General
- Extension
- .org
- Type
- Classic extension
- Meaning
- Organisations
- Registry
- Public Interest Registry (PIR)
- Registry website
- publicinterestregistry.org
- Registered since
- 1 January 1985
- ICANN agreement
- since 30 June 2019
Properties
- DNSSEC signed
- yes
- Name servers
- 6 (6 with IPv6)
- WHOIS server
- whois.publicinterestregistry.org
- RDAP server
- rdap.publicinterestregistry.org/rdap
- At 1blu
- available to order directly
Registration conditions
- Who may register?
- Anyone: according to PIR, .org is open and without access restrictions.
- Length
- At most 63 characters per label (for IDNs the ACE form counts). This follows the DNS standard RFC 1035, which the ICANN registry agreement requires. The registry does not state its own minimum length.
- Term
- 1 to 10 years.
- Characters
- Besides a–z, 0–9 and hyphen, also internationalised names (IDN).
- Registrant data
- Name, street, city, state/province and postal code where applicable, country, phone and e-mail of the registrant; an organisation is optional. Personal data is redacted in public lookups where data protection law requires it.
- Transfer
- With an auth code (auth info) under the ICANN Transfer Policy. A lock period applies after a new registration or transfer.
- After expiry
- Restore possible during the Redemption Grace Period (ICANN rules).
- Disputes
- ICANN Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP).
The registry's current rules are binding: publicinterestregistry.org.
Sources: Public Interest Registry: FAQ · ICANN Transfer Policy · ICANN UDRP · ICANN Base Registry Agreement (Specification 6) · ICANN Registration Data Policy · IANA Root Zone Database: .org · As of 28 October 2026