About .IO Domain Registration
The .io country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) is an extension that represents the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Domain registration can be up to 63 characters, with a minimum of one character, and can contain letters (a to z), numbers (0 to 9), and hyphens (except at the beginning or end of the domain name). You cannot register domain names with special characters such as & and #.
| Features | Availability |
|---|---|
| Who can register? | Anyone |
| Registration length | 1, 2, or 5 years |
| Renewal length | 1, 2, or 5 years |
| Renewal restrictions | Details below |
| Nameserver requirements | None |
| Transfers to LuckyRegister | Supported (details below) |
| Transfers away | Supported |
| Private registration | Supported |
| Protected registration | Not supported |
| Backorders | Not supported |
| Bulk domain registration | Supported |
| Account change | Supported |
| Contact updates | Supported |
| IDNs | Supported (details below) |
| Expiration/redemption | Please contact customer support |
| Registry | Nic.io |
Details
Renewal restrictions
Your .io domain registration will auto renew if you have auto-renew turned on. Otherwise, it will delete 90 days after expiration.
.IO Transfer In requirements
.IO Transfers follow the normal process, except once you enter the authorization code, they are immediate. They also require a 1 year extension of the expiration date.
IDNs supported
IDNs are supported in the following languages: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Bopomofo, Braille, Burmese, Canadian Aboriginal, Cherokee, Cyrillic, Devanagari, Ge’ez, Georgian, Greek & Coptic, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Kannada, Lao, Malayalam, Mongolian, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, and Tibetan