Manage a .be domain name

This guide details the particularities of the domain name extension .be (for Belgium) in particular the administrative steps to be taken to transfer the management of an area .be To Infomaniak.

Preamble

• As with other extensions, but especially for the .be it is very important to keep your domain name's WHOIS coordinates up to date to avoid any suspension on the part of DNS.be

Transfer a domain .be to Infomaniak

.be domains are subject to a special procedure for their authorisation code (EPP code). If your former registrar has provided you with an authorization code, it is likely that it is not valid In fact, in order to obtain the authorization code for a .be, you must either:

• click on "Get permission code" from the page that asks you for the code
• or go to dnsbelgium.be and request the authorisation code (EPP code)

It's not necessary. especially not try to transfer the domain several times in a row with the wrong code otherwise you will block the domain as well as the transfer (Command failed; please contact support - domain locked‍) for several tens of hours without Infomaniak being able to do anything about it. You will have to wait before you try again with another code that will absolutely have to be the right one.

Take out one .be Quarantine

Outside of a transfer period, and as a result of outdated WHOIS information or suspicious use of your domain, it may be that dnsbelgium.be the Belgian register temporarily suspends this field .be.

A usual WHOIS request will mention "AVAILABLE NOTE"but you will get the actual status on their site directly, including a date of availability before it has to Absolutely. follow one of the three possible outcomes:

1. solve the problem with DNSBelgium and transfer the domain to Infomaniak
2. solve the problem with DNSBelgium and transfer the domain to another registrar (or to Infomaniak if the problem occurred with another registrar)
3. ignore the problem and wait for this availability date to try to reregister the domain (not recommended)

In the first two exits, it will be necessary to obtain DNSBelgium the end of quarantine and the authorisation code The (re)registration of the domain with Infomaniak is paid (about €100/CHF) so it is important to keep the information up to date as CGUs specify it.

Verification required

If you encounter this type of error in the WHEELS, on your site, or via an alert by e-mail:

• Verification required for domain.be
• This site can’t be reached Check if there is a typo in domain.be. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN
• We only activate this domain name once the contact details of the domain name holder have been validated

...check and update your domain name information to make it work again.