Italy Domains: .it and .co.it
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Choosing an Italian domain: who can register .it and .co.it
Italy's country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is .it. It is run as Registro .it by IIT-CNR in Pisa, the Institute of Informatics and Telematics of Italy's National Research Council, under its own rulebook, the Regolamento, and it is open only to holders linked to the European Economic Area, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, San Marino or Vatican City. Atak Domain offers two Italy domains: .it itself and .co.it, the third-level geographic name of the province of Como, held in the same registry under the same rules.
Eligibility is the first thing to settle. The Regolamento opens .it to anyone with citizenship, residence or a registered office in a European Economic Area country, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, and treats individuals and companies alike. An Italian address is not required: a company in Munich qualifies, and so does a French citizen living outside Europe, while an applicant with no such link does not. Names are assigned first come, first served, in real time, and the rules do not allow a name to be reserved while you decide.
.co.it is not a company suffix. The Regolamento lists CO as the abbreviation of the province of Como, so .co.it is the geographic domain of Como in Lombardy, and the label co.it itself can be assigned to no one. What you register is a third-level name such as yourname.co.it, held directly in Registro .it under the same eligibility and dispute rules as .it. The suffix therefore suits a brand tied to Como or its lake, not a business looking for a generic company ending.
Which Italian domain fits depends on your audience. For customers across Italy, .it is the natural address: Google does not count .it among the country codes it treats as generic, so the address reads as Italian to the search engine too. .co.it makes sense for a hotel on Lake Como, a local producer there, or a defensive registration next to .it. Once your eligibility link is in place, see whether your name is free under .it on the domain name search page.
- By registering Italy .it domain name extension, you can prevent your company name, your brand name from being purchased and misused by others. Italy .it domain name address serves your growth, not others.
- If you register Italy .it domain name extension, your company name will be protected in your brand Italy and its territory.
- Italy .it domain name registration will strengthen sales and marketing for your real and potential customers in Italy and the region.
- A .it domain shows both visitors and search engines that your site is aimed at users in that country.
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.it Domain Informations
Domain Name Registration, Renewal and Deletion Periods
| .it Domain Registration | |
|---|---|
| Document Requirement | No documents are required to register a .it domain |
| Country | Italy |
| Character Length | 3 - 63 character |
| Registration Period | 1 - 1 Year |
| Name Server | 2 - 6 number |
| .it Domain Support | |
|---|---|
| IDN Support | Yes |
| Transfer Support | Yes |
| Auto Renewal Support | Yes |
| .it Domain Registration Periods | |
|---|---|
| Registration Periods | 1 years |
| Renewal Periods | 1 years |
| Pre-registration | 1 days |
| Accounting Period | days |
| Finalization Period | 1 days |
| Failure Period | 15 days |
| Payment Period | days |
| Deletion Restorable Period | 30 days |
| Deletion Hold Period | 3 days |
| Explicit Renewals | 3 Day |
Italy domains: frequently asked questions
Italy's country code extension is .it, and Atak Domain also sells .co.it. .co.it is not a separate extension but a third-level name for the province of Como, held inside Registro .it, the .it registry. Both addresses follow the same eligibility rule: a link of citizenship, residence or registered office to the European Economic Area, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
Anyone with citizenship, residence or a registered office in a European Economic Area country, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland or the United Kingdom can register a .it domain. No Italian address is required, and the rule treats individuals and companies alike. When you order, you declare under your own responsibility that you meet the condition. If you lose it later, for instance because the company that provided it is wound up, the basis for automatic renewal disappears too.
Yes, if you hold citizenship of an eligible country or have a company registered in one; residence is only one of three possible links. An EU citizen living in Dubai, for example, registers in their own name, and a group with a company in Germany or Switzerland can register the name to that company. With only a residence or a company outside the EEA, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City and the UK, you do not meet the eligibility condition for .it or .co.it.
No, .co.it is the geographic domain of the province of Como; the Regolamento lists CO as that province's abbreviation. The label co.it itself is assigned to no one, and the Registro .it WHOIS answers a query for it with UNASSIGNABLE. What you can register is a third-level name such as yourname.co.it, under the same rules as .it. Names built on provincia and the official name of the provincial authority are reserved for the Como authority.
Yes, for Italy: Google calls a country code domain such as .it a strong signal that a site targets one country. .it is not on Google's list of country codes treated as generic, such as .io, .co or .me. A .co.it name sits inside .it, so it also ends in Italy's country code. Google also lists the flip side: a country code domain can only target a single country, so if you sell in several markets, plan a separate address or structure for each. The extension alone earns no rankings; you still need Italian-language content written for users in Italy.
Choose .it for customers across Italy and .co.it if your business is tied to Como or Lake Como. A Milan web shop selling nationwide fits .it, while a guesthouse on Lake Como can use .co.it as a local address. The eligibility rule is the same for both, so confirm that you meet it first and then start searching for a name.
Search for your name on the domain name search page, choose .it or .co.it, and enter the registrant and administrative contact details accurately and completely. During the order you accept the .it terms and declare that you meet the eligibility condition. Registro .it checks the name servers before it registers the name: at least two authoritative name servers must be correctly configured, or the registration fails. Move a .it name held elsewhere through the domain transfer page.
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