.by

.by is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Belarus. The code originates from the ISO code for Byelorussia, the former name of the country. It is managed by Belarusian Cloud Technologies LLC.

Rules and Restrictions

• To register a domain in the national domain zone, the applicant enters into an agreement with the registrar for the domain name registration (hereinafter - the registration agreement).
• Registration agreements with applicants - legal entities of the Republic of Belarus, individual entrepreneurs of the Republic of Belarus, as well as individuals permanently residing in the Republic of Belarus, are concluded and executed directly by the registrar.
• The registrar, taking into account the legislation requirements, has the right to instruct foreign legal entities to enter into agreements that provide registration of domain names in the national domain zone with respect to non-resident applicants. The rights and obligations under such agreements concluded on behalf of the registrar by a foreign legal entity must arise directly with the registrar.

• A domain name is not subject to the registration if it contains a combination of letters, numbers, symbols and (or) words (phrases) that do not comply with generally accepted moral and ethical standards, incite social, national, religious and race hatred, encourage violence, cruelty and other acts prohibited by law.
• The applicant should avoid the names that are identical or similar to the degree of confusion with the titles of the registered means of individualization of the participants of civil transactions, goods (works or services), if the applicant is not a holder of the right for a brand name, a trademark or a service mark owner, or a person having the right to use the geographical indication.

Characters

A domain name in the “.by” domain zone must contain at least two and no more than sixty-three letters of the Latin alphabet, numbers, symbols, “hyphen” (“-”), and must not begin or end with the “hyphen” (“-“) symbol, and also must not contain the “hyphen” (“-“) symbol in the 3rd and 4th positions simultaneously.