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A user can register a .lv domain name directly with NIC.LV or via any of accredited registrars. Registrars offer their services according to the best practice and the agreement between the registrar and NIC.LV.
If you provide domain name registration services, we invite you to become a .LV Registrar. Cooperation with NIC.LV enables you to manage your customers .LV domain names more conveniently and efficiently, use the NIC.LV Online System and the EPP solution, and benefit from the cooperation terms available to Registrars.
To express your interest in becoming a .LV Registrar, contact NIC.LV at registrars@nic.lv. You will receive access to information about concluding the Registrar Agreement in the NIC.LV Online System. In the NIC.LV Online System, review the draft Agreement and all related rules. When completing the Registrar questionnaire, describe accurately how you will ensure compliance with the Agreement so that NIC.LV can assess your company’s readiness and ability to fulfil the obligations set out in the Agreement, as well as its ability to meet the standards of professional diligence consistent with generally accepted fair market practices and the principle of good faith. By submitting the questionnaire, you confirm your intention to conclude the Agreement.
After NIC.LV has assessed the questionnaire and made a positive decision, the .LV Registrar Agreement is concluded.
Express your interest in becoming a .LV Registrar.
Contact NIC.LV at registrars@nic.lv and let us know that you would like to become a .LV Registrar.
Review the documents.
Receive access to information about concluding the Registrar Agreement in the NIC.LV Online System. Review the draft Agreement and all related rules.
Complete the Registrar questionnaire.
In the questionnaire, describe accurately how you will ensure compliance with the Agreement. The information provided must allow NIC.LV to assess your company’s readiness and ability to fulfil the obligations set out in the Agreement. By submitting the questionnaire, you confirm your intention to conclude the Agreement.
Receive the decision and conclude the Agreement.
NIC.LV will assess the submitted questionnaire. Following a positive decision, the .LV Registrar Agreement is concluded.
If you require the Agreement in signed form, please contact NIC customer support.
The current Registrar Agreement and, if a new version has been published, the new version of the Agreement are available in the “My agreements” section of the NIC.LV Online System.
When a new version of the Agreement is published, the System allows you to view the new version and a comparison of the changes against the version currently in force.
If the Registrar agrees to the amendments, the new version of the Agreement can be approved in the System by the date indicated in the System. By approving the amendments, the Registrar confirms that it has reviewed the new version of the Agreement and agrees to its application from the specified effective date.
If the Registrar does not agree to the amendments, it must notify NIC in writing of the termination of the Agreement by the date on which the new version takes effect, by sending the notice to dns@nic.lv.
If the Registrar does not notify NIC of the termination of the Agreement and continues to use the NIC.LV Online System or EPP to provide domain name registration services after the new version takes effect, the Registrar is deemed to have accepted the amendments to the Agreement.
NIC informs the Registrar of planned amendments to the Agreement by publishing the new version in the System and sending a notice to the Registrar’s specified e-mail address at least 30 calendar days before the amendments take effect, unless applicable law or security considerations require a shorter period.
At the beginning of each month, NIC automatically prepares and sends an invoice to the Registrar. The invoice includes the fee for the right to use domain names registered during the previous month and the fee for renewing the right to use domain names for the next period for those domain names whose paid term of use expired during the previous month.
The payment term is 15 calendar days from the invoice date.
To all our collaboration partners (.LV registrars), we offer a domain name management system NICEPP, that allows automating the exchange of information between the Registry (NIC) and the registrar using EPP (Extensible Provision Protocol).
EPP defines a unified way of how registrars can communicate with registries of domain names by exchanging XML messages. EPP is implemented as an API between the registrar’s web interface and the Registry. Such integration allows the registrar to react immediately to requests from its clients and immediately know if the action succeeded. Should some action, such as registration of a domain name, to be put off until later, the Registry will notify registrar with a service message. More information available in the NIC.LV EPP server documentation.
Manage and register domain names 24 / 7:
Create a web interface for your customers: your customers will be able to register domain names in real-time. EPP requests are processed automatically, so your customers will immediately receive your predefined response with a registration application and any additional information they might need.
Automate domain name management by synchronising your customer database with the data in the Registry: EPP solution helps to eliminate problems related to incomplete data on the registrar’s side by performing regular matching of the data at the registrars side with the current information in the Registry.
Customise the solution for cooperation with other domain registries: the EPP protocol is widely used in the management of the Top Level Domains (TLD). All your efforts implementing EPP will pay off significantly if you plan to offer a wider range of top-level domains in the future (both ccTLD and gTLD).
NICEPP is for our official collaboration partners (.LV registrars) only. Therefore, in order to start using the NICEPP domain name management system, it is necessary to conclude the Registrar agreement.
Implement EPP client at the registrar’s side. The registrar can use their own designed systems or customise one of the available EPP client and toolkit software solutions available on the net (PHP, Perl, C++, Java, Ruby, etc.). NIC.LV provides support during the development and testing process.
If you are using PHP in your organisation, you can quickly and easily implement NICEPP with the help of the object-oriented PHP-EPP client available on GitHub - https://github.com/metaregistrar/php-epp-client.This EPP code library will help you to connect to any registry worldwide that supports EPP (including NIC.LV).
Adjust the implemented EPP software for working with .LV domain names - implement the necessary extensions and learn about data model specifics. NICEPP Sandbox environment will provide a safe play-ground for you to develop and test your client-side implementations.
When the registrar feels the client-side software is mature enough for moving on from sandbox to production environment, a simple EPP testing sequence must be performed successfully before getting access to the live system.
If you want to start using NICEPP, please send your request to epp@nic.lv.
We will be happy to answer all your questions by phone +371-67085858 or e-mail registrars@nic.lv.