.IT is the official country code Top-Level-Domain of Italy. Any companies or individuals who are interested in registering an .IT domain, or people from the Information technology business sector.

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• TLD specific
• Addons
• RegistrarOC

TLD	.it
Registry	NIC IT
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.nic.it
WHOIS-Update	6 to 12 hours
Min. Characters	2
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: allowed
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Admin Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1 The registrant must be located in the following countries: Austria (AT) Belgium (BE) Bulgaria (BG) Switzerland (CH) Cyprus (CY) Czech Republic (CZ) Germany (DE) Denmark (DK) Estonia (EE) Spain (ES) Finland (FI) France (FR) Greece (GR) Croatia (HR) Hungary (HU) Ireland (IE) Iceland (IS) Italy (IT) Lithuania (LT) Luxembourg (LU) Latvia (LV) Malta (MT) Netherlands (NL) Norway (NO) Poland (PL) Portugal (PT) Sweden (SE) Slovenia (SI) Slovakia (SK) San Marino (SM) UK (UK) Vatican City (VA)
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IDN capable	Yes
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Supported (partially)
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	2 to 6
Registry Nameservercheck	Yes
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4 / IPv6
Hosts managed as	Attribute
Root Nameserver Update	six times a day (01:30, 05:30, 09:30, 13:30, 17:30, 21:30)
SEC DNS Interface	DS data interface
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	reset, 1 year added
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	No
Transfer Pending Period	1 day
Transfer Expire Action	ACK
Transfer ACK by	Registrar
Transfer NACK by	Registrar
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	Trade
Trade Real-Time	No
Trade Periods	-
Transfer included	Yes
Trade Confirmation (Request / Approve)	- / -
Trade ACK by	-
Trade NACK by	-

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Registration Periods	1 year
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	0 days
Finalization Period	14 days
Failure Period	14 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	30 days
Deletion Hold Period	5 days
Explicit Renewals	No
Renewal Periods	1 year

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

X-IT-ACCEPT-LIABILITY-TAC = 0 | 1
X-IT-ACCEPT-REGISTRATION-TAC = 0 | 1
X-IT-ACCEPT-DIFFUSION-AND-ACCESSIBILITY-TAC = 0 | 1
X-IT-ACCEPT-EXPLICIT-TAC = 0 | 1
X-IT-PIN = <TEXT>

OPTIONAL

auth = <TEXT> | <NULL>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>
subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>

X-IT-NATIONALITY = <TEXT>

Domain Transfer

The transfer has to be initiated by the gaining registrar and can be requested with the API TransferDomain command.
A valid Authorization Code must be provided to initiate a transfer successfully. You may obtain the authorization code from the losing registrar.
As soon as a domain transfer has been initiated it can either be approved ("ACK") by Registrar or denied ("NACK") by Registrar. If the registry receives neither a denial ("NACK") nor an approval ("ACK") the transfer will be ACKed after 1 day.

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

action = REQUEST | APPROVE | DENY | CANCEL | USERTRANSFER
auth = <TEXT>

OPTIONAL

order = CREATE | REPLACE | UPDATE

subuser = <TEXT> | <NULL>
period = <PERIOD>
transferlock = 0 | 1 | <NULL>

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is a Deletion Restorable Period of 30 days and a following Deletion Hold Period of 5 days.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

n/a

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

command = RestoreDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

n/a

OPTIONAL

renewalmode = <NULL> | <TEXT>
subuser = <TEXT>

Ownerchange

All contact information with the exception of registrant Name, Firstname and Organisation can be updated through the ModifyDomain command.
In order to change the owner you have to request a trade with the TradeDomain command. This can be done through our web interface or through our API:

command = TradeDomain
domain = <DOMAIN>
ownercontact0 = <CONTACT>

A Change of Registrar with the simultaneous change in the Registrant is possible. The trade request also includes a transfer request if the domain is currently managed by another registrar.

command = ModifyDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

command = ModifyDomain
domain = <TEXT>

REQUIRED

X-IT-PIN = <TEXT>

OPTIONAL

X-IT-NATIONALITY = <TEXT>

Registration

The electronic application can be initiated through our webinterface or API as usual, but for .IT registrations additionally some special parameter are needed:

If the registrant is an individual, the .IT PIN has to be

• The registrant's fiscal code (for Italian citizens consisting of exactly 16 characters and numbers) or
• the number of an identity document (for citizens resident in other EU states, where there is no equivalent individual fiscal code).

If the registrant is an organization, the .IT PIN has to be

• The company's fiscal code (for Italian companies consisting of exactly 11 digits) or
• The company's VAT number

Please remark that the domain registration fee is non-refundable. That means that if the domain registration cannot be finished (e.g. in case of permanently failed DNS checks) the domain will be deleted after 30 days without any refunds.

The following overview shows you all available Domain Addons which can be used for this special kind of TLD. It also shows the respective API parameters which are required to activate the Domain Addons:

Addon Class	Parameter to (de)activate *1)	Renewal term *2)	Affected Parameters *3)
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 1	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 2	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 2	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 3	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT
Trustee	X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC = 0 | 3	1 month	OWNERCONTACT,ADMINCONTACT

*1) Parameter to (de)activate: When accessing our backend through the API, you can either activate the addon with X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC=1 or deactivate it with
      X-IT-ACCEPT-TRUSTEE-TAC=0

*2) Renewal Term: Is the minimum renewal term of the "Addon Class"

*3) If you are using a "Trustee" Domain Addon normally the original owner contact or the original admin contact or both are replaced by a contact provided by the trustee provider.
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.