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About .at Domains

Nic.at is the sponsor and our backend provider for the country-code domain (ccTLD) .at extension that represents Austria.

Who can register .at domains?

Anyone can register .at domain names.

Registration restrictions

When registering .at domains, you must follow specific requirements.

  • Must use: 1-63 characters
  • Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
  • Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #)
  • IDNs: Supported - Latin

Features

  • Registration length: 1 year
  • Renewal length: 1 year
    • Your .at domain name renews before its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal on 17 days prior to the domain's expiration date. If the first attempt fails, we'll continue attempting renewal multiple times until 1 day prior to the domain's expiration date.
    • If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by 1 day prior to the expiration date, you can attempt to recover your domain with any applicable fees.
  • Backorders: Not supported
  • Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
    • There's no charge to transfer a .at domain to GoDaddy and there is no extension to the domain expiration date. If your domain has expired at the current registrar, it must be renewed prior to transferring.
  • Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
    • Transfer Lock: Not Supported
  • Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
  • Domain Privacy: Not supported
  • Domain Protection: Not supported
  • Cashparking: Supported
  • Contact Updates: Supported
    • Cannot use a P.O. Box as an address.

Refunds

For details on refunds, review our refund policy

Nameserver requirements

  • Must use: 2-8 authoritative nameservers
  • Can use: DNSSEC, IPv4, IPV6
  • Cannot use: N/A

You must list the authoritative nameservers in the domain's zone file prior to registering or modifying the domain. You also need to verify the nameservers are resolving properly before assigning them to the domain in your GoDaddy account. If you're using GoDaddy nameservers, we'll handle this for you.

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