Extension of the Guadeloupe archipelago
Domain gp
The gp domain corresponds to domain name registration under .gp, the Guadeloupe extension. It covers eligibility, the availability check, reading a whois, building a quote and preparing a DNS zone designed for an archipelago. domainegp.com does not operate the registry and accepts no online order.
Who a .gp name suits
A .gp serves a business that recognises itself in the archipelago: a rental in Sainte-Anne or Le Gosier, a workshop on Marie-Galante, a guesthouse in Les Saintes, a grower who delivers to La Desirade, a public service in Basse-Terre. A company, an association, a commune or an individual may be the holder if the charter admits them. That charter is read again at every filing: it may be stricter or more open than the year before.
There is no point queueing at the .fr desk. AFNIC administers .fr, .re, .yt, .pm, .wf and .tf; it does not administer .gp. A business already in .fr keeps that first name and, if it wants the Guadeloupe extension, files a second, separate case. Plan for a mailbox read by the team, including when part of the staff is touring the southern islands.
- Company established in Basse-Terre, Pointe-a-Pitre or another commune
- Cultural, sports or neighbourhood association
- Local authority of the archipelago, southern islands included
- Individual, only if the registry writes it so
- Brand already in .fr or .com adding a separate .gp
Checking that a .gp is not already taken
In an archipelago, several houses carry names close to one island or another. The .gp whois decides, not market memory. The label is free, taken, reserved or suspended. Record the state on the day the identity is approved and keep a screenshot: it helps when two partners no longer remember what was tested.
Test the hyphenated form and the joined form. “les-saintes” and “lessaintes” are two names. French accents do not pass as they are into a classic label, and an internationalised names policy, if one exists, follows other rules. Do not have the address painted until the creation is confirmed.
Reading the whois record of a .gp
The whois or RDAP record gathers the state of the name, the useful dates, the servers and the contacts the registry agrees to show. It is used before filing, so as not to build a brand on a namesake, and afterwards, to check that your servers are properly published. A blank page does not prove the domain is free: many names stay reserved with no visible site.
An individual's details are frequently shortened on screen to limit the spread of data, while the registry keeps the original. A company appears under its name. After a change of manager or provider, open the record and correct the contact: that address is the one receiving the expiry notice. A mailbox nobody reads explains most names lost without a sound.
What makes up the price of a .gp
No official price is shown on this guide, and the .fr price list does not apply to .gp. Ask for a written quote. The total usually mixes the creation for a stated term, the renewal on the anniversary date, the transfer to another provider, and case fees if a person reviews the request.
Keep that price apart from the rest: DNS zone, agency mailboxes, HTTPS certificate, photographs, possibly a Creole or English version for passing trade. Be wary of a free first year whose renewal triples: the line to compare is year two. Fees tied to a manual review are often kept even if the name is refused.
Finding a name that can be pronounced on any island
The right .gp label is understood on a quay and retyped without a mistake. Unaccented letters, digits, an internal hyphen: no space, no underscore, no symbol. Do not imitate the name of a commune, a national park or a public service: the visitor must know at once whether this is your guesthouse or an institution. A name that is too long ends up abbreviated, often badly.
Before printing the shuttle timetable to Marie-Galante, check the trademarks and the absence of a misleading namesake on the other islands. Two legitimate businesses may evoke the same image. The first .gp filer does not erase an earlier trademark right. When in doubt, a short invented name defends itself better.
Real lead times, from order to opening
If the registry validates on its own, a .gp can be born within the minute. If it asks for a document, count several working days for the review. Before that approval, no setting at the host will make the name answer. Announcing the address on social media the evening of payment is the surest way to show a mistake.
Afterwards the resolvers keep old answers for the TTL. Allow a day, sometimes two, before a client connected from a port outside Guadeloupe sees the same site. Launch the season's bookings after a test on the mobile network, not in the wake of the payment.
Standing up a DNS zone for the .gp
Two name servers, announced the same way at the registry and in the zone, are enough in most cases. Place them on infrastructures that do not fall together. If the server itself ends in .gp, add the glue addresses with the delegation, otherwise some resolvers do not know where to enter.
The useful zone holds an SOA, the NS, an address for the website, an MX for mail and an SPF TXT record. Add DKIM when you send booking confirmations, then DMARC to say what to do with a message that impersonates the domain. If the registry accepts DNSSEC, publish the DS digest only once the signatures are already correct.
What the operator must keep up to date
The holder of a .gp maintains accurate details, renews before the cut-off and answers the registry. A change of team between Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre is recorded in the file the same day. A site published from Guadeloupe falls under French law: legal information, handling of bookings, measured prospecting.
Watch the side details that keep the name alive. A certificate that is not renewed shows a warning to those booking in the evening. A monitored alias lets you react if a mailbox is used for unsolicited mail. The technical provider is not the holder: in a dispute over the label, the registered person is the one who must come forward.
The filing path for a .gp
There is no point setting up hosting before you have the name. Follow the thread: label, holder, servers, payment, then a check from a network that is not the agency's.
Note three labels
Rank them from most distinctive to most descriptive, and check that none copies the name of a commune in the archipelago.
Query .gp on the day you choose
A name free in .com may be taken in .gp, and the reverse is just as frequent. Keep the dated answer.
Fix the holder
Choose the email that is followed out of season, when teams rotate between islands and personal mailboxes go quiet.
Designate two servers
They must answer before the delegation. Add glue records if those servers live under the name you are filing.
Read the quote again
Term, renewal, refusal conditions: all of it is read before paying, and only with an identified contact.
Check before printing
Whois, resolution, home page and a test message come before the season's materials. The expiry date goes into a shared calendar.
The lines of a .gp budget
No cell below is a price. It is a reading grid for comparing two quotes without forgetting the renewal or the DNS.
| Line | Purpose | Due | To check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation | Reserves the label for the term purchased | The day of the order | Trust the dated quote, not an amount read on a forum |
| Renewal | Keeps the name for one more period | Before the anniversary date | Compare this line, not the introductory offer |
| Transfer | Leaves one provider for another | Preferably outside peak season | Check that the name is not locked |
| Case fees | Pays for the human review of a document | Only if the registry requires it | Ask whether the sum is still due if the filing is refused |
| DNS | Points the .gp to the site and the mail | At creation at the latest | Two servers that do not share the same incident |
| Recovery | Tries to retrieve a dropped name | As soon as the oversight is noticed | Success is not guaranteed once the grace period has passed |
What teams in the archipelago often ask
Five short answers to avoid confusing .gp with .fr or with a name per island.
Can I reserve a .gp from the AFNIC website?
No. .gp is not an AFNIC extension. The .fr portal neither creates nor transfers a Guadeloupe name. Go through the .gp registry or an office that names it explicitly in its quote.
Is one .gp enough for all the islands of the archipelago?
Technically yes: a single name covers Grande-Terre, Basse-Terre, Marie-Galante, Les Saintes and La Desirade. Nothing requires one name per island. Internal pages can distinguish the activities if they differ.
Why does the whois not show the holder's phone number?
Public display is often reduced, especially for an individual, to limit the spread of data. The registry keeps the complete file. The absence of a number on screen does not mean the name is abandoned.
Does a .gp transfer lose the expiry date?
A transfer changes provider. Depending on the registry's rules, the anniversary date is extended or maintained. Have that point confirmed on the transfer quote before starting the operation at the height of the season.
How do I avoid losing the name during low season?
Designate two people who read the contact email, note the expiry date outside the domain's mailbox, and check the payment method a month in advance. A name that expires when the team is thin is lost with no witness.
Online request for a .gp name
Filing from domainegp.com is coming soon. The fields — domain searched, .gp extension, name, email, phone — are already in place and fully neutralised, so no whois query leaves from here.