Register a .org Domain
.org is a generic extension open to registrants worldwide. Check availability below, then register it in a few minutes — from USD 8.19 for the first year.
.org domain prices
Every DomainNameAPI account starts on the Reseller tier. Premium and Platinum unlock automatically as your volume grows — the same domain, a lower unit price. Prices are per year and shown in USD.
Reseller
- USD 8.99Registration
- USD 12.99Renewal
- USD 12.99Transfer
- USD 89.90Restore
Premium
- USD 8.49Registration
- USD 12.49Renewal
- USD 12.49Transfer
- USD 89.90Restore
Platinum
- USD 8.19Registration
- USD 11.99Renewal
- USD 11.99Transfer
- USD 89.90Restore
What is a .org domain?
.org is a generic top-level domain (gTLD): it is not tied to any country, so anyone anywhere can register one. That makes it a practical choice when your audience is international, and a realistic one when the shorter names in older extensions are already taken.
The .org registry is operated by Public Interest Registry (PIR). The extension has been in the root zone since 1985 — a long record by the standards of the domain name system, and one reason registrars and hosting companies treat it as a safe default.
DomainNameAPI is an ICANN-accredited registrar. Registration, renewal, transfer and DNS for .org all run from a single panel — and from a single API, if you would rather automate them.
A .org name can be 3 to 63 characters long. You can register it for 1 to 10 years up front — paying for several years at once is the simplest protection against an expiry you forget.
.org at a glance
These are the registry's own rules for .org, as our systems read them. They decide what you can and cannot do with the name once it is yours.
Name and term
- Extension
- .org
- Type
- Generic (gTLD)
- Shortest name
- 3 characters
- Longest name
- 63 characters
- Registration term
- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal term
- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 years
- Registry
- Public Interest Registry (PIR)
- In the root zone since
- 1985
What you can do with it
- Name servers
- 0–13
- Non-Latin characters (IDN)
- Not supported
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Transfer to us
- Supported
- Paperwork
- None
- Grace period after expiry
- 30 days
- Transfer lock
- 60 days
How to register a .org domain
No paperwork, no waiting for approval. Four steps, and the name is live on your name servers.
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Search the name
Type the name you want into the box above. We query the registry live, so the answer is the registry's, not a cached guess.
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Pick your term
Choose anything from 1 to 10 years. Longer terms cost less per year and remove the yearly renewal risk.
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Enter contact details
Registrant, admin, technical and billing contacts. Whois privacy can be switched on at the same time so your address stays out of public records.
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Point it somewhere
Set your name servers, or use ours and manage A, CNAME, MX and TXT records from the panel. Changes reach the registry immediately.
What happens when a .org domain expires
Most people meet these rules for the first time on the day they matter. Here is the whole sequence for .org, with the numbers this registry actually uses.
- Renewal window Up to the expiry date you can renew at the normal price — 11.99 USD per year. Nothing changes for visitors; the site stays up.
- The name stops working On expiry the registry pulls .org out of the zone. The website and every email address on it go dark the same day. This is the moment most owners notice.
- Redemption — 30 days For 30 days the name is still yours, but recovering it costs 89.90 USD instead of the renewal price. Nobody else can take it during this window.
- Deletion After the redemption window the registry releases the name and anyone can register it. There is no appeal at this point — the only route back is to buy it from whoever takes it.
None of this has to happen. Auto-renew and expiry reminders are on by default in every DomainNameAPI account, and the API exposes expiry dates so you can wire them into your own alerts.
Moving a .org domain to DomainNameAPI
Transfers are supported for .org and cost 11.99 USD. In almost every registry a transfer also extends the registration by a year, so you are paying for time, not just for moving.
What you need from your current registrar: the domain unlocked, an authorisation code (EPP code), and a registrant email address you can actually read — that is where the approval request lands.
One rule catches people out: a .org domain cannot be transferred within 60 days of being registered, or of a change of registrant. If you just bought the name, wait out the 60 days.
.org domains — the questions we actually get
Registration starts at 8.19 USD per year on the Reseller tier and drops to 8.19 USD on Platinum. Renewal is 11.99 USD. Prices are per year and exclude local taxes, and there is no separate setup fee.
Because registries price the two separately, and registrars often discount the first year to win the sale. We publish both numbers on this page for exactly that reason: the figure that decides what a domain costs you over five years is the renewal one, not the headline.
From 1 to 10 years, in whole years — the registry accepts 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Renewals follow the same terms.
No. Registering through DomainNameAPI needs contact details and nothing else, and the name is usually active within minutes.
Yes, for 11.99 USD. Unlock the domain at your current registrar, get the EPP authorisation code, and make sure you can read the registrant email address. Everything after that is on our side.
Not if the name servers stay the same. A transfer moves who bills and manages the domain, not where it points. Keep your existing name servers through the move and change them afterwards, once the transfer has settled.
No. This registry accepts only the letters a to z, digits and the hyphen for .org. If your brand needs a local script, pick an extension that supports IDN.
Yes. The .org zone is signed, so you can publish DS records and have resolvers verify that the answers for your domain have not been tampered with on the way. Turning it on is a one-time step in the panel.
Between 3 and 63 characters, not counting the .org part. Letters, digits and hyphens are allowed, and a name cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
.org accepts 0 to 13 name servers. Two is the practical minimum: if the only one you have goes down, the domain stops resolving everywhere at once.
For 30 days after expiry, yes: restoring a .org name costs 89.90 USD. After that window the registry deletes it and anyone can register it. Move quickly, because the fee does not come down and the deadline does not move.
No. Generic extensions are treated equally, and .org carries neither a penalty nor a bonus. What it does affect is whether people trust and remember the address, which is a real effect even though it is not an algorithmic one.
That is what DomainNameAPI is built for. Search, registration, renewal, transfer and DNS are all exposed over an API, with ready integrations for WHMCS, WiseCP, HostBill, Blesta and ClientExec. The reseller price on this page is what you pay; what you charge your customer is yours to set.
Where to go next
- Every extension we carryCompare .org against the rest, with live prices for each.
- The full price listRegistration, renewal, transfer and restore for every extension, on one page.
- Whois lookupSee who holds a .org name, when it expires and where it points.
- Domain Name SearchCheck many names across many extensions in a single query.
- Knowledge baseDNS records, transfers, EPP codes and the rest, explained step by step.
- Ask us directlyA question this page did not answer? Our team replies in your language.
