.IO ccTLD

.IO is the ccTLD of British Indian Ocean Territory.

British Indian Ocean Territory has a population of 4,000, and ranks as the 52nd most populous country in Asia. The British Indian Ocean Territory is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Indian Ocean south to Maldives.

.io extension is very popular in British Indian Ocean Territory and around its geographical area. The .io ccTLD is gaining popularity since 1997. As well as .io can stand for Input/Output, Information Operations, Ionium...

Mandatory Requirements for .IO Domain Names

The Domain Name may only contain numbers (0-9), dashes and Latin letters, and its combination,
The Domain Name shall not start and end with a dash;
The minimum number of symbols for Domain Name is 3 (three) and maximum- 63 (sixty-three).
The Domain Name must use the Latin character set and may contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphen (-) or a combination of these;
Other special characters, spaces or stressed vowels (such as à, é, ò, í) are not permitted.

.IO Domain activation

The domain name can be activated when the payment is complete and we have all the requested documents (including the payment confirmation). The registration is instant.

Certain domains are reserved and can only be registered as Domain Names under special conditions.

Required Information in the Domain name registration Application

Organization name (in the case of the company)
First Name
Last Name
Legal Address
Country
City
Zip code
Phone Number
Email address
Name servers (can be used the default servers as well)

Notice: If the Registrar or Registrant submits incomplete information, Registry reserves its right to request from the Registrar to submit respective data. If the requested data is not provided within 7 (seven) working days, the Registry is authorized to suspend functioning of the Domain Name.

Private Whois Registration

According to updates regarding GDPR you are free to request the private Whois registration if the owner doesn’t want to show the contact information publicly. Just contact us via info@globalr.com if you have a special request.

Domain Transfer from registrar to registrar

The transfer process performs based on EPP code. The registrant should request the code from the losing registrar and provide the gaining one.

The transfer code is valid for 7 days only. So, if it expires it needs to be generated again. The transfer process completed in 7 working days. Only after that, the domain can be managed by the owner.

Domain Renewal

If the Registrant via the intermediation does not renew the domain name, it will be Suspended during the 30 (thirty) days period from the expiry date of the domain name registration. After the lapse of the 30 (thirty) days period, the Registry is obliged to cancel domain name registration and delete data related to the domain name from the Domain Name Register. The domain will become available for everyone.

More information about .IO

Consequently, .io may just be the most suitable alternative for your business identification in British Indian Ocean Territory.

Although .io is a ccTLD of British Indian Ocean Territory, .io can stand for Input/Output, Information Operations, Ionium. Any individual or organization can register a .io extension. The domain registration time frame during general availability is Instant.

By directly cooperating with us, you can offer your customers .io ccTLD all at great market prices.

.IO REGISTRY

The main purpose of domain name Registries, including .io domain registry, is to keep all information about registered domains together with the registrant names and other data.

The Internet country code top-level domain .io is assigned to British Indian Ocean Territory. The .io domain is administered by the Internet Computer Bureau, a domain name registry company based in the United Kingdom.

Using GlobalR.com .io domain registry service will give your company a competitive advantage straight away.

Our team is always here to guide you and provide you with the ccTLD registration service and support.