.uno Domain: A Three-Letter Address That Means One
The .uno extension entered the root zone on 13 November 2013; its ICANN agreement is dated 11 September 2013. The registry operator is Radix Technologies Inc., registered in the Cayman Islands, and the extension passed to its present holder through assignments in 2021 and 2023. The word means the number one in Spanish and Italian, so the zone serves everything from single-product projects to numbering systems.
Three letters keep the address short and make the whole string easy to type. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 62,023 registrations, noticeably above the average for its neighbours yet far from crowded. For projects that carry no numeric association, the root has to hold the meaning on its own. Try your candidates on the .uno domain search page.
.UNO Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Radix Technologies Inc. (Cayman Islands)
- Root zone entry 13 November 2013
- Agreement 11 September 2013; carries no additional public interest commitment
- Meaning The number one in Spanish and Italian
- Zone size 62,023 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .uno domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.uno 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
$24.90 /year -
Transfer
$25.99 /year -
Renewal
$27.99 /year -
Restore
$109.90 -
Late Renewal
$5.04
Included With Every .uno 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.
.uno Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .uno 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 .uno 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 .uno 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 $5.04 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 .uno 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
.uno Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.uno Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .uno domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.uno Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .uno Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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You do not. The agreement sets no language, country or identity condition, and the registry carries no additional public interest commitment, so no special eligibility rule applies. The word's origin is Spanish and Italian, yet the extension is open for registration worldwide. The real question is context rather than language: if your audience speaks either language the address explains itself, and if not, it works as a short three-letter extension while the root carries the meaning.
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Three cases work clearly. First, ventures with a single product or a single service, where the name underlines that singularity. Second, brands entering Spanish and Italian speaking markets. Third, projects about ranking, tiers or versions. By contrast, in shops with a wide catalogue the association can work against you, because a promise of one thing sits awkwardly next to product variety. Try your candidates together through bulk domain name search.
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You can, but you have to be selective. That size corresponds to a density where a good share of common single-word roots is taken while niche terms and two-word combinations stay open. A practical method: try your brand name first, then combine a sector term with a city or product name. If the first pass returns nothing, widen the list and compare entries one by one on the domain search page.
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It is not. Assigning a registry agreement is a routine step carried out with ICANN's approval, and it does not alter the rights of existing holders. For this extension the assignments took place in 2021 and 2023; the agreement is the same agreement, only the party changed. In practical terms your relationship with your registrar and your renewal process stay exactly as they were. The records of each assignment remain publicly listed on ICANN's agreement page.
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Shortness alone is not enough; what decides the matter is sayability. An address that can be described over the phone and written correctly on first hearing is remembered better than a short one that has to be spelled out letter by letter. This extension's advantage is that its three letters form a familiar word. Apply the same test to your root: say the name aloud, and if the person opposite can write it, the address is good.
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