.it.com: Not Italy — A Space Under the .com Zone
Two misunderstandings need clearing up at the start. First: .it.com is not a top-level domain; it has no separate entry in the IANA root zone database, because it.com is itself an ordinary domain registered in the .com zone. Second, and more important: this namespace has nothing to do with .it, the country extension for Italy.
The namespace is run by it.com Domains, operating through get.it.com. In the operator's own account, the aim is to offer people who cannot find their preferred name in the .com zone an alternative that keeps the .com ending. Registering example.it.com gives you a third-level name; it behaves normally in technical terms, but the rules follow that operator's policies rather than a registry in the root zone. Try other combinations in .com first.
.IT.COM Domain at a Glance
- What it actually is A second-level namespace under .com
- IANA root zone entry None — it is not a top-level domain
- Relation to Italy None — no connection to .it
- Operator it.com Domains (get.it.com)
- What you register A third-level name (example.it.com)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .it.com domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.it.com 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
$4.99 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Restore
$99.00
Included With Every .it.com 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 forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.it.com Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .it.com 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 .it.com 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 .it.com 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 .it.com 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
.it.com Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.it.com Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .it.com domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.it.com Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support No
- Late Renewal Support No
Frequently Asked Questions About .it.com Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, there is no connection at all. Italy's country code extension is .it and it is recorded in the IANA root zone database. .it.com is a privately operated namespace under .com; the letters in the name have no link to Italy. If you are looking for a signal of belonging aimed at the Italian market, this namespace does not provide one.
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Not in the technical sense — .it.com is not a top-level domain. There is no such entry in the IANA root zone database; it.com is itself an ordinary domain registered in the .com zone. Registering example.it.com gives you a third-level name. It works normally in a browser and in email, but it has no entry of its own in the root zone.
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In the operator's account, the aim is to give people who cannot find their preferred name in the .com zone an alternative that keeps the .com ending. Although the address visually ends in .com, it is structurally different: you register a third-level rather than a second-level name, and the rules follow the operator's policies. We would suggest trying other name combinations in .com first.
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Transfer support for this namespace is currently switched off in our system, so we would need to check the present position with you before taking a request forward. In general, transfer processes in second-level namespaces can work differently from the standard domain transfer flow used for a root zone extension. You can review the name's state with whois search.
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If you genuinely want an address ending in .com, the soundest route is trying different name combinations in .com first. If you want a link to Italy, what you are after is Italy's own country extension. Among the classic alternatives .net is also recorded in the root zone and widely recognised; test several at once with a bulk domain name search.
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