Domain .ms - national domain: Montserrat

Registration time: Realtime

How to register a .ms internet domain?

Registration fee

$118,99 / year
Renewal fee

$118,99 / year
Trade fee

$53,49

The domain owner change does not extend its validity.
Transfer fee

$53,49

renewal not included

The domain transfer does not extend its validity.
Reactivation fee

$35,99

Additional restore fee is due on the domain renewal date (4 days before expiration date). Restore is possible only within 14 days thereafter.
Minimum registration and renewal period

1 year
Registration time

Realtime
Restrictions

No

VAT may apply for EU individual customers

.ms domain information

.ms was introduced in March 1997 and is operated by MNI Networks Ltd., an IT services company based in Olveston, Montserrat. The registry operates with no residency or local presence requirements — the extension is an open-use ccTLD available to registrants anywhere in the world.

Alongside direct second-level .ms registrations, the registry also offers third-level domains: com.ms, net.ms and org.ms are open to anyone; edu.ms is reserved for Montserrat educational institutions; gov.ms is reserved for Montserrat government bodies.

.ms domain–register without any restrictions

Registration is open to anyone worldwide with no restrictions, and your domain activates in realtime.

.ms domain–short restore window

One detail worth noting before you order: the restore window for a lapsed .ms domain is only 14 days — shorter than most ccTLDs.

Who should buy a .ms domain name?

.ms has two distinct audiences:

Businesses and individuals with a Caribbean or Montserrat connection

A .ms address signals local relevance and is the natural choice for any organisation operating on the island or serving the Eastern Caribbean market.

Global brands and creative users

.ms is one of the most widely recognised two-letter abbreviations in the English-speaking world. It appears as a prefix or suffix in product names, company initials, technical terms (milliseconds, manuscript, motor ship) and professional titles. Microsoft itself has used .ms domains for link shortening. A short, memorable name under .ms works well for:

Tech companies and software products where "ms" appears in a name or abbreviation
Businesses whose initials are MS
News, media and information services (ms. as honorific, or ms as manuscript)
Developers and startups building link shorteners or redirect services
Any brand looking for a short, two-character extension with global recognition
Businesses targeting the Caribbean market or the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union region

Information about the .ms domain registry

.ms - country code top-level domain name (ccTLD): Montserrat

The available domain TLDs: .ms

Registry: MNI Networks Ltd.

Website: http://www.nic.ms

Public WHOIS server: whois.nic.ms