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WHAT IS A .HU DOMAIN

.hu Domain: The Official Country Extension of Hungary

.hu is the country-code extension of Hungary and entered the root zone on 7 November 1990, making it one of the oldest ccTLDs in Central Europe. The registry is the Council of Hungarian Internet Providers (ISZT), a scientific association based in Budapest, which draws its mandate from the self-regulation power in section 15/A of Act CVIII of 2001. The Domain Registration Rules in force date from 1 July 2026; a successor version, effective 18 November 2026, has already been published.

The eligibility circle is wider than the European Union, and that distinction decides the case for many applicants. Article 1.1.1 opens applications to citizens and legal persons of every country; article 1.1.2 imposes an extra condition only on those outside the EU, the Council of Europe, the EEA, EFTA and the countries sharing a land border with Hungary. Applicants inside that circle need not justify their economic activity; those outside it must show an activity that makes the use of a .hu name warranted and evidence it on request. A natural person must be at least eighteen.

Names are registered for one to ten years, and the forward-looking term may not reach eleven years. The zone carries a modern identity layer: the holder can authenticate with one factor or several, authorise changes with a single-use, time-limited code, and switch the registry lock service on or off directly at start.domain.hu without involving the registrar. Start by checking whether the name you want is free on the domain name search page.

In this zone, both doors are in public view: Hungary publishes each end of the lifecycle. On the way in, every conditionally registered name is advertised for eight days on the registry's list of names awaiting registration, and objections can be filed through the central complaints system during that window. On the way out, names heading for deletion appear for thirty days on the public list of names parked before deletion, and the holder can have the name restored during that time. Entry and exit are both visible — but a name you let slip can also be requested by someone watching the same list. View required documents →
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.HU Domain at a Glance

  • Registry ISZT — Council of Hungarian Internet Providers (Budapest)
  • Root zone entry 7 November 1990
  • Governing rules Domain Registration Rules, version of 1 July 2026
  • Eligibility circle EU, Council of Europe, EEA, EFTA and neighbouring countries
  • After expiry 30-day grace period; the name is listed publicly while parked
  • Dispute route Alternative Dispute Forum, via the central complaints system
  • Document Requirement View required documents
  • Country Hungary
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

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.hu 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.

  • Renewal

    $74.99 /year
  • Restore

    $120.29
  • Trustee Service

    $30.00

Included With Every .hu Domain

  • 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.

  • Domain lock

    While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.

  • Domain forwarding

    Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.

.hu Domain Lifecycle

Active registration term 1 - 10 years You choose it at registration
Grace period 30 days First window to renew after expiry
Redemption period 30 days You can still get it back by renewing

What happens day by day after it expires

Day 0 is the domain's expiry date

In short: for .hu the post-expiry timeline is set by the registry, so it differs from one extension to the next. The diagram below shows the windows that actually apply to .hu, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.

What happens day by day after it expires Lifecycle diagram for .hu, left to right: the name starts out available; once registered it is yours for the term you chose and the site and e-mail work; day 0 is the expiry date. The windows that follow expiry are: Redemption (30 days). At the end of day 30 the name is open to anyone again. Renewal possible Recovery possible Open to anyone Available Registered 1 - 10 years Redemption 30 days Open to anyone EXPIRED Day 0 Expiry date Day 30 Name released Website and e-mail work Expired — you have to recover it
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Domain Is Available (Available)

Open-ended

A .hu 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)

1 - 10 years

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.

Redemption Period (Redemption Period)

Day 0 – 30

The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.

Domain Is Available Again

After day 30

Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.

.hu Domain Specifications and Registration Rules

Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.

.hu Domain Registration

  • Document Requirement View required documents
  • Country Hungary
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

.hu Domain Support

  • IDN Support No
  • Transfer Support Yes
  • Late Renewal Support No

Documents Required for a .hu Domain

In order to register in this extension, the domain owner must meet the following requirements:
- The owner must have a company in the European Union. 
- The owner must provide a European ID/Passport, European driver license or some proof of residence in Hungary.

If you do not meet these requirements, we can register the domain in the name of our local representatives and then make it available to you. This option has an additional cost (Trustee Service).

Notes:

- The minimum domain registration period is 2 years.

- The domain name must not violate the trademark holders or European companies' rights. The domain should not be registered with the intent of reselling the domain as it is prohibited by the Hungarian authorities.


Frequently Asked Questions About .hu Domains

The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.

  • Yes, and in many cases without extra justification. Article 1.1.2 imposes the requirement to evidence economic activity only on applicants outside a defined circle: the EU, the Council of Europe, the European Economic Area, EFTA members and countries sharing a land border with Hungary. Because the Council of Europe reaches well beyond the Union, many non-EU applicants — Turkish citizens and companies among them — fall inside the circle and may apply directly. A natural person must be at least eighteen years old.

  • No bundle of paperwork is collected at registration; verification is triggered on request. Article 11.4 lists what may be asked for: from a natural person, an identity card, passport, driving licence or proof of address; from a legal person, the official decision establishing or registering it, evidence of signing authority and a tax number document; from a trademark holder, proof of the trademark. A separate case exists too: if the registry considers the name misleading, it demands a digitally signed good-faith declaration, and the name is deleted if none arrives within thirty days.

  • From one to ten years. The Rules tie the expiry date to the registration period requested by the applicant and define that period as one to ten years. There is also a second ceiling, rarely found in other country extensions: the extension of the expiry date may not reach eleven years. You can keep renewing indefinitely, but the total forward-looking term always stays below eleven years.

  • Yes, there is a thirty-day window. Under the heading covering parking before deletion and restoration, the Rules state that deletion is in certain cases preceded by a thirty-day grace period, during which the name is advertised on the public list of names parked before deletion. The holder can have the name restored within that window. Because others can watch the same list, delay is risky — go back to your registrar before the window closes.

  • Yes. Article 2.1.2 lists the Hungarian accented lower-case letters among the permitted characters, one by one: á, é, í, ó, ö, ő, ú, ü, ű. Alongside them you may use a-z, the digits 0-9 and the hyphen; a name may not begin or end with a hyphen, nor carry two consecutive hyphens as the third and fourth characters. The Rules refer to such names by their international term, IDN, and note that name servers store them in encoded form. Length runs from two to sixty-three characters.

  • The registry offers two distinct mechanisms. The first is factor-based authentication: the holder proves control of one or more factors such as an email address or phone number, which is mandatory for certain data changes, for obtaining the authorisation code and in some transfer cases. The second is the registry lock, which gives heightened protection against unwanted registrar changes and transfers; the holder can switch it on or off directly at start.domain.hu without involving the registrar.

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