Panama (.pa):
PA Panamanian International Domain Registration
All our Panamanian domain name prices include the maintenance & all other 3rd party fees during the registration period. There are no other costs involved when registering Panamanian domain names, no transfer fees and no hidden costs.
Registration:
To register your Panamanian domain name, click here!
Restrictions: Panamanian domain name registration, Primary and secondary name servers must be geographically separated
Notes: Don't put "www" or the Panamanian domain name type, ie. "pa", Thus for "www.101domains.pa" enter "101domains" and no more.
Please remember that Panamanian domain names can only contain the following letters: 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.
The Panama registry ("NIC-Panama") state that a .pa domain name must have two name servers, and each name server must be on geographically separate networks. They also state that they will not register a domain name under .pa unless both names servers are configured for the proposed domain name. If you have a company you use for email or web hosting services, you need to ask them to set their DNS name servers up for the proposed new .pa domain name. If you don't have a preferred hosting company, you can use our name servers and we will configure them to support the domain name(s) you want to register.
If you have a company you use for email or web hosting, their name servers need to meet this requirement (which is a common demand amongst the various ccTLD's). If their name servers don't meet this need, our name server do and we can use those, they can also be configured so the "MX" records direct email for the domain name to your hosting companies' mail servers, and the main "A" record points to their web server. If you run your own mail or web server, we can point our name servers at those instead, or you can use your own name servers as long as they are on geographically separate networks.
If you are a government department in Panama and you want to register a domain name under .ob.pa, then the name servers which support this domain name must be physically located in Panama.
A domain registered under .pa must not exceed 63 characters (including the relevant sub-domain and country code), the minimum number of characters is 3, although 5 is recommended by the registry.
The registry also reserve the registration of geographical place names in Panama for bodies which represent those places. This rule also applies to the names of countries, and the six official names of the United Nations.
Each domain name typically has four contacts, the registrant (the legal owner), the administrative contact (who can sanction changes in the domains day to day management), the billing contact (who receives invoices) and the technical contact (who handles technical queries for the domain name). The Panama registry state that the technical contact for a .pa domain name must be different to the administrative or billing contact, to satisfy this requirement, we can act as the technical contact (as registrars for the domain name).
You can not register directly under ".pa", instead the .pa domain has several sub-domains you can register under (if you meet the relevant requirements). These are:
- .ac.pa - Institutions of superior education or investigation
- .com.pa - Commercial Entities
- .gob.pa - Governmental Instances of the Republic of Panama
- .org.pa - Non-profit organizations
- .sld.pa - Health Organizations
- .edu.pa - Educational Institutions in general, nonformal, primary and secondary education
- .net.pa - Internet Services Providers (ISP).Web hosting, design and construction of web sites, developers of applications for internet, access providers to internet
- .ing.pa - Engineers (only for natural persons)
- .abo.pa - Lawyers (only for natural persons)
- .med.pa - Doctors (only for natural persons)
- .nom.pa - Only for natural persons
Some of these sub-domains are restricted, for instance, to register under .net.pa you need to prove you are an Internet Service Provider, or a closely related organisation. If you are from outside of Panama, the registry require documentation to prove you are an ISP, and so qualify for a .net.pa, this is what the Panama registry state you must provide:
.gob.pa domain names are reserved for government departments in Panama, .ac.pa domain names are reserved for Universities in Panama, .edu.pa domain names are reserved for colleges and schools.
If you are interested in registering under .med.pa, .abp.pa, .ing.pa or any of the other sub-domains available, let us know and we will find out what documentation is required and the relevant restrictions based upon the country you are in.
The Panama registry state that:
The registry also state:
- Population is estimated to be 3,309,679 people
- Gross Domestic Product is $19.740 billion US Dollars
- Languages recognised in Panama are Spanish
