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Classic generic extensionSince 2001

.info domain registration

The extension of information: a short, familiar word that suits guides, knowledge pages and sites that explain and introduce, more than a store or a company’s email.

Score card

.info 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
3 out of 5
Price stability
2 out of 5
Short names available
3 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .info

.info entered the internet’s root in 2001, and its name comes from information. It is a general extension tied to no country and no profession, and it suits any site whose aim is to introduce and explain: a service directory, a project page, a tourism site or a knowledge base.

Its manager in the IANA record is Identity Digital Limited, and it supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic. Short words and place names are easier to find in it than in .com, though its best-known words were taken long ago.

Know two things before choosing it: its reputation with some mail filters is mixed, so its messages may be treated with more caution than .com’s; and its first year with us is an offer, while renewal costs much more. That is why we see it as better suited to a site that explains than to a company’s email address.

Type
Classic generic extension (gTLD)
In the root since
June 26, 2001
Name’s origin
information
Responsible body
Identity Digital Limited
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .info the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .info says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • A directory or information site

    Excellent · The first choice

    Its name says what the site holds: organized information people come back to whenever they need it; add .guide to say “guide” outright.

    Register it with.info.guide

  • A tourism or heritage site

    Good · A good fit

    It works for a page introducing a place, its history and its visiting hours; add .tours for the trips you run there.

    Register it with.info.tours

  • A product or project page

    Good · A good fit with .com

    It explains the product or project on a site of its own, while your company’s main name and email stay on .com.

    Register it with.com.info

  • An awareness or guidance campaign

    Good · A good fit

    It suits a guidance leaflet or an awareness campaign; for the name of the association behind it, .org is clearer.

    Register it with.org.info

  • A company or brand

    Consider another · Consider .com

    A company’s email is the most important thing its extension carries, and some mail filters are more cautious with .info than with .com.

    Register it with.com.net

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .com

    Buyers look for reassurance at checkout, and .info says “information,” not “store.”

    Register it with.com.store

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name that explains itself

    The visitor knows from the extension that they’ll find information, not an ad or a store.

  • More words available

    A short name for your topic or your place is easier to find in it than in .com.

  • A separate site for each guide

    Set a guide or a campaign apart from your main site with a clear name like turath-jeddah.info.

  • A lower-cost start

    Its first year with us is an offer, so you can try your idea before committing to it for years.

And where its value shows

In brochures and stickers

An address that says “the details are here,” no explaining.

On signs that introduce places

A short link that adds what the sign can’t hold.

Behind a QR code

Leads straight to the information page.

In search results

A word that suggests content answering a question.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01A short, familiar word with a clear meaning
  • 02Tells the visitor they’ll find information
  • 03More short words available than in .com
  • 04Its first year with us is an offer
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01A mixed reputation with some mail filters
  • 02Renewal costs much more with us than the first year
  • 03Doesn’t suit a store or a company’s email
  • 04Less trusted and less remembered than .com, .net and .org

Rules

Registration terms for .info

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
Supported (IDN)
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.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Company email on .com, the guide on .infoYour messages keep their trust, and the information page gets a name that explains it.
  2. 2A guide in two languages under one namePages in Arabic and in English under one name, so residents and visitors each read your guide in their own language.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

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Frequently asked questions about .info

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  • $7 for the first year with an offer, then $33 for each renewal. Look at the renewal price before you register: it’s what you’ll pay every year after the first.

  • 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.

  • Yes. The body responsible for .info has an Arabic table in IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN), so the name is written in Arabic and stored in a form that begins with xn--.

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