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One place for the registry side of your business — agreements, domain life cycle rules, and the EPP and REST APIs that drive them.

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Documentation

All topics

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Registrars

How to become an accredited .ST registrar, billing plans, the memorandum of agreement, and how ST Registry delivers notifications.

Becoming ST Registrar Memorandum of agreement Billing plans Notifications
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Domains

Domain statuses, the complete life cycle from registration to deletion, dispute resolution procedures and the full transfer workflow.

Domain statuses Domain life cycle Domain dispute Domain transfers
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REST API

Full HTTP-based integration guide — session handling, domain, contact and host management, message queues and collections.

Introduction into REST API Session handling Domain management Contact management Host management Message queue Collections
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EPP Gateway

EPP protocol reference — transport layer, session setup, domain and contact operations, message polling and registry extensions.

Introduction into EPP Transport Session handling Domain management Contact management Host management Message polling Extensions

Domains

Understand the full
domain life cycle

A domain passes through five distinct stages — from general availability through registration, expiry, redemption and eventual deletion. Every status, transition and grace period is fully documented.

Explore domain documentation

Domain life cycle

General Availability
Free to register
Registration Period
Active · online
Renewable

domain reaches expire date

Renew Grace Periodstatus: serverHold · offline
Renewable
40 days
Redemption Periodstatus: redemptionPeriod · restore fee applies
30 days
Terminationstatus: pendingDelete · no restore possible
up to 5 days
General Availability
released · 75 days after expiry

REST API & EPP Gateway

Two integration paths,
fully documented

Use the modern REST API for HTTP-based management of domains, contacts and hosts — or connect via EPP for protocol-level registry access. Both paths include session handling, message queues, and complete object references.

Open REST API docs
1// REST API — create domain session
2
3POST /api/session
4{
5 "username": "registrar-id",
6 "password": "••••••••"
7}
8
9// EPP — domain check command
10<epp><command>
11 <check><domain:check>
12 <domain:name>example.st</domain:name>
13 </domain:check></check>
14</command></epp>

Registrar Console

A dedicated web-based console is provided to all accredited registrars for managing domain portfolios, billing, and notifications.

OT&E

Operational Test and Evaluation - A full registry sandbox environment is available to all registrars for testing EPP and REST integrations before going live.

Technical Support

Dedicated technical support is provided to all ST Registry registrars for integration assistance, accreditation and operational questions.