New generic extensionSince 2014
.country domain registration
The extension of nation and countryside: a word that means a homeland and the countryside with its music, for anyone who wants exactly this meaning and accepts a price among our highest.
Score card
.country in six cells
Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.
- Trust
- 3 out of 5
- Easy to remember
- 4 out of 5
- Global reach
- 1 out of 5
- Price stability
- 5 out of 5
- Short names available
- 5 out of 5
- Local meaning
- 1 out of 5
Overview
What is .country
The word country means a nation or a homeland, and in English also the countryside, which gives country music its name. .country entered the internet’s root in 2014 and is run by Internet Naming Co.; it supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t accept names written in Arabic letters.
With us its price is among the highest of all the extensions we sell, and it is fixed for the first year and every renewal. So we don’t recommend it as a general name for a business that can find its name in .com or .net for far less; it’s for anyone who sees in the word country itself a value no other extension replaces.
It may suit a farm or a country house that welcomes visitors, a project about the countryside and its life, or a brand tied to country music and its audience. For a business in the UAE, your city’s name before .com or .city says “my country” to your customers, at a cost that doesn’t compare.
- Type
- New generic extension (new gTLD)
- In the root since
- 28 February 2014
- Name’s origin
- country
- Responsible body
- Internet Naming Co.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Names in Arabic
- Not supported
Who it suits
For your field: is .country the best fit?
Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .country says in each, and which extension completes it.
A country house or farmstay
Good · A good fit
The English word for countryside; but the price is high, and .place says the meaning for far less.
Register it with.country.place
Country music or a band
Good · A good fit
The name says the genre; .show costs less for a concerts page.
Register it with.country.show
Rural products
Consider another · Consider .store
Buyers look for the product, and .store says so for a small part of the price.
Register it with.store.com
A local business in the UAE
Consider another · Consider .city
Your city’s name before .city says “my country” to your customers here, for far less.
Register it with.city.com
A company or brand
Consider another · Consider .com
The high price adds no trust; .com is better known and far cheaper.
Register it with.com.net
A country or travel guide
Consider another · Consider .guide
The word country suits a guide, but .guide or .world says it for far less.
Register it with.guide.world
What it does for you
What you gain when you register it
A rare name
Because it’s among the most expensive extensions, short words in it are easier to find than in .com.
The meaning of countryside
A word that says countryside and nature to anyone who knows English.
A fixed price
The first year and every renewal cost the same, with no surprises.
DNSSEC signing
Supports DNSSEC signing, which protects your visitors from forged answers once you enable it.
And where its value shows
On the farm’s sign
The word countryside at the gate.
In a stay ad
Tells guests they’re heading to the countryside.
On a concert ticket
For a band that plays country.
On a rural product
A name that says where it came from.
Pros and cons
What you should know before you register
Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.
Pros
- 01A word with two meanings: homeland and countryside
- 02Short words in it are easier to find than in .com
- 03A fixed price for the first year and every renewal
- 04Supports DNSSEC signing
Cons
- 01Among the most expensive extensions in our list
- 02Doesn’t accept names in Arabic letters
- 03Far less familiar than .com
- 04Doesn’t name your country, though it means “country”
Rules
Registration terms for .country
What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- Documents
- None required
- Name length
- Up to 63 characters
- Characters
- a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
- Names in Arabic
- Not supported
- Registration term
- 1 to 10 years
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Privacy protection
- Optional, for a separate fee
- Transfer
- 60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term
Life cycle
From registration until the name is free again
What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.
- 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
- 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
- 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
- 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
- 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
- 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.
Tips
Before you register
- 1Compare before you decideSearch the same name in .com, .city and .place; the price difference is large.
- 2Register it only for its meaningIf the word country isn’t part of your idea, nothing about its price pays you back.
- 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
- 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
- 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
- 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.
Nearby extensions
If your name is taken in .country
- .cityFor your city’s name: “my country” for far less.$14 first year
- .comThe best known, and far cheaper.$17 first year
- .placeFor a rural place people visit.$38 first year
- .landFor land and farms.$31 first year
- .worldFor a meaning wider than one country.$8 first year
- .greenFor nature and farming.$28 first year
FAQ5 questions
Frequently asked questions about .country
Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.
Contact support$2,939 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.
Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents or conditions; the contact details in the owner’s name just need to be accurate.
Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.
We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.
No. IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN) holds no Arabic table for .country, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.
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