.si Registration

Launched in 1993, .si is the country code top level domain for Slovenia, a country located in Central Europe. The .si domain is administered by the Academic and Research Network of Slovenia (ARNES) and The Republic of Slovenia is the sponsoring organization. This domain is restricted to Slovenian companies or organizations.

No restrictions are specified with regard to domain names. It is, however, compulsory to follow the syntax rules. Domain names can include characters between 3 and 63 which can be alphabets, digits or hyphens provided that the hyphens are not used at the beginning or the end of the name. A hyphen also cannot be used in the 3rd and the 4th position. The domain name should have at least one character from A to Z and the name should not be identical to previously registered domain names.

Each applicant is only allowed to register a maximum of 20 domain names. ARNES does not check for the legitimacy of the applicants applying for a domain name. All communications between the ARNES and the registrants are dealt by the registrars. The .si domain registration is meant for a period of one year and the service prices are set according to the market rates.

The registrar has exclusive right over certain domain names such as internic.si, domain.si, dns.si, whois.si, nic.si, registry.si, das.si, enum.si, ards.si.

ARNES developed an alternate domain dispute resolution system called ARDS. The application procedure may start when the following three conditions are fulfilled: the domain is similar to an existing trademark; the domain holder does not have any rights over a certain domain; or the domain name was created in bad faith. ARNES is not responsible for the potential disputes between the applicants. ARNES is now changing the registration rules in order to include the registrations of the individual Slovenian citizens.

For more information, visit the following site: http://www.arnes.si/si-domene/