Anyone or any company can register this domain name extension.

The minimum term for .direct domain names is 1 year.

The domain registration timeframe for .direct during general availability is Instant.

Domain Names must:

• have minimum of 1 and a maximum of 63 characters;
• begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number;
• use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z),numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these;
• neither begin with, nor end with a dash;
• not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab- -cd.direct); and
• not include a space (e.g. www.ab cd.direct).

The registry that manages this domain extension is Donuts Inc .