European domains: Luxembourg (.lu)
Luxembourgian Domain Name Queue Check: When entering your search string don't write “www” or the Luxembourgian domain type, ie. “lu”. Therefore to search “www.nominate.lu” enter “nominate” and nothing else.
The only letters allowed within a domain name are: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.
Back Order:
To back order search for its availabilty in our queue by using the box above and then create an account and back order the domain name.
Monitoring
We wont charge to monitor the domain name (expect for excess numbers † and will only charge you upon a successfull registration.
We do not auction domains and accept only one order per domain name.
Excessive Number clause †
We reserve the right to charge an annual management fee of £1 per domain name requested per year where, if in our opinion the number of names being monitored in an account is excessive (over 300 domains).
Once the domain is registered
Once the domain name is registered we will debit your account the recovery fee. You then may use our DNS servers free of charge. Future renewals are at a very competative price so you never need to transfer away, but you are able to FREE of charge if you wish, after all the domain is your!. Domains registered with us are automatically provided with their own under-construction page - this notifies potential registrants that the name has been acquired and is now registered. The under-construction page is offered free of charge and may be used indefinitely.
It is possible for Web and/or Mail forwarding to be provided for Luxembourgian domains.
Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but Domain Recover makes no charge to transfer a domain to another Luxembourgian domain name registrar.
Background
The ccTLD, meaning Internet country code top-level domain, for Luxembourg is .lu and is administered by Restena who take responsibility for management. This domain name was given to Restena as the main registrar in 1992 by IANA. It is a national network for education and research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Below shows two graphs which illustrate the statistics of the .lu domain name. The first graph is showing the total number amount of registered .lu domain names, and records it year by tear. The second graph shows the statistics on a monthly basis.
The total number of domain names in June 2009 was 45223.
Domain Recover, registering dropping and expiring names since 2006
Luxembourgian (.lu)