.link domains

New domains

Internet consists primarily of millions of links, surely a link led you to this page.
Now it's possible to honor the Net and have your own .ink from which to offer your services, a directory of links you recommend or any other content.

Rates and features

.link

~~8,95 €~~ 4,50 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	~~8,95 €~~ 4,50 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	8,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	8,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	60,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	1 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.link 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 / IDN

.link 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 .link domains.

Permitted IDN character table for .link domains

An Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) is a domain name that can contain non ASCII characters.

Unicode Script:

Hyphen (-)
Digits (0-9)
Characters (a-z)

Character	Unicode	HTML Code	HTML Number	Unicode Table

LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
á	U+00E1	á	á	Latin-1 Supplement
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
é	U+00E9	é	é	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 ACUTE
ó	U+00F3	ó	ó	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

.link domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To complete .LINK 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 .LINK domain transfers

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

Renewals

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

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .LINK 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 .link 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 .LINK 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

Official documentation

In this section you will find links to official documentation of the extension.

.LINK don't have extra documentation.

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.