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/_transfer

{
  "name": "example.ch",
  "auth": "(AUTH_CODE)"
}

⚠ Transfer does NOT change expiry date.

Create AuthInfo1

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.ch/_authinfo1

Standard EPP. Available from registrar or SWITCH.

Domain Restore

POST https://api.autodns.com/v1/domain/example.ch/_restore

⚠ No documented RGP specific to SWITCH.