About .io domains

Top-level domain (TLD) reference for.IO

Price:

Price per year of registration see Buy a domain	$60 USD
Additional fee to restore an expired or deleted domain see Restoring your expired domain	$60 USD

Terms and restrictions:

Terms of Service	Google Domains Terms of Service
Registrar of Record see Understand your Registrar of Record	Key-Systems GmbH
Registry see Registries	Nic.io
Country see Buying country code domains	British Indian Ocean Territory

Registration:

Supports international characters for example "グ" see Using non-ascii characters	Yes
Number of years of registration allowed see Domain renewal and restoration	1 - 10
Transfer requires a verification email to the current registrant seeTransfer a domain in	No
Auto-renew grace period: Days after registration expires when domain serving is disrupted if auto-renew is enabled see Domain renewal and restoration	15
Expiration disruption period: Days after registration expires when domain serving is disrupted if auto-renew is not enabled see Domain renewal and restoration	0
Renewal grace period: Days after expiration when domain can be renewed with one year of registration at $60 USD . Domain is deleted after this period see Domain renewal and restoration	30
Restoration grace period: Days after domain is deleted when it can be restored for an additional fee of $60 USD plus one year of registration at $60 USD. see Domain renewal and restoration	30
Days after the domain is deleted before it is available for registration by anyone see Domain renewal and restoration	45

DNS reference:

Number of characters in a domain name	3 - 63
Allows WHOIS privacy seePrivate registration	Yes
WHOIS privacy provider seePrivate registration	WhoisProxy.com Ltd
Number of name servers seeName servers	2 - 13
Supports DNSSEC seeSetting up DNSSEC	Yes