.as domains

American Samoa

.AS domains pertain to American Samoa and were created in year 1997. Since then it's popularity has grown during the last years, being used usually by local stores and companies.

This extension is managed by AS Domain Registry.

Rates and features

.as

69,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	69,95 €	2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	69,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	69,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	50,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	3 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.as domain life cycle

				5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date		Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Redemption period		Domain available

Redemption Period

Permitted characters

.as 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.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.as domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To be able to complete .AS domain transfers you'll need your current registrar to give you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key, with it you'll be able to verify your domain's ownership.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars allow to accept transfers manually, contact your current registrar and find out if they offer this service, in this case the transfer will complete the same day.

More information about .AS domain transfers

The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Renewals

The renewal of .AS domains is different than with other extensions.

It's necessary to request the domain renewal at least 1 days before the domain expiration.

In case the renewal request is done after this date, the correct renewal is not guaranteed.

Cancellations

It's possible to ask for the cancellation of your .AS domain, you'll have to do it opening a ticket (support area). Please note the domain cancellation involves no refund of the domain registration fee.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.