About .ac domains

Nic.ac is the sponsor and Afilias is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .ac domain extensions that represents Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Islands.

Who can register .ac domains?

Anyone can register .ac domain names.

Registration restrictions

When registering a .ac domain, you must follow specific requirements.

• Must use: 3 – 63 Characters
• Can use: Letters: a-z, Numbers: 0-9, Hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
• Cannot use: Special Characters (e.g.,& and #)
• IDNs: Not supported

Features of a .ac domain

• Registration length: 1-10 years
• Renewal length: 1-10 years
• Backorders: Not supported
• Transfers to ELITE WEB Co.: Supported
• Transfers away from ELITE WEB Co.: Supported
  • Transfer Lock: Supported
• Transfers to another ELITE WEB Co. account: Supported
• Basic privacy protection: Supported
• Protection plan upgrades: Supported
• Cash Parking: Not supported
• Contact Updates: Supported
• Must use: 1-13 Nameservers
• Can use: IPv4, IPv6, DNSSEC
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