.phd Pricing Policy

Charleston Road Registry d/b/a Google Registry (Google Registry or Registry Operator) will provide Registrar with a rate card indicating prices for:

  1. Standard Domain Registration Fee
  2. Premium Domain Registration Fees
  3. Early Access Period Registration Fee
  4. Qualified Launch Period Registration Fee
  5. Sunrise Registration Fee
  6. Domain Renewal Fee
  7. Domain Transfer Fee
  8. Domain Restore Fee
  9. Domain Server Status Change Request Fee

The Registry Operator may update the rate card and modify this Pricing Policy from time to time in accordance with the .phd Registry-Registrar Agreement.

Early Access Period domains: Registrants will be charged an additional fee for registering domains during the Early Access Period. The Early Access Period fee will depend on the date of registration and will be in addition to the normal registration fee for the domain. The Early Access fee is a one-time fee; additional years of registration and renewals will be charged at the domain’s standard registration fee.

Premium domains are domains that carry an annual registration fee that is greater than the standard domain registration fee. Registry Operator will provide a mechanism for Registrars to identify the price of a domain before registering the name.

Registrar Incentives: Sponsoring Registrar will receive a 15% discount on all Sunrise registrations. This discount may be processed as an immediate reduction of the resulting invoice, or as a credit against future registration activity, at the Registry Operator’s discretion.

Grace Periods

Sunrise Add Grace Period: For domain registrations resulting from Sunrise Period applications, the domain will have a Sunrise Add Grace Period lasting 5 days. During this period, Registrars can delete the domain and avoid charges.

Early Access Program Add Grace Period: For 5 days after registering a domain during the Early Access Program, registrars can delete the domain name without being charged the standard registration fee and the domain will be open for re-registration. The supplementary Early Access Program fee will not be refunded.

Add Grace Period: For 5 days after registering a domain, Registrars can delete the domain without being charged, and the domain will be open for re-registration.

Auto-Renew Grace Period: Upon its expiration, a domain name will be automatically renewed for 1 year. For 45 days after a domain expires, Registrars can delete the domain to avoid being charged for this renewal.

Redemption Grace Period: For 30 days after a domain is deleted, a Registrar may redeem the domain, subject to the Registrar Abuse Policy and the applicable restore fees. This only applies to fully registered domains that are deleted, not to deletions of domains pending registrations or domains deleted during the Add Grace Period or Sunrise Add Grace Period.