# .vc domain: registry, jurisdiction and price > Who runs the .vc registry, which law applies, what a court there can order, and the $43.49/year price at PanamaRegistrar. Crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/vc/ - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: PanamaRegistrar (https://panamaregistrar.com) .vc costs $43.49/year at PanamaRegistrar. Its registry, Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, sits in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: who controls the domain, which law applies, and what a court there can order. **Quick answer — Who controls a .vc domain, and what does it cost?** **.vc domain** at **PanamaRegistrar**, as of October 2026: $43.49 a year, the same price to renew. .vc is the country code of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, managed by its Ministry of Telecommunications in Kingstown, with Identity Digital in Bellevue, Washington, United States, as technical contact. ## .vc registry facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Registry manager (IANA) | Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry | | Registry location | Kingstown — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | Back-end operator | Identity Digital Inc., Bellevue, Washington (United States) | | Legal framework | National ccTLD policy (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) | | Dispute policy | Registry policy (not confirmed) | | Who can register | Anyone: no residence, nexus or purpose rule | | WHOIS / RDAP | WHOIS `whois.identitydigital.services` · no RDAP service listed | | DNSSEC | Yes (DS record in the root zone) | | Registration term | 1 to 10 years | | Price at PanamaRegistrar | $43.49/year; renewal $43.49/year; transfer $43.49 | | IANA record last updated | 9 July 2024 | ## Who runs the .vc registry, and from which country? IANA lists the Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, Egmont Street, Kingstown, as manager of .vc. The technical contact is Identity Digital Inc., 10500 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, Washington. WHOIS answers on whois.identitydigital.services. IANA lists no registry website and no RDAP service for .vc. The record was last updated on 9 July 2024. .vc follows the national policy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with no ICANN registry agreement. ## Can a court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines take down or seize a .vc domain? The government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines controls .vc, so its courts and authorities decide at the level of the delegation. The technical operator is a United States company in Washington State, and US courts have authority over it. Whether a US court could treat the operator's address as the registry's location for an in rem case is not confirmed. We found no published procedure for court orders at the .vc registry. ## What does PanamaRegistrar do with a complaint about a .vc domain? Nothing happens to a .vc domain on a complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court; a foreign judgment must first be recognised in Panama by exequatur. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are suspended within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. You are told before any action on your domain, unless the law or the court order forbids it; with Domain protection, every complaint is also read by a person before any action on the domain. This rule covers what PanamaRegistrar does, not the registry or our registrar partner. Steps and time limits: [takedown procedure](https://panamaregistrar.com/takedown-procedure/) and [how we handle complaints](https://panamaregistrar.com/complaints/). ## Who uses .vc domains, and why? Venture capital firms use .vc, according to the dataset. Funds, angel syndicates, accelerators and startup programmes match the two letters. There is no eligibility rule: anyone can register, for 1 to 10 years. Funds that keep their portfolio list on a .vc site often want their registrar to state its complaint rule in writing. ## Which registry rules are specific to .vc? IANA lists no registry website for .vc, which makes the registry's own policy hard to consult online. WHOIS goes through Identity Digital's shared host, whois.identitydigital.services, the same operator that runs several gTLDs we sell. Questions about .vc policy go through the ministry or its operator. ## What does the WHOIS show for a .vc domain? Privacy is allowed on .vc, and PanamaRegistrar includes it free. Lookups on whois.identitydigital.services show the registrar, dates and nameservers. Your personal details are not published while privacy is on. ## Do I need Domain protection for a .vc domain? No, it is optional: +$29 per year, on top of the .vc price. [Domain protection](https://panamaregistrar.com/domain-protection/) registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, so the registration record and WHOIS/RDAP show our company, never you, and you can take it back in your own name for free. A transfer lock is on, and any transfer or DNS change must be confirmed from your account. We then hold only your email, and a person reads every complaint before any action on the domain; that review exists only with the option. It does not move the registry or change its courts. ## Which dispute policy applies to .vc? .vc does not appear on WIPO's list of country codes with a dispute service. The registry runs its own policy, which we could not confirm, and IANA lists no website where it is published. We apply decisions of that policy and Panamanian court orders. Our steps for trademark cases: [UDRP and URS](https://panamaregistrar.com/udrp-and-urs/). ## How much does a .vc domain cost, and how is it renewed? At PanamaRegistrar, as of October 2026, .vc costs $43.49/year; renewal is $43.49/year, and a transfer $43.49. Whether a transfer adds a year depends on the registry of the extension, and the checkout shows it before you pay. Term: 1 to 10 years. Payment is in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Every extension: [price list](https://panamaregistrar.com/pricing/). ## Search a .vc domain Search a domain name: https://panamaregistrar.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.vc Popular extensions: .vc ($43.49) ## .vc questions ### Who controls the .vc extension? The Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in Kingstown, per IANA. The technical contact is Identity Digital Inc. in Bellevue, Washington, United States, which also answers WHOIS queries for .vc. ### Do I need to be a venture capital firm to register .vc? No. .vc has no eligibility rule. Venture capital firms are its main users, according to the dataset, but anyone can register a .vc name for 1 to 10 years. At PanamaRegistrar you need one verified email per domain and no ID. ### Which dispute policy applies to .vc? We could not confirm it. .vc is not on WIPO's list of country codes, and IANA lists no registry website where a policy would be published. PanamaRegistrar applies decisions of the registry's procedure and Panamanian court orders. ### Can PanamaRegistrar stop the .vc registry from acting on a court order? No. The .vc registry, Ministry of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, keeps its own copy of the registration and applies the law of its own country. PanamaRegistrar decides only what its own service does: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints. Our registrar partner also keeps its own legal duties. We tell you when we learn of a registry-level action, unless the law or the order forbids it. See the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### How do I pay for a .vc domain? In crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Top up your balance (minimum $25), then register the .vc domain from it at $43.49/year. Send the exact amount on the exact network; the top-up is credited after the network confirmations. No ID and no KYC: one verified email per domain, never published. ## Sources 1. [IANA Root Zone Database: .vc delegation record](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/vc.html) — IANA (checked 2026-10-19) 2. [ccTLD database: country code domains that use WIPO dispute resolution](https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/cctld/) — WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (checked 2026-10-19) 3. [Amazon Route 53 developer guide: .vc registration rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/vc.md) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-10-08) 4. 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