.blog domains

New domains

Promotion valid till 31/12/2021, for new registrations for periods of one year. Does not include Dominitis. Renewal at normal price. Not applicable to premium domains.

Blogs are now one of the most used media. They can be used to share any kind of information, from news to any kind of hobby specialized media, providing a very important source of information.

In the past, blogs were used mostly by individuals, but today, blogs have also been adapted by companies, because they help to get inbound traffic to the web and and to establish better communication and credibility.

.blog extension is interesting for individuals who want the perfect TLD for their blog as well as for companies who want to give more importance to their own corporate blogs.

Premium Domains

Some .blog domains are premium names with a higher initial registration fee over a standard registration with all subsequent renewals and transfers at a standard rate. All search results will automatically reflect premium names fees.

Rates and features

.blog

~~23,95 €~~ 7,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	~~23,95 €~~ 7,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	23,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	23,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	80,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	4 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.blog domain life cycle

				42 days	30 days	5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date				Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period	Pending delete		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period
Pending Delete

Permitted characters

.blog 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

.blog domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To complete .BLOG domain transfer, you'll need your current registrar to provide you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key to verify the ownership of the domain.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars provide manual transfers allowing transfers to be completed on the same day, contact your current registrar to find out if they offer this service.

More information about .BLOG domain transfers

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

Renewals

Renewing your .BLOG domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .BLOG 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 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.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .blog domains. Your domain can take advantage of this additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this technology can provide.
More information is available at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work

Domain owner change

Beginning December 1st, 2016, any ownership changes of .BLOG domains requires both the current and new owner to accept any changes. Once the ownership change has been completed, the domain is locked and unable to be transferred for a 60-day period.

More information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2016-06-01-en