.CARDS domain name is available for 1-10 years.

The time frame of .CARDS domain registration is instant in most cases except Premium domain name and Registry’s maintenance period.

.CARDS Domain Names must:
have 63 characters as the maximum and 3 as the minimum;
both the start and finish should contain a letter or number;
employ the English character set and can be composed of any combination of letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), and dashes (-);
neither use a dash to start or finish;
don’t contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab- -cd.de), and don’t include a space or https://, http://.

Trustee Service can help satisfy most local presence requirements when there are restrictions on registering a domain name. Please consult NiceNIC's support team if you have trustee need on .CARDS domain name.

According to the latest ICANN policy, whois privacy service will be enabled automatically by the registries for all generic domain names including new gTLDs.

.CARDS domain renewal’s grace period vary for Generic or country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD). Some Registries require renewal up to 60 days in advance of the domain name expiration date. It is your responsibility to pay for the renewal fees before the domain name expiration date. Failure to pay your renewal fees prior to the due date will result in a redemption fee including 1-year renewal. There may be a restore period after the domain’s expiry date, but for some ccTLDs, there is no redemption period. In the event that you do not pay by the renewal date, your website would get down, so please ensure that you would complete the renewal before the expiration day.

Considering Trustee Service is non-transferable, please update your ownership according to .CARDS domain requirements before a transfer-out can proceed.