.FR

.FR Domain Registration

The Dot FR country-specific top-level domain name extension is the most widely used one amongst French speakers and if you possess a website in French, such a domain name will be a perfect choice to reach tens of millions of WWW users, given that a .FR domain is more probable to have better French search engine standings. This doesn’t include only France, but also states with substantial French-speaking communities, such as Canada, Switzerland, Belgium and a number of countries in Northern and Central Africa. People from all these countries usually use French email providers and search online for French websites, so this is a wonderful way for you to contact them them.

The domain name extension was started in 1986, but registrations were restricted to persons and firms situated in France until 2011 when the process was liberalized. These Days, a dot FR domain can be secured by anybody from the EU, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. With over two and a half million active registrations, the dot FR top-level domain name extension is among the most widespread country-specific domains. And this number has expanded with a whole million over the past several years.

If you want to reserve a dot FR domain, you can do it through our firm and it will go online nearly instantaneously. AFNIC, the Registry organization that controls this TLD, has precise rules about certain records that the name servers of a .FR domain must have, and we meet these requirements, so you will not come across any difficulties to get your site up and running in a matter of minutes. Many hosting firms, especially resellers, don’t offer the full set of records, so you can’t really host a dot FR domain name with them. You will have full control over your domain through our Hepsia Control Panel tool – you’ll be able to edit the WHOIS contact details at any time, to create and to edit Custom DNS records, to park domains, etc.

.FR Domain Management with hostfields

The Domain Manager interface created by hostfields is the ideal home for your new .FR domain. It's both fully featured and easy-to-navigate, so that it is suitable for both tech-savvy users and web hosting beginners. You'll enjoy immediate access to the basic DNS settings and, with only a single click, you can an URL redirection. The Domain Manager furthermore allows you to take care of multiple domains at once with ease. As free gift, if you are searching to widen your web presence, you'll be able to take advantage of our limitless domain parking option.

For those who have a hosting account with hostfields, you will be able to take care of both your websites plus your domain names from the exact same Control Panel - our Web Hosting Control Panel. There's no need to move between separate web site management and domain management interfaces anymore.