European domains: Austria (.at)

Austrian Domain Name Queue Check: When entering your search string don't write “www” or the Austrian domain type, ie. “at”. Therefore to search “www.nominate.at” enter “nominate” and nothing else.

The only letters allowed within a domain name are: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Spaces are NOT ALLOWED.

Back Order:

To back order search for its availabilty in our queue by using the box above and then create an account and back order the domain name.

Monitoring

We wont charge to monitor the domain name (expect for excess numbers † and will only charge you upon a successfull registration.

We do not auction domains and accept only one order per domain name.

Excessive Number clause †

We reserve the right to charge an annual management fee of £1 per domain name requested per year where, if in our opinion the number of names being monitored in an account is excessive (over 300 domains).

Once the domain is registered

Once the domain name is registered we will debit your account the recovery fee. You then may use our DNS servers free of charge. Future renewals are at a very competative price so you never need to transfer away, but you are able to FREE of charge if you wish, after all the domain is your!. Domains registered with us are automatically provided with their own under-construction page - this notifies potential registrants that the name has been acquired and is now registered. The under-construction page is offered free of charge and may be used indefinitely.

It is possible for Web and/or Mail forwarding to be provided for Austrian domains.

Domain transfer/release fees are charged are by a majority of registrars, but Domain Recover makes no charge to transfer a domain to another Austrian domain name registrar.

Background

.at is the Internet country code Top Level domain name (ccTLD) for Austria, officially known as the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is a member of the European Union. There are an estimated 8,292,322 people living in Austra and its GPD is $275.02 billion. The main languages spoken in the Republic of Austria are German, Slovene, Hungarian and Croatian.

The .at domain name for Austria is operated and sponsored by NIC.AT (Network Information Centre); however, it was operated by the University of Vienna beforehand when the domain name was introduced in 1988. Although the .at domain name is intended for entities of Austria there are no restrictions on who can apply: one does not have to have a presence in the country. Registrations for the .at domain name is taken by NIC.AT at a first-come-first-serve basis.

The registrations for the .at top-level domain name for Austria can be taken directly at second level but applicants may register at a third level under various second level labels:

Unfortunately, the .at domain name for Austria has to deal with many domain hacks due to 'at' being in common usage in the English language. The maximum length for a registered domain is 63 characters.




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