# OT Mexican domains? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 27, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787 "2006-05-27T07:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/1 "2006-05-27T07:37:53Z")
Hola! In case there are some mexican readers here… It is little difficult for an english speaker to find information about mexican domains. Is it possible to register a domain like “fiesta.mx”? I have seen sites selling “.com.mx” and similar but not just “.mx”. Thanks, Peter ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/2 "2006-05-27T08:23:42Z")
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 22:34 -0700, Peter M. wrote: > Hola! > > In case there are some mexican readers here… > > It is little difficult for an english speaker to find information > about mexican domains. Is it possible to register a domain like > “fiesta.mx”? I have seen sites selling “.com.mx” and similar but not > just “.mx”. * * * whois mx will tell you all you need to know. the registrar web site… [http://www.nic.mx/](http://www.nic.mx/) English translation… [http://64.233.179.104/translate\_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%](http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=es%25) 7Cen&u=[http://www.nic.mx/&prev=/language\_tools](http://www.nic.mx/&prev=/language_tools) Craig ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/3 "2006-05-27T08:29:49Z")
On 5/26/06, Craig W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > whois mx > > will tell you all you need to know. I can’t find anything about just .mx Peter ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/4 "2006-05-27T08:42:09Z")
On May 27, 2006, at 1:26 AM, Peter M. wrote: > I can’t find anything about just .mx We have offices there, I’ll ask them to find out, but they will reply on monday. I’ll let you know. Gustavo ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/5 "2006-05-27T08:32:55Z")
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 23:26 -0700, Peter M. wrote: > On 5/26/06, Craig W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > whois mx > > > > will tell you all you need to know. > > I can’t find anything about just .mx * * * $ whois mx [Querying [whois.internic.net](http://whois.internic.net)] [Redirected to [whois.iana.org](http://whois.iana.org)] [Querying [whois.iana.org](http://whois.iana.org)] [[whois.iana.org](http://whois.iana.org)] IANA Whois Service Domain: mx ID: mx Sponsoring Organization: Name: Organization: NIC-Mexico ITESM - Campus Monterrey Address1: Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 427 Loc. 4, 5, 6 Address2: Address3: City: Monterrey State/Province: Nuevo Leon Country: Mexico Postal Code: 64840 Phone: Fax: Email: Registration Date: 01-January-1985 Last Updated Date: 28-January-2004 Administrative Contact: Name: Oscar Alejandro Robles-Garay Organization: NIC-Mexico, ITESM - Campus Monterrey Address1: Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 427 Loc. 4, 5, 6 Address2: Address3: City: Monterrey State/Province: Nuevo Leon Country: Mexico Postal Code: 64840 Phone: +52 (81) 8387 5346 Fax: +52 (81) 8387 5346 x.111 Email: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Registration Date: 01-January-1985 Last Updated Date: 28-January-2004 Technical Contact: Name: Francisco Javier Arias-Correa Organization: NIC-Mexico, ITESM - Campus Monterrey Address1: Av. Eugenio Garza Sada 427 Loc. 4, 5, 6 Address2: Address3: City: Monterrey State/Province: Nuevo Leon Country: Mexico Postal Code: 64840 Phone: +52 (81) 8387 5346 Fax: +52 (81) 8387 5346 Email: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Registration Date: 01-January-1985 Last Updated Date: 23-May-2006 URL for registration services: [http://www.nic.mx/](http://www.nic.mx/) Whois Server (port 43): whois.nic.mx Nameserver Information: Nameserver: a.ns.mx. IP Address: 200.23.1.1 Nameserver: b.ns.mx. IP Address: 200.23.179.1 Nameserver: c.ns.mx. IP Address: 192.100.224.1 Nameserver: d.ns.mx. IP Address: 207.248.64.1 Registration Date: 01-February-1989 Last Updated Date: 23-May-2006 Craig ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/6 "2006-05-28T01:34:00Z")
Peter M. wrote: > I can’t find anything about just .mx Hi, Peter, hi list. First post here, and it had to be off-topic :-/ But here’s your Mexican reader 🙂 There are in fact domains like that (say, unam.mx, itesm.mx), but those were registered a long time ago, and NIC.MX policies have changed. See Q.2 from their domain FAQ at [http://www.nic.mx/es/FAQ.Dominios](http://www.nic.mx/es/FAQ.Dominios). Don’t know if there’s a translation (used to be, can’t find it now), so I’ll translate for you: Can I register domains directly under .mx? No, since March 1997 it is no longer possible to register domain names directly under .mx. Prior to that date such domains were given to educational institutions, but in November 1996, .edu.mx was added. From that point on we stopped registering domains directly under .mx. So there. I’ll also add that, in my experience, registering a .com.mx is very straightforward, but anything else requires paperwork. NIC.mx for some (annoying) reason requires you to demonstrate that you are a non-profit institution before assigning you a .org.mx, a network provider for .net.mx, and a school for .edu.mx. This may have changed recently, YMMV. Salud. -CR César RincónGuadalajara, México [http://mengambrea.blogspot.com/](http://mengambrea.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/7 "2006-05-28T01:49:13Z")
Thanks for the information. Strange policies but if that is the way it is, then that is the way it is. Sure does make for some ugly urls though. Thanks again, Peter ---
**Author:** ![dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@dracos](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dracos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-mexican-domains/61787/8 "2006-05-27T17:09:50Z")
Although there are some lucky people who got their hands on .mx domains on the early days, the nic.mx registrar is no longer accepting just .mx domain names You have to buy .com.mx or .org.mx or whatever. I’m based in Mexico, feel free to contact me if you need help.