The domain name must be purchased on an annual basis. The first purchase must be for a minimum of two years with a maximum of ten year. After the initial purchase, you may renew your domain name for a minimum of one year or a maximum of nine years.

For prices on this BSEWebsites.com product, as well as, all other BSEWebsites.com products, please see the Website Guide on the left margin of the Home page. You may also want to call a BSE representative at 800.659.6410, or e-mail sales at sale@builders-software.com.

What restrictions are there for choosing a domain name?

The only valid characters for domain names are letters, numbers and hyphens (-).
Other characters such as underscores (_) or exclamation points (!) cannot be used.

Domain names cannot begin with a hyphen, and a hyphen cannot be the last character before the top-level domain (.COM, .NET, .ORG, etc.). For example, you cannot register domain names that match the format below:

-example.com
example-.com

There are several other rules that depend on what type of domain name you are registering.

COM and NET
These domain names must have a minimum of two characters before the COM or NET portion of the domain name. They cannot exceed 63 characters before the COM or NET portion of the domain name

ORG, BIZ, INFO, US, CN, COM.CN, NET.CN, and ORG.CN
These domain names must have a minimum of three characters before the ORG, BIZ, INFO, US, CN, COM.CN, NET.CN, or ORG.CN portion of the domain name. They cannot exceed 63 characters before the ORG, BIZ, INFO, US, CN, COM.CN, NET.CN, or ORG.CN portion of the domain name.

WS
These domain names must have a minimum of four characters before the WS portion of the domain name
They cannot exceed 63 characters before the WS portion of the domain name.