.ar domains
.AR domains pertain to Argentina and were created in year 1987. It's use is very popular in Argentina because it's necessary to have a local contact in this country. Since year 2008 .ar domains permit the use of IDN characters, including ñ, á, é, í, ó & ú.
.AR domains are managed by Nic.ar.
Rates and features
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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Registration | 49,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Renewal | 49,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Transfer | 49,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Features | |
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Domain length: | 1 - 50 characters |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Action | Price/year | Periodes | Dominitis |
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Registration | 44,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Renewal | 44,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Transfer | 44,95 € | 1 year(s) | 2 dominitis |
Features | |
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Domain length: | 1 - 50 characters |
Transfer system: | The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year |
Extension rules .ar
.ar domain life cycle
20 days | ||||||
Domain registration
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Expiration date
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Deletion date
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Domain available | Domain active | Renew grace period | Domain available |
Permitted characters / IDN
.ar domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.
IDN characters are permitted in .ar domains.
Permitted IDN character table for .ar domains
An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.
- Hyphen (-)
- Digits (0-9)
- Characters (a-z)
Character | Unicode | HTML Code | HTML Number | Unicode Table |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE | ||||
à | U+00E0 | à | à | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | ||||
á | U+00E1 | á | á | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
â | U+00E2 | â | â | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE | ||||
ã | U+00E3 | ã | ã | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA | ||||
ç | U+00E7 | ç | ç | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE | ||||
è | U+00E8 | è | è | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | ||||
é | U+00E9 | é | é | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
ê | U+00EA | ê | ê | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE | ||||
ì | U+00EC | ì | ì | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | ||||
í | U+00ED | í | í | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE | ||||
ñ | U+00F1 | ñ | ñ | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE | ||||
ò | U+00F2 | ò | ò | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE | ||||
ó | U+00F3 | ó | ó | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX | ||||
ô | U+00F4 | ô | ô | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE | ||||
õ | U+00F5 | õ | õ | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | ||||
ú | U+00FA | ú | ú | Latin-1 Supplement |
LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS | ||||
ü | U+00FC | ü | ü | Latin-1 Supplement |
IDN domains don't permit to mix different Scripts or character sets (for example, Latin, Greek or Cyrillic).
But it's possible to use different character tables for a same script.
- The Latin Script permits the use of characters of Latin-1 supplement, Latin Extended-A, Latin Extended-B, etc.. tables.
- The Greek Script permits to combine characters of the Greek, Greek Extended, etc.. tables, doesn't permit combine them with the normal latin characters (a-z), but permits the use of numbers or hyphens.
- Other script types have their own corresponding tables.
Residency requirements
This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.
Technical requirements
This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.
Registrations
.ar domain registrations aren't immediate.
Average duration of the registration process: up to 5 days
Transfers
Once transferred, the domain is renewed for one year but maintaining the original registration day, the new expiration date is calculated following the rules below:
Day: Stays the same
Month: The month where the transfer is completed
Year: One year in the future
Renewals
Renewing your .AR domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.
Cancellations
It's possible to request a cancellation of your .AR domain, visit the support center to open a support ticket. Please note, cancelling a name does not provide a refund of any registration fees.
DNS modifications
DNS modification isn't immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, once the Registry processes the requested change, this can take up to 6-7 days, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.
Domain owner change
Unfortunately it's not possible to make ownership changes in this type of domain names.
Official documentation
In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.
- .AR don't have extra documentation.
This extension supports:
- IDN Characters
- DNS Modification
- Special DNS requirements
- Whois Privacy
- Transfer lock
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