NOTES: 
* It is recommended to use HTTP POST method for this command.
** While registering an IDN domain, it is mandatory to send Idncode paramter. Also, you need to send the domain name in Punycode (for example: xn--sdkhjsdhfkdh.com) format. We do not support native code.
*** Free PositiveSSL is no longer supported. Please do not send this parameter.

namecheap.domains.create

Registers a new domain

Request Parameters

Global parameters are not shown here for clarity, but should be present in all requests

Name Type MaxLength Required? Default Description
DomainName String 70 Yes   The domain name to register
Years Number 2 Yes 2 Number of years to register
PromotionCode String 20 No Promotional (coupon) code for the domain
RegistrantOrganizationName
String
 255 No
  Organization of the Registrant user
RegistrantJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the Registrant user
RegistrantFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Registrant user
RegistrantLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Registrant user
RegistrantAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Registrant user
RegistrantAddress2
 String 255 No   Address2 of the Registrant user
RegistrantCity String 50 Yes   City of the Registrant user
RegistrantStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the Registrant user
RegistrantStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the Registrant user
RegistrantPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Registrant user
RegistrantCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Registrant user
RegistrantPhone String  50  Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
RegistrantPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Registrant user
RegistrantFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
RegistrantEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Registrant user
TechOrganizationName
String
  255 No
  Organization of the Tech user
TechJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the Tech user
TechFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Tech user
TechLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Tech user
TechAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Tech user
TechAddress2
 String 255 No   Address2 of the Tech user
TechCity String  50  Yes   City of the Tech user
TechStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the Tech user
TechStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the Tech user
TechPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Tech user
TechCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Tech user
TechPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
TechPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Tech user
TechFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
TechEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Tech user
AdminOrganizationName
String
 255 No
  Organization of the Admin user
AdminJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the Admin user
AdminFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the Admin user
AdminLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the Admin user
AdminAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the Admin user
AdminAddress2
 String 255 No   Address2 of the Admin user
AdminCity String 50 Yes   City of the Admin user
AdminStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the Admin user
AdminStateProvinceChoice String 50  No StateProvinceChoice of the Admin user
AdminPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the Admin user
AdminCountry String  50 Yes Country of the Admin user
AdminPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AdminPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Admin user
AdminFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AdminEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the Admin user
AuxBillingOrganizationName
String
 255 No
  Organization of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingJobTitle String 255 No
Job title of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingFirstName String
 255 Yes   First name of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingLastName String 255 Yes
  Second name of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingAddress1 String 255 Yes Address1 of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingAddress2
 String 255 No   Address2 of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingCity String 50 Yes   City of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingStateProvince String  50 Yes State/Province of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingPostalCode String  50 Yes PostalCode of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingCountry String  50 Yes Country of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingPhone String  50 Yes Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AuxBillingPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the AuxBilling user
AuxBillingFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
AuxBillingEmailAddress String 255 Yes Email address of the AuxBilling user
BillingFirstName String
 255 No   First name of the Billing user
BillingLastName String 255 No
   Second name of the Billing user
BillingAddress1 String 255 No Address1 of the Billing user
BillingAddress2
 String 255 No   Address2 of the Billing user
BillingCity String 50 No   City of the Billing user
BillingStateProvince String  50 No State/Province of the Billing user
BillingStateProvinceChoice String 50 No StateProvinceChoice of the Billing user
BillingPostalCode String  50 No PostalCode of the Billing user
BillingCountry String  50 No Country of the Billing user
BillingPhone String  50 No Phone number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
BillingPhoneExt String  50 No PhoneExt of the Billing user
BillingFax String  50 No Fax number in the format +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
BillingEmailAddress String 255 No Email address of the Billing user
IdnCode String 100 No*   Code of Internationalized  Domain Name (please refer the note)
Extended attributes String Yes   Required for .us, .eu, .ca, .co.uk, .org.uk TLDs only
Nameservers String   No   A comma-separated list of custom nameservers to be associated with the domain name
AddFreeWhoisguard String  10 No no Adds free WhoisGuard for the domain
WGEnabled String 10 No no Enables free WhoisGuard for the domain
AddFreePositiveSSL String 10 No no Adds free PositiveSSL for the domain

Possible values for Idncode parameter: 

afr, alb, ara, arg, arm, asm, ast, ave, awa, aze, bak, bal, ban, baq, bas, bel, ben, bho, bos, bul, bur, car, cat, che, chi, chv, cop, cos, cze, dan, div, doi, dut, eng, est, fao, fij, fin, fre, fry, geo, ger, gla, gle, gon, gre,  guj, heb,  hin, hun, inc, ind, inh, isl, ita, jav, jpn, kas, kaz, khm, kir, kor, kur, lao, lav, lit, ltz, mal, mkd, mlt, mol, mon, mri, msa, nep, nor, ori, oss, pan, per, pol, por, pus, raj, rum, rus, san, scr, sin, slo, slv, smo, snd, som, spa, srd, srp, swa, swe, syr, tam, tel, tgk, tha, tib, tur, ukr, urd, uzb, vie, wel, yid

Example Request 1

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.domains.create&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&DomainName=domain1.com
&Years=2&AuxBillingFirstName=John&AuxBillingLastName=Smith&AuxBillingAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blv
&AuxBillingStateProvince=CA&AuxBillingPostalCode=90045&AuxBillingCountry=US
&AuxBillingPhone=+1.6613102107&AuxBillingEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&AuxBillingOrganizationName=NC
&AuxBillingCity=CA&TechFirstName=John&TechLastName=Smith&TechAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Blvd
&TechStateProvince=CA&TechPostalCode=90045&TechCountry=US&TechPhone=+1.6613102107
&TechEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&TechOrganizationName=NC&TechCity=CA&AdminFirstName=John
&AdminLastName=Smith&AdminAddress1=8939%cross%20Blvd&AdminStateProvince=CA&AdminPostalCode=9004
&AdminCountry=US&AdminPhone=+1.6613102107&AdminEmailAddress=joe@gmail.com&AdminOrganizationName=NC
&AdminCity=CA&RegistrantFirstName=John&RegistrantLastName=Smith&RegistrantAddress1=8939%20S.cross
%20Blvd&RegistrantStateProvince=CS&RegistrantPostalCode=90045&RegistrantCountry=US&RegistrantPhone
=+1.6613102107&RegistrantEmailAddress=jo@gmail.com&RegistrantOrganizationName=NC&RegistrantCity=CA

Example Request 2

https://api.namecheap.com/xml.response?ApiUser=apiexample&ApiKey=56b4c87ef4fd49cb96d915c0db68194&
UserName=apiexample&Command=namecheap.domains.create&ClientIp=192.168.1.109&DomainName=domain1.us
&Years=2&AuxBillingFirstName=John&AuxBillingLastName=Smith&AuxBillingAddress1=8939%20S.cross%20Bl
&AuxBillingStateProvince=CA&AuxBillingPostalCode=90045&AuxBillingCountry=US&
AuxBillingPhone=+1.6613102107&AuxBillingEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&AuxBillingOrganizationName=NC
&AuxBillingCity=California&TechFirstName=John&TechLastName=Smith&TechAddress1=8939cross%20Blv
&TechStateProvince=CA&TechPostalCode=90045&TechCountry=US&TechPhone=+1.6613102107
&TechEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&TechOrganizationName=NC&TechCity=California&AdminFirstName=John&
AdminLastName=Smith&AdminAddress1=8939cross%20Blvd&AdminStateProvince=CA&AdminPostalCode=9004
&AdminCountry=US&AdminPhone=+1.6613102107&AdminEmailAddress=john@gmail.com&AdminOrganizationName=
NC&AdminCity=California&RegistrantFirstName=John&RegistrantLastName=Smith&RegistrantAddress1=8939
%20S.cross%20Blvd&RegistrantStateProvince=CS&RegistrantPostalCode=90045&RegistrantCountry=US
&RegistrantPhone=+1.6613102107&RegistrantEmailAddress=jo@gmail.com&RegistrantOrganizationName=NC
&RegistrantCity=California&RegistrantNexus=C11&RegistrantNexusCountry=In&RegistrantPurpose=P1

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApiResponse Status="OK" xmlns="http://api.namecheap.com/xml.response">
  <Errors />
  <RequestedCommand>namecheap.domains.create</RequestedCommand>
  <CommandResponse Type="namecheap.domains.create">
    <DomainCreateResult Domain="domain1.com" Registered="true" ChargedAmount="20.3600" 
                        DomainID="9007" OrderID="196074" TransactionID="380716"
                        WhoisguardEnable="false" NonRealTimeDomain="false"/>
  </CommandResponse>
  <Server>SERVER-NAME</Server>
  <GMTTimeDifference>+5</GMTTimeDifference>
  <ExecutionTime>0.078</ExecutionTime>
</ApiResponse>

Error Codes

Specifies the error codes that might be returned from this method

Number Description
2033409 Possibly a logical error in authentication phase. The order chargeable for Username is not found
2033407, 2033270 Cannot enable Whoisguard when AddWhoisguard is set as NO.
2015182 The contact phone is invalid. The phone number format is +NNN.NNNNNNNNNN
2015267
 EUAgreeDelete option should not be set as NO
2011170 Validation error from PromotionCode
2011280 Validation error from TLD
2015167 Validation error from Years
2030280 TLD is not supported in API
2011168 Nameservers are not valid
2011322 Extended Attributes are not Valid 
2010323 Check required field for billing domain contacts
2528166 Order creation failed
3019166,4019166 Domain not available
3031166 Error while getting information from provider
3028166 Error from Enom ( Errcount <> 0 )
3031900 Unknown Response from provider
4023271 Error while adding free positive ssl for the domain
3031166 Error while getting Domin status from Enom
4023166 Error while adding domain
5050900 Unknown error while adding domain to your account
4026312 Error in refunding funds
5026900 Unknown exceptions error while refunding funds

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