Who can apply for fi-domain?

• private persons
• companies
• organizations
• you can also authorize a representative.

A private person applying for fi-domain must:

• be over 15 years of age
• have a Finnish home municipality
• have a Finnish identity number.

What kind of companies and organization can acquire fi-domain?

Listed in Finnish trade-, Association- or Foundation Register:

• • companies and private entrepreneurs
  • Finnish public bodies, such as state institutions, municipalities and federations of municipalities, churches and congregations
  • unincorporated state enterprises
  • public corporations and public associations
  • diplomatic missions of foreign states. .

Note ! The fact that the holder has been entered into the register of the tax administration, does not give the right to apply for a domain name.

Foreign companies and trademarks:

• Foreign organisations and entrepreneurs can obtain a Finnish domain name by entering a Finnish subsidiary into the Finnish Trade Register.

What can a domain name consist of?

• A fi-domain name can consist of 2 to 63 characters.
• Permitted characters in domain names are, letters a to ö, numbers 0 to 9 and hyphen (-). and also the characters in the Lappish spoken in Finland.
• The domain name cannot start or end with a hyphen.
• The third and fourth characters may not both be hyphens.
• The domain name holder is responsible for that the domain name is not illegally based on a protected name or trademark owned by another party. You can check the registry at: https://domain.fi/info/en/index/hakeminen/mitavoihakea/lainkukaisuudenvarmistaminen.html.