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    .ar second-level domains available

    05.10.2019

    NIC Argentina has launched .ar second-level domain registration. Now you can register shorter and easier to remember domains.

    This new ccTLD will be launched in 3 phases:

    Sunrise - until November 9, 2019
    Reserved to the owners of third-level domains registered before the December 1, 2015.
    The registration has to be in the name of the registrant of the corresponding third-level domain: com.ar, org.ar, net.ar.

    "Interest" registration process - from November 25, 2019 until Januar 23, 2020.
    All available domain can be applied by all parties. There are 2 phases: during the first one, the applicant has to apply for the domain and pay a non-refundable fee. In the second phase, the applicant that applied for a domain that has only one request will be able to complete the order paying the registration fees. If there is more than one application for a domain name, there will be a lottery among the applicants of the domain to assing "priority" numbers to make the payment which will be notified by the registry.

    General Availability - until February 23, 2020.
    Any domain can be registered without special requirements. "First come, first served" basis.