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WHAT IS A .NU DOMAIN

.nu Domain: Niue's Country Extension, Run from Sweden

.nu is the country-code extension of Niue, an island state in the South Pacific, and entered the root zone on 20 June 1997. The ccTLD manager is Niue's IUSN Foundation, while the zone is operated by Sweden's national registry, The Swedish Internet Foundation: the IANA record puts the administrative contact in Alofi, the technical contact in Stockholm, and gives the Swedish foundation's site as the registration service address. What drives demand is the word itself — «nu» means «now» in Swedish and Danish.

There is no eligibility requirement. Clause 3.1.1 asks for no connection to Niue, only that the applicant be identifiable in an official register, and clause 4.1.1 lets a non-Swedish applicant supply «foreign equivalent identification information». A company therefore applies with its trade register number and an individual with a national ID number. No address, representative or trustee is involved. The zone is DNSSEC-signed and shares infrastructure with its sibling .se — six of the nameservers resolve to identical IP addresses.

The two zones share a rulebook but not a dispute regime: .se runs the registry's own procedure, while .nu applies UDRP, which means a claim has to rest on trademark rights. The expiry chain is common to both — ten days «expired», then sixty days «deactivated», with renewal still possible throughout. At the end of July 2026 the zone held 203,940 active names. Check whether the name you want is free on the domain name search page.

One registry, two dispute regimes: The Swedish Internet Foundation publishes two near-identical rulebooks for .se and .nu, both effective 15 January 2026 — and they part company in the dispute chapter. The .se text sets out three cumulative conditions and nine categories of protected ground in its own body: trademarks, trade names, surnames, artist names, titles of copyrighted works, EU geographical indications and more. Clause 7 of the .nu text is a single sentence: the holder is bound by whatever policy the foundation publishes for .nu — and that policy is UDRP. The practical difference: under .nu a claimant must show trademark rights.
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.NU Domain at a Glance

  • ccTLD manager IUSN Foundation (Niue)
  • Operator Internetstiftelsen — The Swedish Internet Foundation
  • Root zone registration 20 June 1997
  • Names registered 203,940 (end of July 2026, registry figure)
  • Eligibility None — no connection to Niue required
  • Dispute route UDRP (ICANN's uniform policy)
  • Document Requirement Documents are required to register a .nu domain
  • Country Niue
  • Character Length 1 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

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.nu 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

    $104.50 /year
  • Restore

    $51.65
  • Late Renewal

    $20.90

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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.

  • Domain forwarding

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.nu Domain Lifecycle

Active registration term 1 - 10 years You choose it at registration
Grace period 10 days First window to renew after expiry
Redemption period 60 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 .nu 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 .nu, 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 .nu, 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 (60 days). At the end of day 60 the name is open to anyone again. Renewal possible Recovery possible Open to anyone Available Registered 1 - 10 years Redemption 60 days Open to anyone EXPIRED Day 0 Expiry date Day 60 Name released Website and e-mail work Expired — you have to recover it
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Domain Is Available (Available)

Open-ended

A .nu 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 – 60

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 60

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.

.nu Domain Specifications and Registration Rules

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

.nu Domain Registration

  • Document Requirement Documents are required to register a .nu domain
  • Country Niue
  • Character Length 1 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

.nu Domain Support

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

Frequently Asked Questions About .nu Domains

The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.

  • Yes. The registration terms ask for no connection to Niue at all. Clause 3.1.1 sets one condition: the applicant must be identifiable in an official register. Clause 4.1.1 then allows a non-Swedish applicant to supply «foreign equivalent identification information», so a company applies with its trade register number and an individual with a national ID number. No address, representative or trustee service is required.

  • Because «nu» means «now» in Swedish and Danish, so the extension reads as a word rather than as a country code in that market. The operation follows the same line: the IANA record names Niue's IUSN Foundation as ccTLD manager, while the technical contact and registration services sit with Sweden's national registry, Internetstiftelsen. At the end of July 2026 the zone held 203,940 active names — many times the population of Niue itself.

  • None at the point of registration. Clause 4.1.1 asks for four items: full company name and contact person (or first and last name for an individual), corporate or personal identity number, telephone and e-mail. Verification comes afterwards — the registry cross-checks its data against external sources and may request electronic identification or an identity or registration document. If a deficiency is notified and not corrected, the name can be deactivated.

  • Under UDRP, ICANN's uniform domain-name dispute-resolution policy. Clause 7 of the registration terms is a single sentence: the holder is bound by the dispute policy the registry publishes for .nu. A complainant picks one of ICANN's approved providers, and that provider administers the case; The Swedish Internet Foundation takes no part in individual proceedings. The contrast with sibling zone .se matters: UDRP is trademark-based, whereas the .se procedure also recognises surnames, artist names and titles of works.

  • The chain is identical to .se. After the expiry date the name spends ten days in «expired» status, then sixty days «deactivated», and throughout those sixty days the existing holder can still renew. Once the period passes, the holder is deregistered and the name is held in quarantine by the registry until its release date. Release happens no earlier than 04:00 UTC, and the list of deactivated names is refreshed every night.

  • Yes. The registry publishes a separate IDN character table for .nu, and clause 3.2.1 of the terms ties the permitted character set to that table. Beyond a-z and 0-9 it covers Nordic and Western European letters such as å, ä, ö, ü and é. A name may contain between one and sixty-three characters. Because the table rather than Unicode at large is authoritative, confirm your preferred spelling before ordering.

  • Clause 5.1.7 places two duties on the losing registrar: release the authorisation code within five working days of your request, and charge nothing for the registrar change. If the code does not arrive in time, the registry may generate and pass it to you itself. A change of holder is a separate operation and must complete within five working days once the new holder has accepted the terms and provided identification. You can start on the domain transfer page.

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