.it Registration

The .it registration is open to European Union organizations and individuals having connections in Italy. Introduced in the year 1987, the .it is the official top level domain for Italy. IT-NIC (Network Information Center per l'Italia) is the authorized registry of .it domain names in Italy. Some of the important sub domains available under the .it domain extensions are com.it, edu.it, gov.it, int.it, mil.it, net.it, org.it, web.it and info.it.

The registration of a .it name is bound by certain requirements and criteria. Registrants residing in or belonging to any of the member states of the European Union are entitled to register .it domain names. That is, registrants must have citizenship and residence in the European Union. The registration of .it domain names is unrestricted for the VAT-registered EU companies and tax-paying European individuals. However, it is limited to one for the non-tax registered individuals and associations.

Advance registration is not allowed. The IT-NIC Registry assigns domain names on the basis of the first come, first served principle. The registration process culminates at the time when the domain is uploaded in the database of the Registry of the Assigned Names (RAN). The registration at the second level and third level are permitted. If a registrant wants to register a domain name beneath the .it TLD, he or she has to send a Letter of Assumption of Responsibility (LAR) to the RA for approval.

The domain name can contain only alpha-numeric characters such as A to Z and numerals from 0 to 9. The length must not be less than 3 letters or more than 63 letters. Hyphens are allowed, but not at the beginning or end of the domain name and not consecutively. Small and capital letters will be accepted as the same.

If the registrant does not wish to renew the .it domain, he or she can freely delete that domain name registration from the Registry by following the appropriate norms descirbed in the official website. In the case of modification and cancellation, a written request should be forwarded to the Registry. For further information about the .it registration services, please visit http://www.nic.it, the official website for .it domain name registration.