.AI Domain Name Rules and Requirements

Domain Name related Rules

.AI Domain Registration:

• Must use: 1-63 characters
• Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
• Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #)
• IDNs: Not supported
• Registration length: Min and Max - 2 years
• DNSSEC: Supported

Renewal and Auto-Renewal:

• Renewal length: 2,4,6,8 and 10 years (Currently only supports 2 years, can be renewed 4 times)
• If you have auto-renewal enabled, we’ll attempt to charge the associated payment method and renew your .ai domain on its expiration date.
• If auto-renew fails or isn't enabled at all, we’ll park your .ai domain. A parked domain will display a temporary web page when the domain name is entered in a web browser.
• If the domain isn't manually renewed within 40 days following expiration, we will cancel it and remove it from your account.

Domain Name Transfer: 

• Transfer to BigRock: Not supported
• Transfer away from BigRock: Not supported
• Domain Privacy-Protection: Not Supported
• Contact Updates: Supported
  
  

Name Servers and Child Name Servers:

• Each .AI domain name needs to have at least 2 Name Servers and may have up to 13 Name Servers.
• There is no limitation on the number of Child Name Servers you may create.
• You may associate up to 13 IP Address per Child Name Server.
• You may associate IPv6 Address in Child Name Servers.
• You may modify both Name Servers as well as any Child Name Servers associated with your .AI domain name.
  

Note: Government of Anguilla is the sponsor and Identity Digital is the backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name .AI extensions that represent Anguilla.