CentralNic Reseller Homepage
CentralNic Reseller Homepage
Overview: List all Top Level Domains

.coop

Registrants have to agree and certify that their organizations meet at least one of the .coop eligibility requirements.

This change will come into effect as of:

  • Monday, March 22nd, 2021

For further information regarding this change, please check the .coop Restrictions.

API commands

Please find in the following a set of the most commonly used standard API commands in order to register, modify, renew, and transfer a domain name.

Domain Registration

(API Command reference » AddDomain)
Exception
command         = AddDomain
domain          = yourdomain.coop
period          = (INT)
ownercontact0   = (CONTACT)
admincontact0   = (CONTACT)
techcontact0    = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0	= (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 	= (NAMESERVER)
X-COOP-ELIGIBILITY = 1
  • After a successful registration request, the registrant will receive an email by the registry to perform a verification process
    • If the verification was successful, the contact can be used for future registrations without additional verification
  • The status of the domain will be "PROCESSING" after the registration request, no matter if the registrant is verified or not
    • An automated process is checking the verification status and will finish the registration accordingly

Domain Modification

(API Command reference » ModifyDomain)
Command
command = ModifyDomain
domain  = yourdomain.coop

Domain Renewal

(API Command reference » RenewDomain)
Command
command    = RenewDomain
domain     = yourdomain.coop
period     = (INT)
expiration = (INT)

Domain Deletion

(API Command reference » DeleteDomain)
Command
COMMAND = DeleteDomain
DOMAIN = yourdomain.coop

Domain Transfer

(API Command reference » TransferDomain)
Command
command = TransferDomain
domain = yourdomain.coop
action = REQUEST
auth = (TEXT)
  • The transfer is submitted to the registry and the losing registrar is automatically notified by them.
  • The losing registrar sends an email to the owner (and optionally admin) contact, informing about the transfer; this may include options to approve and/or deny the transfer. If neither explicitly approved nor denied, the transfer will be automatically finalized after 5 days.

Transfer notes

  • A .coop domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called authorisation code, (auth-code) which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner/admin contact of the domain.
  • Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (clientTransferProhibited and/or serverTransferProhibited). This can be seen in WHOIS.
  • If the domain has a client-side transfer lock, the owner can ask the current registrar to have the lock removed.

These procedures only apply for domain transfers between registrars. For internal transfers between resellers, please consult our documentation about internal transfers/usertransfers.

Domain Restore

(API Command reference » RestoreDomain)
Command
command = RestoreDomain
domain  = yourdomain.coop

Domain Extensions

X-COOP-ELIGIBILITY1

Confirmation that the Registrant is eligble to register this domain. Please see restrictions Tab.
X-COOP-VERIFICATION0|1

Will be 1 if the contact is verified; 0 for every other status.

Domain Restrictions

  • Owner contact verification by registry
  • Eligibility Criteria
    • Members of the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) if otherwise eligible;
    • Members of the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) if otherwise eligible;
    • Organizations formed as and/or considered cooperatives under applicable local law;
    • Associations comprised of cooperatives;
    • Organizations that are committed to the seven cooperative principles;
    • Organizations that are majority controlled by cooperatives;
    • Entities whose operations are principally dedicated to serving cooperatives; and
    • For no more than 5,000 registrants, persons or entities whose use of a .coop domain name would, in the opinion of the DCLLC Board, advance the interests of the cooperative sector in general or would assist in the development of cooperatives worldwide.
  • The registrant has to agree and certify that his organization meets at least one of the .COOP following eligibility requirements:
    • a democratically controlled member-owned cooperative, consistent with the International 7 Cooperative Principles
    • an Association comprised of cooperatives
    • an Organization that is majority controlled by a Cooperative
    • an Entity whose operations are principally dedicated to serving Cooperatives

      The registrant understands and agrees that DotCooperation LLC conducts audits of .COOP domain registrations and reserves the right to cancel or modify a domain name in accordance with their policies. This change will come into effect as of Monday, March 22nd, 2021. A copy of the new registration policy may be found at this URL:
      https://identity.coop/policies/

Supported IDN Scripts

The following IDN scripts are supported by .coop.
Provide the LANGUAGE TAG corresponding to your desired IDN within the AddDomain command as X-IDN-LANGUAGE extension.

CyrillicCYRL
FrenchFR
GermanDE
ItalianIT
PortuguesePT
SpanishES

Get more information of "IDN tables", which represent permitted code points (letters) allowed for Internationalised Domain Name registrations in particular registries on IANA Repository of IDN Practices.

We domains
-