.is Domain

.is (dot is) is the top-level domain for Iceland. The country code is derived from the first two letters of Ísland, which is the Icelandic word for Iceland. Registration of .is domains is open to all people and companies without any special restriction. The first .is domain, hi.is, is the domain of Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland). It was registered on December 11, 1986, making it one of the earliest ever domain registrations on the Internet. The domain is managed by ISNIC, a private corporation. According to McAfee report "Mapping the Mal Web," .is was evaluated as one of the top 10 most secure TLDs in the world in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. No report has come out since then. As of May 2024, there were just over 91,000 .is domains registered. As of October 2016, .is domains can be registered for up to five years.

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Register the domain of your choice for 57,60€ / year

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Available Extensions

Available registrations (e.g. domain.is): Yes

Useful Information

  • Cancellation period 66 Days
  • Whois Server whois.isnic.is

Contact Prerequisites

Available types:

  • Owner must be Person or Organization

Transfer

Once the transfer has been triggered in our system, the domain must be pushed into our system.

For more information, please refer to the transfer guide.

After a transfer, our system synchronizes the domain owner from the registry to our system. If possible, you can initiate an owner change if you want to replace the synchronized owner.

After initiating a transfer, each contact receives the following instructions in our system:

Dear Domain Contact,

to transfer a .IS domain, please tell your old registrar to change the Admin, Tech and Billing contact to our contact AG241-IS

Shortly after the the old registrar changes the contacts, the transfer will be completed.

Owner Change

An owner change may incur fees. Please check your price list. The owner change can be easily initiated in our system.

The old Owner and the new Owner receive an email from the registrar and must confirm the owner change.

Name Server

  • Check: Yes
  • IP Types: IPv4/IPv6
  • DNSSEC: No
  • min. Name servers: 2
  • max. Name servers: 4

Restoration

Restoration is not supported by the registry.