.at

.at

Introduced	1988
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	NIC.AT
Sponsor	NIC.AT
Intended use	Entities connected with Austria
Actual use	Very popular in Austria
Registration restrictions	None, except for restricted subdomains .gv.at and .ac.at
Structure	Registrations are directly at second level, or at third level beneath several second-level labels
Documents	Terms and conditions (English)
Dispute policies	none since October 2008
Website	nic.at
DNSSEC	yes

.at is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Austria. It is administered by NIC.AT.

The .at top-level domain has a number of second-level domains. These are:

• .gv.at - for governmental institutions (registration is handled by the Austrian Chancellery)
• .ac.at - for academic and educational institutions (registration is handled by the University of Vienna)
• .co.at - intended for companies (unrestricted registration)
• .or.at - intended for organizations (unrestricted registration)

However, it is also possible to register directly at the second level. Given the number of English words that end with -at, this presents the possibility for many domain hacks. All second level domain names must be at least three characters long e.g. form.at or bor.at. Domain hacks treating "at" as a word in its own right (such as arrive.at) are also widespread.

Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted.

Known domain hacks

Many Austrian domain names were registered for English phrases that end with "at". As of today, there are practically no such domain names left available on the domain prime market as the result of the domain name speculation. Most of them can be bought on the domain secondary market. Only few domain names got developed. Some known examples of the Austrian domain hacks are:

• donteat.at, a popular Foursquare service
• many.at, link bundler

External links

• NIC.AT Website
• IANA .at whois information
• Private Individuals
• .at Registrars Website