.my Domain
Malaysia's Official Country Domain
Register your .my domain from just £24.99/yr. Free DNS management, email forwarding, and 10GB mailbox included with every domain.
This domain has registration restrictions
Anyone in any country may register a .my, but every application must be accompanied by a supporting identity or registration document. Read the full eligibility rules.
What is a .my domain?
The .my domain is Malaysia's country code, managed by MYNIC Berhad (under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission). Malaysia is a major Southeast Asian economy with over 30 million internet users and a rapidly growing digital sector. Kuala Lumpur is a regional hub for finance, tech, and Islamic banking. Registration of .my requires a Malaysian presence, though international businesses can register through a local agent.
Who should register .my?
Malaysian businesses, UK companies with Malaysian operations, halal industry brands, and organisations targeting the Southeast Asian market.
Why choose .my?
- Malaysia's official country code
- Requires Malaysian presence (trusted namespace)
- Major Southeast Asian digital economy
- Regional hub for finance and Islamic banking
Who runs .my, and since when
Registry data from the .my delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Country-code (ccTLD)
- Registry operator
- MYNIC Berhad
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 1987
- Delegated 8 June 1987
- Who can register
- Open to individuals, companies and organisations from any country, with ID required
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £24.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
Why a .my order needs a document attached
MYNIC sells the plain .my to all individuals, companies and organisations from any country, which surprises people who have read elsewhere that Malaysian presence is required. At the second level it is not. What is required is a document. Every .my application carries a supporting document with it: a MyKad, national ID or passport for a Malaysian individual, and for a non-Malaysian individual a passport, national identification document, driving licence or utility bill. An organisation supplies a business licence or certificate issued by its own country.
The Malaysian-only rule lives one level down, which is where the confusion comes from. name.my is for a Malaysian individual's personal use, edu.my for Malaysian educational organisations, gov.my for government bodies, mil.my for the military and coop.my for Malaysian co-operatives. com.my, biz.my, net.my and org.my sit in between, scoped by activity rather than by nationality, each with its own document list.
So the practical difference between .my and most extensions is not eligibility at all. It is that the order is an application with an attachment, which is slower than a card payment and can come back for correction.
Who is allowed to register .my?
Anyone in any country may register a .my, but every application must be accompanied by a supporting identity or registration document.
- Who qualifies for .my itself
- MYNIC states that .my is for all individuals, companies and organisations from any country. There is no Malaysian residency requirement and no Malaysian company requirement at this level.
- The document you must supply
- A Malaysian individual supplies a MyKad, national ID or passport. A non-Malaysian individual supplies a passport, national identification document, driving licence or utility bill. An organisation supplies a business licence or certificate issued by its own country.
- The Malaysian-only slots
- name.my is for a Malaysian individual's personal use, edu.my for Malaysian educational organisations, gov.my for Malaysian government bodies, mil.my for the military and coop.my for Malaysian co-operatives. If you are not Malaysian those are closed to you whatever you supply.
- The activity-scoped slots
- com.my and biz.my are for commercial organisations and activities, net.my for network-related ones and org.my for other organisations. Each carries its own document list, and a Malaysian company supplies its Companies Commission forms.
- Before you pay
- MYNIC lists a supporting document against every category on its own buying guide, so treat it as part of the order rather than as something to send afterwards. Check which one applies to you before you pay, not after.
Rules taken from the MYNIC guide to buying a domain. Registry policy can change, so check before you buy if the answer matters to you.
Not sure whether you qualify? Ask us before you order and we will check the registry rules with you. We would rather answer the question than take an order the registry will refuse.
Is .my the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.my works well if
- You sell into Malaysia and want the address a Malaysian customer reads as domestic. A .my is a country code, so Google treats it as a Malaysia signal.
- The Malaysian entity, office or distributor is real, and you want the local site kept separate from the group .com.
- Those two letters happen to work inside your name, and my reads naturally as an English possessive as well as a country code.
Look elsewhere if
- You want to order in ninety seconds with a card. Every .my application carries a supporting document, which is slower and can be sent back for correction.
- You wanted name.my for a personal site. That slot is for Malaysian individuals only, and no document from a British applicant opens it.
- Nobody in Britain reads .my as Malaysia on sight, so a UK-facing site gains nothing from it while paying more than a .co.uk costs.
Not actually selling into Malaysia? A .co.uk is cheaper, needs no document, and carries the UK signal you want instead. See .co.uk pricing.
.my vs .com: which should you register?
A .com will take your order in a minute with a card. A .my needs a supporting document and an application, which is the price of a namespace where every holder has shown some form of identification. That is not nothing. A Malaysian customer knows a .my took more effort than a .com did.
Where the .com still wins is reach. Outside Malaysia the two letters read as the English word my, which is charming in a brand name and useless as a geographic signal. So the split is the usual one: the .com is the group address, the .my is the Malaysian site, and if the Malaysian operation is real it is worth the paperwork.
.my domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .my domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyNo, and that is a common misreading. MYNIC states on its own buying guide that .my is available to all individuals, companies and organisations from any country. The Malaysian-only rule applies to some of the third-level slots instead: name.my, edu.my, gov.my, mil.my and coop.my. What every applicant does need, Malaysian or not, is a supporting document, which for a non-Malaysian individual can be a passport, national ID, driving licence or utility bill.
It depends on who you are and which slot you want. A Malaysian individual supplies a MyKad, national ID or passport. A non-Malaysian individual supplies a passport, national identification document, driving licence or utility bill. An organisation supplies a business licence or certificate issued by its own country, and for com.my, biz.my and net.my a Malaysian company supplies its Companies Commission forms. MYNIC publishes the full list against each category, so check yours first.
Almost never. The extension only earns its keep when a Malaysian audience is reading it, because that is the only place those two letters mean Malaysia rather than the English possessive. Against that you have a document to supply, a slower order, a higher annual price than a .co.uk and no UK ranking benefit at all. If you like the wordplay, check whether a .com or a generic extension gives you the same phrase without the paperwork.
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