.BIO

Specifications

Zone

bio

Registration

Real-time

Registration period

1-10 years

Character length

1-63

IDN

Yes

DNSSEC

Yes

IPv6

Yes

Nameservers

2-7 nameservers

Transfer lock

Yes

Renewal on transfer

Yes

Transfer time

5 days

Auth code format

Standard EPP

Redemption period

30 d

Handle updates

Yes

WHOIS privacy

Yes

Data set

minimum

WHOIS update

Standard

WHOIS server

whois.nic.bio

Connection

Direct

IDN character sets

BIG5, EUC_JP, EUC_KR, ISCII, KOI8_R, KOI8_U, SHIFT_JIS, TIS_620, ISO_8859_7, ISO_8859_1

Auth code

Yes

Eligibility & Restrictions

Registration

Transfer Procedure

Registrant Change

Renewal & Deletion

Restore / Redemption Grace Period

WHOIS / Privacy

NIS2 Compliance

Data controllers

• DENIC Services GmbH & Co. KG (escrow) Heinrich-Hertz-Straße 6, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany
• Identity Digital Limited (org) c/o Identity Digital Limited, 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750, Bellevue WA 98004, United States of America (the)
• Identity Digital Limited — Vice President, Engineering (admin) 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750, Bellevue WA 98004, United States of America (the)

Error codes

• EF00805
• EF0103112
• EF00803
• EF01017
• EF03008
• EF00512
• EF03005
• EF01002
• EF03007
• EF01015
• EF03006
• EF01075
• EF03011
• EF01055
• EF03010
• EF01095
• EF01074
• EF0103118

Required fields

• techc/email
• ownerc/email
• adminc/email

Restrictions

• The TLD is already in the General-Availability.
• The registrant commits to not undermine the Principles of Organic Agriculture as formulated by the IFOAM (POA). If the registrant is a producer, a transformer or retailer in the field of agriculture, food and farming, the registrant commits to abide by POA and by any regulations in force in the relevant markets where the registrant intends to present or promote its products within the on-line content associated with his .BIO domain name(s).
• Premium domains (short, memorable and general names) are more expensive in registration optionally also in renewal (e.g. car.tld).

Root nameservers

• C0.NIC.BIO
• A2.NIC.BIO
• B0.NIC.BIO
• A0.NIC.BIO

Tasks (API)

• renew · available · chargeable · automatic
• create · available · chargeable · automatic
• delete · available · automatic
• restoreNE · available · automatic
• update · available · automatic
• restore · available · chargeable · manual
• transfer · available · chargeable · automatic · AuthInfo required
• restoreARGP · available · automatic
• restoreRenew · available · automatic
• updateStatus · available · automatic
• preack · available · automatic

API

{
  "name": "example.bio",
  "ownerc": { "id": 23142212 },
  "adminc": { "id": 23142212 },
  "techc":  { "id": 23142212 },
  "nameServers": [
    { "name": "ns1.autodns.com" },
    { "name": "ns2.autodns.com" },
    { "name": "ns3.autodns.com" }
  ],
  "confirmOrder": false
}

{
  "name": "example.bio",
  "auth": "(AUTH_CODE)",
  "ownerc": { "id": 23142212 },
  "adminc": { "id": 23142212 },
  "techc":  { "id": 23142212 },
  "nameServers": [
    { "name": "ns1.autodns.com" },
    { "name": "ns2.autodns.com" }
  ]
}

## Renew
POST /domain/example.bio/_renew
{ "period": 12 }

## Delete
DELETE /domain/example.bio

## Restore (within 30-day RGP)
POST /domain/example.bio/_restore

## Get auth code
POST /domain/example.bio/_authinfo1

## Owner change (triggers COR)
POST /domain/example.bio/_ownerChange

## Update nameservers
PUT /domain/example.bio