About .fm Domains
dotFM is the sponsor and Name Store aka INWX GmbH & Co. KG is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .fm extension that represents Micronesia.
Who can register .fm domains?
Anyone can register .fm domain names.
Registration restrictions
- Must use: 3 - 63 Characters
- Can use: Letters: a-z, Numbers: 0-9, Hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
- Cannot use: Special Characters (e.g., & and #)
- IDNs: Not supported
Features
- Registration length: 1 - 10 years
- Renewal length: 1 - 10 years
- Your .fm domain name renews before its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal on the 1st day of the month prior to the domain's expiration date. If the first attempt fails, we'll continue attempting renewal multiple times prior to the domain's expiration date.
- If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 20th of the month prior to the expiration date, you can attempt to recover your domain with any applicable fees.
- Backorders: Not supported
- Transfers to Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting: Supported
- Transfers away from Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting: Supported
- Transfer Lock: Supported
- You must initiate the transfer with the gaining registrar and provide an authorization code. Contact customer support to request an authorization code.
- Transfers to another Secureserver.net Domain Name Web Hosting account: Supported
- When the domain name is moved, the registrant first name, last name, and organization cannot be changed.
- Domain Privacy: Not supported
- Domain Protection: Not supported
- Contact Updates: Supported
- To update the registrant on a .fm domain, contact customer support for assistance.
Nameserver requirements
- Must use: 2-13 Nameservers
- Can use: IPv4
- Cannot use: IPv6, DNSSEC
Refunds
For details on refunds, review our refund policy
Cancellation requirements
To cancel your .fm domain, contact customer support for assistance.
More info
- Check out our most common domain articles to get started with your .fm domain.