.om Domain: Oman's Country Zone, Now Open Abroad
.om is the country-code domain of the Sultanate of Oman, entered in the root zone on 11 April 1996. The zone is run by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which operates both the Latin-script om. and the Arabic .عمان top-level zones, writes the rules, accredits registrars and supervises them. You never apply to the Authority directly: registrations go through a TRA-accredited registrar.
Until 30 December 2025 a second-level .om name was reserved for Omanis and for entities licensed inside the Sultanate. On that date the Authority issued its «rules for registering domain names from outside the Sultanate», which opened the zone to foreign companies and changed the test. You no longer need an Omani company or an Omani trademark; what you need is a company record that can be verified online in your own country's commercial register. The sibling zone com.om uses the same door but adds a commercial-entity requirement.
What Oman does not ask for matters just as much: no apostille, no consular legalisation, no Omani notary. Your registrar checks the validity of your registration through the official search link you supply, within three days. Hosting location is free too — the rules say nothing about where your servers sit. Check the name you want on the domain search page.
.OM Domain at a Glance
- Registry Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) — Muscat
- Delegated 11 April 1996 (IANA root zone record)
- Governing rules Domain Names Regulation, Decision 1152/2/3/2022-5; in force 23 March 2023
- Opened to foreign applicants 30 December 2025, «rules for registration from outside the Sultanate», version 1.0
- Eligibility test Online-verifiable commercial register at home, or a global trademark filed in Oman or WIPO
- Sibling zones com.om, co.om, net.om, org.om, me.om, med.om, edu.om, museum.om, gov.om and Arabic .عمان
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Oman
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 5 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.om 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
$269.99 /year -
Transfer
$269.99 /year -
Renewal
$324.50 /year -
Restore
$194.90 -
Trustee Service
$149.00
Included With Every .om 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.
.om Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: for .om 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 .om, 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 .om 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.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
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.
.om Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.om Domain Registration
- Document Requirement View required documents
- Country Oman
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 5 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.om Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support No
Documents Required for a .om Domain
Oman .Om Domain Name Registration