.corsica Domains: A Regional Ending With a Nexus Rule
.corsica entered the root zone on 23 April 2015, and the IANA record names Collectivité de Corse as the sponsoring organisation — the registry is not a company but the island's own public authority. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 2,705 names in the zone, of which 2,364 appear in the zone file.
A zone file share of 87 per cent tells its own story: names here are used rather than parked, and the eligibility rule is why. So the rule reads — if you live on the island, run a business there, or your family and history tie you to it, this address states belonging in one word. Without such a tie, look elsewhere; you can compare alternatives through a domain name search.
Under the registry's own criteria an applicant must fall into one of four cases: an organisation with a head office or branch on the island; an organisation based off the island registering defensively to protect its trademark; an individual resident at a valid Corsican address; or a person with a direct or indirect connection to Corsica, whether economic, social, cultural, familial or historical. In that last category the connection must be evidenced. The registry also advises registrants who build a website to keep at least one page in the Corsican language — a recommendation rather than an obligation.
.CORSICA Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Collectivité de Corse (public authority)
- Root zone record 23 April 2015
- Eligibility condition Residence, business or evidenced personal tie to Corsica
- Language guidance One page in Corsican recommended
- Registered names 2,705 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .corsica domain registration
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.corsica Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$34.90 / years -
Transfer
$36.39 / years -
Renewal
$39.19 / years -
Restore
$83.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.70
Included With Every .corsica Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.corsica Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.corsica Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .corsica domain registration
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.corsica Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .corsica Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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People and organisations with a tie to Corsica.
Organisations with a head office or branch on the island, individuals resident there, off-island organisations registering defensively to protect a trademark, and people with an economic, social, cultural, familial or historical connection to the island all qualify. The last group is asked to evidence that connection. Try candidates with a domain name search.
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No — residence is only one of four routes to eligibility.
Without an address on the island your business may still hold a branch there, or your family and background may supply the tie. That last door, opened for the diaspora, is defined explicitly to cover Corsicans living away from the island. What decides the case is not where you live but whether the connection can be evidenced.
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It is not compulsory, but the registry recommends it in plain terms.
The guidance runs like this: if you build a site, prepare at least one page in Corsican and keep it current. Doing so matches the cultural purpose behind the ending and lands well with local visitors. On a multilingual site, treating it as its own section keeps the translation workload contained.
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Both carry a place name, yet on restriction they sit at opposite ends.
.corsica asks for a tie to the island, and diaspora applicants must evidence it. In .cymru the registry's own registration policy contains no eligibility or residence condition at all; the address makes a geographic association, not a legal gate. For the comparison, see the .cymru domain page.
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Few are — 87 per cent of registrations appear in the zone file.
According to the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026, 2,364 of 2,705 names are published. That share is among the highest in this group and follows directly from the eligibility rule: registering in bulk for resale is not workable here. To check whether a name is genuinely in use, run a whois search.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
Your eligibility status stays with the record through the move, so no fresh application is needed. The lock must be open and sixty days must have passed since registration. If your business address or place of residence has changed, bring the registration data up to date first, then continue on the domain transfer page.
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