General
- Extension
- .it
- Type
- Country-code extension
- Meaning
- Italy
- Registry
- IIT - CNR
- Registry website
- www.nic.it
- Registered since
- 23 December 1987
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 6 (6 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.it
- RDAP server
- none reported to IANA
- At 1blu
- on request via kissdomain
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Persons with citizenship, residence or seat in the European Economic Area, the Vatican, San Marino, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.
- Length
- At least 3 characters directly under .it, at most 63 per label.
- Characters
- a–z, 0–9, hyphen and the special characters listed in the technical guidelines. No hyphen at the beginning or end, no “xn--” at the beginning.
- Registrant data
- The registrant's own identification data. If it is clearly wrong and the registrant therefore cannot be reached, the domain may be revoked.
- Term
- One year with automatic renewal.
- New rules
- New rules were published on 23 October 2026 and apply from 23 November 2026.
- Transfer
- With an AuthInfo code, which the registrar gives to the holder. The new registrar carries out the change of registrar. If the current registrar cannot be reached or refuses the code, the holder can contact Registro .it.
The registry's current rules are binding: www.nic.it.
Sources: Registro .it: Regolamento di assegnazione v8.1 · Registro .it: Changing a domain · IANA Root Zone Database: .it · As of 28 October 2026