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Introduction to some Ivory Coast facts:

Cote d’Ivoire is located in West Africa and its bordering countries include Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana. The speaking language is French, being the French colony, but it became independent around 1960’s and this country is ruled by the president. It’s composed of 19 regions, and the capital city is Yamoussoukro.

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This country is inhabited by 6.7 million people, and civil war is almost always present. The primary religions there are Islam and Christianity, along with some native ones. Their primary income comes from coffee and cacao beans, so we can say that they live off their land, mostly producing cocoa beans, and they are well known for it because they export third of all cocoa beans in the world.

Today, human right organizations are struggling to stop a civil war, exposing child labor slavery and their treatment to enemy war prisoners.

A .ci domain name is extensions are made for Ivory Coast Islands, and a very good way to promote your businesses in this region, if you want a part of the profit that flows around that part of the world. This domain name extension is made for Côte d’Ivoire better known as Ivory Islands, it’s settled on the East coast of Africa, and their native language is Français. It’s not a big country, but they have their domain name since 1995.

Being that small country, except over ocean trade, they don’t have much to rely on, but buying their domain name can push your business in that part of the world, because, not every country in its region can have their domain name. This country used to be made of several smaller regions, and around 1800, they united into one slightly larger country, now known for the cocoa beans, and they produce about 33 % of all cocoa beans in the world.

The bigger trade than cocoa was ivory, by which this country got its name, almost died out around the beginning of the 19th century. Trade of ivory if is forbidden for many reasons, one and the most important of them is almost wiping out elephants from this part of the world. We must not forget that the ivory, being very expensive, was used to make piano keys, billiard balls, and other rare objects, but since the trading got forbidden, they become more expensive.

Nowadays, if you do want to help this country have some use for your business, not to mention the benefits of promoting your business, the best way is to by their domain name, be present on their marketplace, and ensure your part of gaining benefits, it’s one of best things you can do.

So, like always, let’s start with some FAQs, like what is .ci?

The .CI web name is a ccTLD, and internet code for Ivory Coast. These domain names are very popular in this part of the world because it’s not that easy getting a domain name for any country, so almost all of its neighbors use .ci domain names to promote their presence on the local, and the world trading place.

Who can register .CI domain name?

Anyone in the world can register a .ci domain name, to create his personal or professional web page, a blog, or even online portal to promote his business and by doing that, demonstrate the connection to this region. The .ci web name can be registered by any organization or individuals.

Is there a local presence needed to register a .CI domain name?

No, you don’t need to be there or have any connection to this country, to be able to buy a .ci domain name, so anyone in the world can register a .ci domain name without limitations.

What kind of characters can be used when buying .CI domain name, and how long it can be?

When choosing a .ci domain name, always have in mind few things:
When registering a .ci domain name you must use English alphabet and all the letters from a to z, and all the numbers from 0 to 9, with help of hyphen ( – ) and combining those, you can create a great name that ends with .CI. Every domain must start or end with letter or number, and a .ci domain names cannot start nor end with a hyphen.

You can not use symbols like: ‘ + . , | ! ” £ $ % & / ( ) = ? ^ * ç ° § ; : _ > ] [ @ , and let’s not forget about letters that can not be used when choosing your domain name, and those are: à, é, ò, í , etc…
As length goes, you can choose your domain name with as little as 3 characters, and prolong it to up to 63 characters, which is usual, when it comes to length of your domain name.

What is the registration term allowed for .CI domain names?

Minimum is 1 ( one ) year, but you can register a .ci domain name up to 10 ( ten ) years, and that’s a maximum when buying a .ci domain name.

What about Domain Dispute and Policy?

Domain names with a.ci extensions are assigned on a ”First come – First serve” basics. Disputes over using domain names are resolved between parties concerned, the role with only NIC.CI registrations.

Is there other extensions available except for just .CI?

Of course, they have : .ci, .com.ci, .co.ci, .org.ci and a .net.ci domain names.
It must be mentioned, unlike some other Registry’s, if you choose to buy a .ci domain name, no one can guarantee that someone else won’t buy .com.ci or .co.ci, so, you do not need a trademark, but you can protect your business by buying an additional a .co.ci domain name.

In that case, you don’t want someone else misrepresenting your business.
Trying to stay ahead of a good idea is a lot of work, and a bit more cleverness. If you have a big company, maybe the best domain for you would be a .com.ci , and additional .ci domain name, but that is just a humble suggestion.

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.CI DOMAIN FAQs

There are no specific requirements – registration is available worldwide.

Yes, domain names must:

Be between 2 and 63 characters long
Begin and end with a letter or a number
Use only English characters: letters (a–z), numbers (0–9), and dashes (-)
Not begin or end with a dash

Registration is typically completed within 24 hours.

The minimum registration term is 1 ( one ) year, but you can register a .ci domain name up to 10 ( ten ) years

A domain transfer automatically triggers a renewal.

Yes, private (WHOIS) registration is available.

Yes, any activity that is illegal – including phishing, distribution of viruses, or use of hacking tools – is strictly prohibited.

When talking about registration, including third level domain names, there are no restrictions. It is open to everyone who wants to register .CI domain name. If your domain name is available, there are no restrictions, and if you don’t live, or are based in Ivory Coast, you can still register your domain name there.

In this case, you’ll have to obtain authorization code with your current registrar. As soon as the transfer is initiated if the authorization code is valid and if the domain status is unlocked, the transfer will be completed within one hour.
Once the transfer is finished, the domain’s expiration date is extended for another additional 1 year.

Sometimes, it may depend on Registrar, but some of them are as basic as complete online management of your domain, DNS management, redirection of domain and subdomains and, of course, redirection of email address, etc…

To be able to transfer .ci domain name you’ll have to assure that both email addresses are active, from current and address of the new owner.

Both of them get an email with authorization key in them, and with those email from the previous owner accepts the transfer, and the new one confirms that he will be the new owner of the domain in question.

We must mention that this email has an expiration date, which is in the case of a .ci domain names 7 ( seven ) days. After that period, you’ll have to start the procedure all over again or get an answer that one of the two parties have decided to cancel the transfer.

In short – no, you do not have to have a trademark, but, because that matter is not regulated by law, you should secure another domain name if possible, just in case no one can steal your idea.

Keep in mind that, even if you buy only one domain name, you won’t get it if it matches any known brand domain name, and Ivory Coast Registry will see to it that anyone who tries it will not get a domain name that larger business already bought.

You can backorder any .CI domain name you want, except the time frame for expiration, is much shorter. There is no exceptional fee for Backordering, but also, no guarantee that domain will end up with you.

No, at this time, you can not hide your information? But to start with, you don’t need to leave much information, to begin with, when registering .ci domain name. So, there is no need to worry, you need a valid email address, and one more additional info, so you may actually don’t need to hide it.

Trustee service is still unavailable for this extension.

This one is also a ‘no’, but beside your email address and your name or company name, you won’t need much more info to register this extension, so and WHOIS database will have not much about you in the first place.

If you want to renew yours .ci domain name, you can do it by purchasing your domain name up to 10 years. But this one is tricky if you want to renew your .ci domain name, after your date of expiry, you must renew it before or at latest, the date you registered it. After that date passes, your domain will be in lock status for next 7 days, and that is still period when you can renew your domain name. After the 7th day passes, your domain name will be definitely deleted from Registry.

NIC.CI manages all of the .ci domain names.

In short – no, you do not have to have a trademark, but, because that matter is not regulated by law, you should secure another domain name if possible, just in case no one can steal your idea, and make a new brand out of it.