Domain Name Registration Policy
The Domain Name Registration Policy is an additional supplement to the Terms and Conditions agreement that comes into affect when the Customer buys the Service that the Company supplies. This policy regards the registration of domains.
Definitions
"Alfahosts", "Company", "It", "We" or "Alfahosts Network" refer to Alfahosts. "Services" refer to the services/products offered by the company, either in the direct or indirect control of the company.
"Domain Name Registrar" means DirectI and/or Distribute.IT, the domain registrar with whom we register all domains.
"Reawaken Media," and "Reawaken Media, LLC" refer to our partner Reawaken Media, LLC.
“Registrant” or “Customer” means the customer (you) applying to the Company or, having applied to the Company, to register a domain or domains on behalf of the Customer.
“Website” or “Web site” means a website and all associated files, not limited to the source code, scripts and database information.
Terms of Service
Alfahosts provide Internet Website hosting and related services, and domain registration. We reserves the right to suspend or cancel a Customer’s access to the service to any or all services provided by Alfahosts, if we consider that the account has been used inappropriately or illegally. The Customer MUST be at least 16 years of age. If the Customer is not at least 16 years of age, Alfahosts will escalate the matter to a third-party agency, of which will investigate the matter. If the third-party agency confirms a negative outcome, the matter could result in large fines and/or a criminal record depending on the discretion of our Legal Management Team which will determine the outcome at THEIR OWN discretion.
Disclaimer
The Company will not be responsible for any damages to the Customer's business or for other financial losses resulting from services provided by the Company. The Company makes no warranties of any kind, expressed or implied for services provided. The Company disclaims any warranty or merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This includes loss of business or data resulting from delays, non-deliveries, wrong delivery, and any and all service interruptions caused by the Company and its employees. The Company's financial liability is restricted to the price paid for the service provided. The Company reserves the right to revise its policies at any time, and to revise these terms and conditions at any time without notice.
Registration, Transfers and Legal Information
The Company will consider all requests for domain name registration and accept or reject them in accordance with guidelines set by the relevant naming authorities. *.uk domain registrations must abide by rules set by the Domain Name Registrar. Global domain registrations (.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz) must abide by INWW terms.
Upon acceptance of registration requests, the Company will submit names for registration and make full registration upon receipt of payment.
Once a domain name has been registered, no refunds will be made by the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar.
The Company and/or Domain Name Registrar reserve the right to halt the registration or transfer/release of a domain name if outstanding monies are owed to them by the Registrant, for any reason.
The Company and/or Domain Name Registrar processes domain registration requests on a first come, first served basis. Until the Registrant receives confirmation of registration from the Company, there is no guarantee that the domain name requested has been registered.
The Company and/or Domain Name Registrar may cancel or halt domain name registrations at its discretion if it feels that completion of the registration will compromise the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar’s interests, or for other relevant reasons. In such an event, the Registrant will be notified by the Company of its reasons.
The Company and/or Domain Name Registrar does not accept any responsibility for the use of registered domain names, including where there may be conflict over rights to ownership. The Registrant agrees that it shall defend, indemnify, save and hold the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable legal fees asserted against the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar, its agents, its Customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from a domain registration provided or performed or agreed to be performed on behalf of the Registrant.
The Registrant agrees that all details submitted in respect of a domain name registration are true and correct, and holds the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar harmless from any and all demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including reasonable legal fees asserted against the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar, its agents, its Customers, officers and employees, that may arise or result from such false or incorrect details so submitted.
In the event of a domain registration or other dispute, the Registrant must be able to demonstrate that the registration of a domain name and the way in which it is used (directly or indirectly) does not infringe the legal rights of any third party.
The Registrant indemnifies the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar from any legal proceedings and costs that arise as a result of the registration of a domain name.
Data submitted by the Registrant pertaining to the registration of a domain name will not be made available to other organisations and members of the public, apart from that made public by the relevant naming authority.
Transfers and renewals of domain names will be made under the Company and/or Domain Name Registrar terms and conditions of domain name registration in force at the time of transfers or renewals.
.asia Registration
As part of the requirements for registering .asia domains, the domain can only be sold to countries within the Asia-Pacific Region, as outlined by the ICANN Review of Geographic Regions (www.icann.org/en/meetings/montreal/geo-regions-topic.htm) under the Asia/Australia/Pacific region (AP).
The following countries are allowed to register an .asia domain: United Arab Emirates, Afganistan, Armenia, Antartica, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cyprus, Micronesia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Indonesia, Israel, India, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Macao, Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Norfolk Island, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palestine, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa and Yemen.
Though they are listed under the ICANN Review of Geographic Regions, the following countries cannot participate because of the United States of America has embargoes against them: Iran, North Korea and Syria
Though they are listed under the ICANN Reivew of Geographic Regions, the following countries cannot participate because of the Commonwealth of Australia has sanctions against them: Fiji, Iran and North Korea.
Though they are listed under the ICANN Review of Geographic Regions, the following countries cannot participate because the United Nations Security Council, which the United States (where our servers are located) and Australia being members of the United Nations, issuing sanctions against them: North Korea, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
.eu Registration
As part of the requirements for registering .eu domains, the domain can only be sold to countries within the European Union, due to its link with the organisation.
The following countries are allowed to register an .eu domain: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland).
Due to the expansion of the European Union, new countries may have been added after the agreement was orginally written/updated. Please check the terms and conditions over time to make sure if your country has been added to the list.
Payment
Payment details of the contract can be found in the Contract Terms Agreement and the Terms and Conditions.
Other Agreements
As outlined in the Terms and Condtions, the Customer agrees to accept this agreement, along with any supplement agreements that the Company wishes to add.
All of these agreements can be found on the Policies page on the Company's website (Alfahosts.net).
Company Disclosure and Agreement Statement
These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement, along with the mentioned additional agreements that are agreed to by the Customer, between the Company, the Registrant and the Customer. The Company reserves the right to update these Terms and Conditions, and/or implement new policies, at any time and without notification. For this reason, the Company advises that you review the Terms and Conditions, along with the mentioned additional agreements, from time to time. These can be found under the Policies page on the Alfahosts website (Alfahosts.net).
These terms and conditions do not affet your statutory right as a consumer.
