Understand your registration
Registrant information & domain policies
What a domain registration means, how registries work and the policies that apply to each extension.
ICANN educational materials
Guidance on registration, renewal and recovering an expired domain.
Benefits & responsibilities
Your rights and responsibilities as a registered name holder.
Renewals & recovery
Our reminder schedule, deletion policy and restoration process.
Moving a domain
The steps for transferring in or moving to another registrar.
Registration data & RDAP
Use ICANN Lookup to inspect publicly available registration data. Nonpublic information is handled through our disclosure procedure. Contact details that are redacted in an RDAP response use the relay method provided in that response.
A few good habits
Keep an independent contact email
Use an address that remains available if this domain expires or its DNS stops resolving.
Protect account access
Use a unique password, enable available multifactor authentication in your billing platform and keep recovery information current.
Review your details and renewal dates
Respond to verification and annual data reminders. Check that renewals complete successfully; a pending invoice is not confirmation.
Ask about DNSSEC
For supported extensions, ask us to submit or update DNSSEC key material securely. Coordinate changes with your DNS provider.