.at Domain Names
30 registrars compared — cheapest from $9.00 at IONOS
Delegated in January 1988, .at has quietly become one of Europe's most open country codes — no registration restrictions, DNSSEC on, and a dispute policy that vanished in 2008.
| # | Registrar | Registration | Renewal | Transfer | 5-Year Cost | 10-Year Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IONOS Cheapest | $9.00 | $15.00 | $12.75 | $69.00 | $144.00 | Visit |
| 2 | OVHcloud | $10.79 | $11.99 | $11.99 | $58.75 | $118.70 | Visit |
| 3 | Dynadot | $10.96 | $10.96 | $10.96 | $54.80 | $109.60 | Visit |
| 4 | NameSilo | $10.99 | $11.99 | $92.00 | $58.95 | $118.90 | Visit |
| 5 | Regery | $11.29 | $11.49 | $1.99 | $57.25 | $114.70 | Visit |
| 6 | EuroDNS | $11.52 | $30.16 | $30.16 | $132.16 | $282.96 | Visit |
| 7 | Infomaniak | $12.09 | $15.20 | $15.75 | $72.89 | $148.89 | Visit |
| 8 | Hostinger | $12.99 | $12.99 | $12.99 | $64.95 | $129.90 | Visit |
| 9 | MrDomain | $13.26 | $13.26 | $13.26 | $66.30 | $132.60 | Visit |
| 10 | Internet.bs | $13.90 | $15.53 | $13.99 | $76.02 | $153.67 | Visit |
| 11 | Above.com | $14.51 | $14.51 | $13.64 | $72.55 | $145.10 | Visit |
| 12 | INWX | $15.60 | $15.60 | $15.60 | $78.00 | $156.00 | Visit |
| 13 | Crazy Domains | $16.99 | $17.49 | $16.99 | $86.95 | $174.40 | Visit |
| 14 | Moniker | $17.88 | $20.63 | $18.99 | $100.40 | $203.55 | Visit |
| 15 | GoDaddy | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $89.95 | $179.90 | Visit |
| 16 | eDomains | $18.00 | $18.00 | $18.00 | $90.00 | $180.00 | Visit |
| 17 | Epik | $18.95 | $18.95 | $18.95 | $94.75 | $189.50 | Visit |
| 18 | Name.com | $18.99 | $18.99 | $18.99 | $94.95 | $189.90 | Visit |
| 19 | DreamHost | $19.95 | $19.95 | $1.00 | $99.75 | $199.50 | Visit |
| 20 | Netim | $21.50 | $21.50 | $21.50 | $107.50 | $215.00 | Visit |
| 21 | Blacknight | $22.18 | $22.18 | $22.18 | $110.90 | $221.80 | Visit |
| 22 | Hover | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | $124.95 | $249.90 | Visit |
| 23 | Gandi | $25.00 | $47.98 | $25.00 | $216.92 | $456.82 | Visit |
| 24 | Marcaria | $27.00 | $27.00 | $27.00 | $135.00 | $270.00 | Visit |
| 25 | OnlyDomains | $27.99 | $30.99 | $30.99 | $151.95 | $306.90 | Visit |
| 26 | UK2 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $147.95 | $297.90 | Visit |
| 27 | Regtons | $29.08 | $17.89 | $29.08 | $100.64 | $190.09 | Visit |
| 28 | Cosmotown | $29.99 | $41.99 | $29.99 | $197.95 | $407.90 | Visit |
| 29 | Directnic | $29.99 | $41.99 | $29.99 | $197.95 | $407.90 | Visit |
| 30 | 101domain | $30.99 | $43.49 | $30.99 | $204.95 | $422.40 | Visit |
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Austria's Domain, Unlocked
Most country-code TLDs tie registration to residency or paperwork. Not .at. Since its 1988 delegation, nic.at GmbH has run the registry without requiring any local presence or documentation. If you can pay, you can register. That open-door policy extends to the subdomains people actually use: the only reserved spaces are .gv.at for government and .ac.at for academia, leaving the rest of the namespace open to anyone with a good idea. It's a deliberate contrast with stricter neighbors — .de enforces a physical address, and .fr has residency rules. Austria went the other way, and the registrations followed: businesses, startups, and domain hackers all pile in without a single bureaucratic hurdle.
When 'at' Becomes a Word
The two-letter suffix does more than mark Austrian territory. Because 'at' is an English preposition, .at is a magnet for domain hacks — think late.at, chat.at, or meet.at. The actual use noted in the .at Wikipedia entry confirms this international appeal: plenty of registrants aren't Austrian at all, they're speakers of English who see a ready-made word glued to their brand. That linguistic serendipity turns a small Central European ccTLD into a global branding tool. It's the same trick that made .me and .eu attractive, but .at has a sharper syntactic edge — it doesn't just stand for a pronoun, it completes a phrase.
The 2008 Dispute Resolution Disappearing Act
For years, .at operated with a formal dispute-resolution procedure, the kind of backstop most registries keep in place to handle cybersquatting. Then, in October 2008, nic.at ended it. Since then, the .at Wikipedia article records no dispute policy at all — complaints fall back on general law, not a registry-run process. That's a bold move. It shifts the burden entirely to the courts and the existing legal frameworks of Austria and the EU. The registry bet that the openness and simplicity of the namespace would outweigh the chaos of unmediated disputes. So far the model has held — and it reinforces the hands-off ethos that defines .at from registration to conflict resolution.
DNSSEC Without the Fine Print
Technical security often lags behind commercial polish. .at got there early. The registry has supported DNSSEC, the cryptographic signing that helps prevent DNS spoofing and cache poisoning, for years — the Wikipedia article on .at explicitly lists it as an available feature. For a ccTLD of its size, that's not remarkable in itself, but combined with the no-restrictions policy it signals a registry that prioritizes a clean, secure, open infrastructure over administrative control. When weighing .at against other European TLDs, the DNSSEC support is a quiet reassurance: the low-friction registration process doesn't come at the cost of technical hygiene. nic.at runs a modern, well-maintained registry that any domain investor or business can trust.
Who Should Grab an .at Today
The queries people type — 'at domain registration,' 'where is at domain' — reveal a mix of curiosity and practical interest. The answer to 'where' is Austria, but the more useful answer is 'everywhere.' Since there are no residency requirements, .at works as a primary domain for Austrian-facing businesses, a secondary brand asset for companies expanding into Central Europe, or a playful hack for savvy online brands. Pricing across the 30 registrars that carry .at shows a wide spread — it's a mid-range ccTLD, not the cheapest but far from premium — so shopping around matters. IONOS) tends to lead on price, but the value of the right domain name can far outweigh a few euros in renewal fees. As with any TLD, check the renewal rate, because low intro prices often climb. With no dispute policy to lean on, defensive registrations of your brand under .at are worth considering — better to own it than to argue about it later.