The .eus Domain: The Basque Language Community
.eus was recorded in the root zone on 6 March 2014, and the registry is Puntueus Fundazioa, based in Elgoibar in the province of Gipuzkoa. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 19,027 registrations in the zone, 15,940 of which appear in the zone file. A publication rate near 84% places it at the upper end of the endings measured here.
This is a community ending, and its registration policy carries a genuine eligibility condition: the holder must have a nexus with the Basque linguistic and cultural community. The registry describes the ending on its own pages as one not defined in territorial terms, so the condition is linguistic and cultural rather than geographic. Check a candidate in a .eus domain search and read the policy before you apply.
Section 2.1 of the registration policy requires the holder to carry the community nexus at the time of registration and thereafter. Three routes establish it: using the Basque language in your online communication or committing to do so, promoting an aspect of Basque culture, or directing your communication specifically at that community. Applicants must state their intended use, and a false statement counts as an indication of bad faith and can ground a suspension of the name. Compliance is checked afterwards through a post-validation programme.
.EUS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Puntueus Fundazioa
- Root zone record 6 March 2014
- Eligibility condition Nexus with Basque language or culture; declared intended use
- Enforcement Post-registration compliance review; suspension on breach
- Registered names 19,027 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 15,940 names, about 84%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .eus domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.eus 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
$69.90 /year -
Transfer
$72.79 /year -
Renewal
$78.39 /year -
Restore
$167.90
Included With Every .eus 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.
.eus Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .eus domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .eus address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .eus domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .eus returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.eus Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.eus Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .eus domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.eus Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support No
Frequently Asked Questions About .eus Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The condition attaches to language and culture, not to residence.
The registry describes the ending as one not defined in territorial terms, so where you live does not decide the matter. What decides it is whether your site carries content or communication in Basque, or presents Basque culture. A publisher meeting that condition can register from anywhere. Check your candidate in a .eus domain search.
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Any one of three routes is enough, and all three appear in the registration policy.
The first is using the Basque language in your online communication, or committing to do so. The second is promoting an aspect of Basque culture online. The third is directing your communication and services specifically at that community. The policy adds that your actions must be legitimate, beneficial to the community's values and made in good faith.
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A false statement counts as bad faith and the name can be suspended.
The registry asks applicants to state their intended use and then checks compliance through a post-validation programme. The requirement is therefore not a checkbox at purchase but a commitment expected to hold for the life of the registration. If the language or focus of your site is likely to shift, factor that in before you apply.
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Only with permission from the registry or the relevant public authority.
The registration policy places geographic names in the areas where Basque is an autochthonous language, along with monuments, symbols and locally iconic names, behind a permission requirement. The same applies to the names of public authorities and to names tied directly to a public service. Applications without that permission can be refused on those grounds.
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The 11 August 2026 reading shows 19,027 registrations with 15,940 published.
A rate near 84% is what you would expect where an eligibility condition applies: most holders actually build something. The zone is mid-sized, so original roots formed from Basque words can still be found. To try several candidates together, use a bulk domain name search.
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Yes, and the transfer does not lift the eligibility condition.
Even when the name changes hands, the community nexus obligation continues to apply to whoever holds it. Take the authorisation code from your current registrar first and confirm that the contact mailbox on the registration record is reachable. The process runs from the domain transfer page.
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