.bio Domain Name Information
Select a section below to get information about price, domain specifications, domain dispute policies, domain requirements, domain ownership information and registry information for .bio domains. Start a search to register your .bio domain.
- Registration 88.99 USD / year
- Renewal 111.99 USD / year
- Transfer 88.99 USD / Transfer in your .bio
- ICANN Fee 0.18 USD per year
- Time to Register Instant
- Type gTLD
- Renewal Grace Period 40 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Privacy Protection Available
- DNSSEC Supported | Learn how to add DNSSEC
- Trustee/Proxy Service Not applicable—no local presence requirement
- Blocking Service Part of the GlobalBlock Service | Learn more
- Individuals can register Yes
- Businesses can register Yes
- Languages Supported None
- Is there a special use for .bio? No
- Is there any other information needed to register a .bio domain? No
- Does .bio have any additional fees? No
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Any additional documents, requirements or information needed to register a .bio?
Yes
The .bio gTLD is unrestricted unless you are involved in production, transformers and retailers or otherwise involved in the field of agriculture, food and farming. In that case you will need to apply for and display the “BIO Trust Seal” provided by the registry and abide by the Principles of Organic Agriculture as outlined by the registry and IFOAM .
- Are Individual .bio domain registrations allowed? Yes
- Company or legal entities registrations allowed for .bio? Yes
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Are some .bio domain names restricted?
Yes
Some domain names may be permanently or temporarily reserved or restricted for registry operations, as premium domain names or to comply with ICANN requirements.
To comply with ICANN requirements, all two-character domains shall be initially reserved, however may be released in the future. In addition reserved names for a) International Olympic Committee, b) International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and c) Intergovernmental Organizations, for new gTLDs., are not available in accordance with ICANN. The list of these names can be found here.
- Do I need a trademark/brand name to register .bio? No
- Private Registration service available? Yes
- .bio Trustee / Proxy service offered? Fees? No
- have minimum of 1 and a maximum of 63 characters;
- begin with a letter or a number and end with a letter or a number;
- use the English character set and may contain letters (i.e., a-z, A-Z),numbers (i.e. 0-9) and dashes (-) or a combination of these;
- neither begin with, nor end with a dash;
- not contain a dash in the third and fourth positions (e.g. www.ab- -cd.bio); and
- not include a space (e.g. www.ab cd.bio).
- Registry Identity Digital
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- Accredited Yes
- Dispute Policy https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en
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Sponsoring Organization
Identity Digital Limited
c/o Identity Digital Inc.
10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
Bellevue WA 98004
United States of America (the) -
Administrative Contact
Vice President, Engineering
Identity Digital Limited
c/o Identity Digital Inc.
10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
Bellevue WA 98004
United States of America (the)
Email: [email protected]
Voice: +1.425.298.2200
Fax: +1.425.671.0020 -
Technical Contact
Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
Identity Digital Limited
c/o Identity Digital Inc.
10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
Bellevue WA 98004
United States of America (the)
Email: [email protected]
Voice: +1.425.298.2200
Fax: +1.425.671.0020 -
Name Servers
Host Name IP Address(es) a0.nic.bio 65.22.84.9
2a01:8840:52:0:0:0:0:9a2.nic.bio 65.22.87.9
2a01:8840:55:0:0:0:0:9b0.nic.bio 65.22.85.9
2a01:8840:53:0:0:0:0:9c0.nic.bio 65.22.86.9
2a01:8840:54:0:0:0:0:9
