TLD Specifications
Zone
.it (SLDs: bz.it & co.it)
ccTLD
Country
Registration Time
real-time
Registration period
1 year
Allowed character length
3 - 63 characters
Allowed characters
a-z, 0-9, -According to RFC 5891 IDNs MUST NOT contain two consecutive hyphens in the third and fourth character positions and MUST NOT start or end with a hyphen.RFC 5891: Hyphen Restrictions
TLD supports
IPv6
DNSsec
Trustee
IDN
Transfer locks possible
no
Renewal on transfer
yes
Transfer time
5 days
Authcode length
6 - 32 characters
Preconfigured DNS
yes
Allowed Nameservers
2 - 6
Local contact requirements
Owner contact required
Autorenew Grace Period
13 days
Deletion Timeframe
13 days after expiration date
Redemption Period
30 days
WHOIS Update
6 to 12 hours
WHOIS Server
whois.nic.it
Registry
Domain Restrictions
- Only individual and juridical persons residing in or belonging to a EU Member State can register domain names under the ccTLD .it:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Esthonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of San Marino
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Vatican City
- All others can use our trustee service to register a .it domain.
- Name servers for a .it domain have to be correctly configured before the actual registration. The registry checks the name servers for a period of 30 days, else the registration will fail and the domain will be deleted.
- Please check that the following requirements are met:
- The master server stated in the SOA of the zone must be one of the nameservers given with the domain application.
- Each nameserver stated in the application must have a valid NS entry.
- Check your name server configuration at the registry