.co.mu Domain: Mauritius' Commercial Namespace
.co.mu is the commercial space inside .mu, the country code extension of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The registry is Internet Direct Ltd of Port Louis, which presents itself as MU-NIC, while the registry system and lookup service are operated by Identity Digital as technical provider. Operation of the namespace falls under the law of Mauritius, and the registry states that it has adopted the Council of Country Code Administrators' best practice for policy development.
The registration agreement binds every level together: the policies apply to "all domains and sub-level domains which end in the suffix .mu", so .co.mu has no separate rule book. There is no residency or local-connection requirement; measurement found names in the zone registered to companies based in South Africa and the United States. This is also the busiest of the three third-level spaces — on 14 August 2026, certificate transparency logs held 141 distinct names under it.
The agreement gives you a licence to use the name for the term rather than ownership of it, and disputes run through the procedure administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. Registration is term-based, and a lookup shows an explicit expiry date. For a shorter address, look at .mu; for a different signal, .com.mu and .org.mu are open. Check your shortlist on the domain name search page.
.CO.MU Domain at a Glance
- Registry Internet Direct Ltd — MU-NIC, Port Louis; technical provider Identity Digital
- Position of the zone Commercial third level inside .mu; a separate, DNSSEC-signed delegation
- Measured use 141 distinct names in certificate transparency logs on 14 August 2026 — the busiest of the three
- Governing law Law of Mauritius; disputes administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
- Registrar channel The registry lists 114 accredited registrars, Atak Domain among them
- Nature of the right A licence to use the name for the term, not ownership
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .co.mu domain
- Country Mauritius
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.co.mu 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
$95.00 /year -
Transfer
$95.00 /year -
Renewal
$104.50 /year -
Restore
$223.44 -
Late Renewal
$19.00
Included With Every .co.mu 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.
.co.mu Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .co.mu 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 .co.mu, day by day. One thing never changes, whichever extension you hold: renewing before the expiry date is always the cheapest and safest route.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .co.mu 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.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
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
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.
.co.mu Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.co.mu Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .co.mu domain
- Country Mauritius
- Character Length 2 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.co.mu Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .co.mu Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registration agreement contains no geographic eligibility clause for registrants; what it does require is accurate, current contact data: a legally recognised first and last name, a contact person authorised to bind the entity where the registrant is an organisation, a valid postal address, a working email address and a telephone number with country code. Measurement bears this out — names in the zone are held by companies based in South Africa and the United States.
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The risk here is above average. The agreement does not treat a grace period as a right: it may be offered, is not guaranteed and can be withdrawn without notice. It also describes a Direct Transfer procedure — if an expired name is not renewed, the registry may, rather than delete it, renew and transfer it to itself or a third party, and a failure to object counts as consent. Redemption is discretionary and chargeable. Putting the renewal date in a calendar genuinely matters in this namespace.
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Measurement shows that the four-character minimum often quoted in databases is not accurate. Asking the registry's lookup service returns "reserved by the Registry" for single-character names, "premium domain available for purchase" for two-character names, and existing registrations at three characters — names such as aaa and 3m are already in use in the zone. So short names are possible, though some of them sit on the registry's premium list.
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The registration agreement and the acceptable use policy make the .mu dispute resolution policy binding, together with its Rules and the WIPO Supplemental Rules; the procedure is administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, and the registry may approve additional providers from time to time. Operation of the namespace is also governed by the law of Mauritius. In trademark-based complaints, the answer usually rests on showing genuine and consistent use of the name.
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The organisation name is published and the personal fields are masked. In measurement, real records showed the registrant organisation openly while the name, street, city, postcode, telephone and email fields came back redacted; country and state remained visible. Access to the withheld data can be requested through the technical provider's layered-access form by showing a legitimate interest. You can inspect a record on the whois search page.
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The rules, the registry, the governing law and the dispute procedure are the same, because the agreement binds every sub-level together. The difference is measured size and signal: on 14 August 2026, certificate transparency logs held 141 distinct names under .co.mu and 79 under .com.mu. So .co.mu is the more established space, while .com.mu gives you a slightly better chance of finding the name you want.
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