About .BID Domain Names

Pre-registration gives you the best possible chance of securing a domain name before it's available to the general public, but it doesn't guarantee you will get it. You can pre-register for Sunrise and General Availability phases, and we'll submit your registration application when the phase begins.

Multiple applications with different registrars are resolved on a first-come, first-served basis during General Availability. If you aren’t able to secure the domain name, we’ll refund the registration fee. Application fees will not be refunded.

Note: You cannot cancel your pre-registration application. If you are awarded the domain name, you have 5 days to cancel your domain name and get a refund of the registration fee only.

Trademark holders can submit an application to register a .bid domain containing their owned mark, before it's available to the public.

Trademark validation goes through the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), which is an ICANN global repository for trademark data. Visit the TMCH website for information on registering a trademark.

Bulk .bid registration is not supported during Sunrise.

If you aren’t able to secure the domain name, we’ll refund the registration fee. Application fees will not be refunded.

Note: You cannot cancel your pre-registration application. If you are awarded the domain name, you have 5 days to cancel your domain name and get a refund of the registration fee only.

Beginning June 9, 2014, at 14:00 UTC, customers can register .bid domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.

Bulk .bid registration is supported during General Availability.

Multiple applications with different registrars are resolved on a first-come, first-served basis during General Availability. If you aren’t able to secure the domain name, we’ll refund the registration fee. Application fees will not be refunded.

Note: You cannot cancel your pre-registration application. If you are awarded the domain name, you have 5 days to cancel your domain name and get a refund of the registration fee only.

Anyone can register .bid domain names on a first-come, first-served basis.

These domain names can have up to 63 characters, with a minimum of one character, and can contain letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (except as the first or last characters of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #. IDNs are supported in the following languages:  Danish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish.

Note: Premium one- and two-letter .bid domains will be sold at auction by AfterNic. The timeframe for the release of these domains or if they will renew at the premium rate has not yet been determined.

Famous Four Media sponsors the .bid domain extension and Neustar is the Registry provider.

You can pre-register a .bid domain name for a minimum of one year and a maximum of 10 years.

We'll attempt to auto-renew your .build domain name on its expiration date. We will park .bid domain names after the third failed billing attempt. If the domain name isn't renewed within 40 days following expiration, the domain name will be cancelled and removed from your account.

Yes. See Transfer my domain to ITEGY for details on the transfer process.

Yes. See Transfer domain from ITEGY to another registrar for details on the transfer process for these domain names.

Yes. Private Registration and Protected Registration are available for .bid domain names.

No. We currently do not support that backorder of .bid domain names.

Yes. See Transfer my domain to another ITEGY account to start the account move process.

Yes. See Change domain contact information for details on making these changes.

Two nameservers are required for .bid domain to resolve, and a maximum of 13 nameservers is allowed. DNSSEC, IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.