.de domain names information

.de domain names specification

price

Top level domain name	.de
Country	Germany
Requires local presence	Yes
Minimum registration period	1 year
Maximum registration period	1 year
Minimum characters allowed	1
Maximum characters allowed	63

DKK 245.00
per year (incl VAT)

.de domain names description

.de is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Registration restrictions:

Local presence in Germany required. If the Registrant of the domain is not residing in Germany, the Administrative Contact (Geschäftskontakt) must be a person residing in Germany.
Administrative contact name must not include abbreviations (i.e. Peter D. Gruhn)
PO Box is not allowed as an address
Domains must not begin or end with hyphen(-)
Domain must not have hyphen in 3rd and 4th characters consecutively.

Note:
domainbox.dk will act as local representative, which means that anyone can order a .de domain if he follows the follwoing regulations:

Domain name and the content should not be related to sex or other adult material or gambling related materials
Using words for the domain name that are registered trademarks is also forbiden

Following these regulations is responsibility of the owner of the site. domainbox.dk won't specifically review the registered domain name and content, but disregarding of those regulations might lead to legal prosecution by the German authorities.