# Registering new domains This section covers the following topics related to registering new domains with Amazon Route 53: 1. [Registering a new domain](domain-register.md): + Learn the step-by-step procedure for registering a new domain using the Route 53 console. + Understand the considerations and prerequisites for domain registration, such as contacting AWS Support for issues, pricing, supported top-level domains (TLDs), and automatic hosted zone creation. 1. [Values that you specify when you register or transfer a domain](domain-register-values-specify.md): + Discover the values you need to provide when registering or transferring a domain, including contact information, privacy protection settings, and automatic renewal options. + Understand the implications of changing certain values, such as the domain owner or registrant email address. 1. [Values that Amazon Route 53 returns when you register a domain](domain-register-values-returned.md): + Learn about the values that Route 53 returns after successful domain registration, including registration date, expiration date, domain status codes, transfer lock status, and name servers. 1. [Viewing the status of a domain registration](domain-view-status.md): + Find out how to view the current status of your domain registration, including the ICANN status codes and any actions required from your end, such as verifying the registrant email address. # Registering a new domain **Register a new domain or update name servers for an existing domain** You can use Amazon Route 53 with domains you register with Route 53, and with domains you have registered with other DNS providers. Depending on your DNS provider, choose one of the following procedures to register and use a new domain with Route 53: + For registering a new domain, see [To register a new domain using Route 53](#domain-register-procedure-section). + For an existing domain, see [Making Amazon Route 53 the DNS service for an existing domainMaking Route 53 the DNS service for an existing domain](MigratingDNS.md). + For moving a domain to another registrar, see [update name servers when you want to use another DNS service](domain-register-other-dns-service.md). **Considerations for domain registration** Before you start, note the following: **Contacting AWS Support** If you encounter issues while registering a domain, you can contact AWS Support for free. For more information, see [Contacting AWS Support about domain registration issues](domain-contact-support.md). **Domain registration pricing** For information about the cost to register domains, see [Amazon Route 53 Pricing for Domain Registration](https://d32ze2gidvkk54.cloudfront.net/Amazon_Route_53_Domain_Registration_Pricing_20140731.pdf). **Supported domains** For a list of supported TLDs, see [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md). **You can't change a domain name after you register it** If you accidentally register the wrong domain name, you can't change it. Instead, you need to register another domain name and specify the correct name. You also can't get a refund for a domain name that you registered accidentally. **AWS credits** You can't use AWS credits to pay the fee for registering a new domain with Route 53. **Special or premium prices** TLD registries have assigned special or premium prices to some domain names. You can't use Route 53 to register a domain that has a special or premium price. **Charges for hosted zones** When you register a domain with Route 53, we automatically create a hosted zone for the domain and charge a small monthly fee for the hosted zone in addition to the annual charge for the domain registration. This hosted zone is where you store information about how to route traffic for your domain, for example, to an Amazon EC2 instance or a CloudFront distribution. If you don't want to use your domain right now, you can delete the hosted zone; if you delete it within 12 hours of registering the domain, there won't be any charge for the hosted zone on your AWS bill. We also charge a small fee for the DNS queries that we receive for your domain. For more information, see [Amazon Route 53 Pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/). **Replacing the hosted zone for a domain** If you create a new hosted zone for a domain, you must also update the name servers for the domain to use the same name servers as the new hosted zone. For details see, [Replacing the hosted zone for a domain that is registered with Route 53](domain-replace-hosted-zone.md) ## To register a new domain using Route 53 **To register a new domain using Route 53** 1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/). 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Domains** and then **Registered domains**. 1. On the **Registered domains** page, choose **Register domains**. 1. In the **Search for domain** section, enter the domain name that you want to register, and choose **Search** to find out whether the domain name is available. If the domain name that you want to register contains characters other than a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and - (hyphen), note the following: + You can enter the name using the applicable characters. You don't need to convert the name to Punycode. + A list of languages appears. Choose the language of the specified name. For example, if you enter příklad ("example" in Czech), choose Czech (CES) or Czech (CZE). **Note** For languages that have more than one code, you might need to try both of them. Even though CES and CZE are synonymous, some TLD registries support only one or the other. For information about how to specify characters other than a-z, 0-9, and - (hyphen) and how to specify internationalized domain names, see [DNS domain name format](DomainNameFormat.md). If the domain you entered is available, it will be displayed, if not, similar domains will be displayed as suggestions. You can choose up to five domains to register. The domains you select appear in the **Selected domains** list. 1. To register more domains, repeat steps 3a through 3b. 1. Choose **Proceed to checkout**. 1. On the **Pricing** page, choose the number of years that you want to register the domain for and whether you want us to automatically renew your domain registration before the expiration date. **Note** Domain name registrations and renewals are not refundable. If you enable automatic domain renewal and you decide that you don't want the domain name after we renew the registration, you can't get a refund for the cost of the renewal. Choose **Next**. 1. On the **Contact information** page, enter contact information for the domain registrant, admin, tech, and billing contacts. The values that you enter here are applied to all of the domains that you're registering. For more information, see [Values that you specify when you register or transfer a domain](domain-register-values-specify.md). **Important** The contact you list as the registrant during domain registration will have certain rights as the Registered Name Holder of the domain name, under the [ICANN Transfer Policy](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2016-06-01-en). Most domains will be deleted upon closure of your AWS account (for more information, see [My AWS account is closed or permanently closed, and my domain is registered with Route 53](troubleshooting-account-closed.md)), however if a domain remains in a closed account, the contact you listed as the registrant may have the ability to request a transfer of the domain name to an external registrar. Therefore, it is important that the registrant contact you list is either yourself or another person you trust to act responsibly. Note the following considerations: **First Name and Last Name** For **First Name** and **Last Name**, we recommend that you specify the name on your official ID. For some changes to domain settings, some domain registries require that you provide proof of identity. The name on your ID must match the name of the registrant contact for the domain. **Different contacts** By default, we use the same information for all three contacts. If you want to enter different information for one or more contacts, change the value of **Same as registrant contact** toggle switch to off position. For .it domains, the registrant and administrative contacts must be the same. For .jp domains, the technical and administrative contacts must be the same. **Multiple domains** If you're registering more than one domain, we use the same contact information for all of the domains. **Additional required information** For some top-level domains (TLDs), we're required to collect additional information. For these TLDs, enter the applicable values after the **Postal/Zip Code** field. **Privacy protection** Choose whether you want to hide your contact information from WHOIS queries. You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, technical, and billing contacts. For more information, see the following topics: + [Enabling or disabling privacy protection for contact information for a domain](domain-privacy-protection.md) + [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md) To enable privacy protection for .uk, .co.uk, .me.uk, and .org.uk domains, you must open a support case and request privacy protection. Choose **Next**. 1. On the **Review** page, review the information that you entered, and optionally correct it, read the terms of service, and select the check box to confirm that you've read the terms of service. Choose **Submit**. 1. In the navigation pane, choose **Domains** and then **Requests**. On this page you can view the status of domain and also if you need to respond to registrant contact verification email. You can also choose to resend the verification email. If you specified an email address for the registrant contact that has never been used to register a domain with Route 53, some TLD registries require you to verify that the address is valid. We send a verification email from one of the following email addresses: + **noreply@registrar.amazon** – for TLDs registered by Amazon Registrar. + **noreply@domainnameverification.net** or **noreply@emailverification.info** – for TLDs registered by our registrar associate, Gandi. To determine who the registrar is for your TLD, see [Finding your registrar](find-your-registrar.md). **Important** The registrant contact must follow the instructions in the email to verify that the email was received, or we must suspend the domain as required by ICANN. When a domain is suspended, it's not accessible on the internet. 1. When you receive the verification email, choose the link in the email that verifies that the email address is valid. If you don't receive the email immediately, check your junk email folder. 1. Return to the **Requests** page. If the status doesn't automatically update to say **email-address is verified**, refresh the browser. 1. When domain registration is complete, your next step depends on whether you want to use Route 53 or another DNS service as the DNS service for the domain: + **Route 53** – In the hosted zone that Route 53 created when you registered the domain, create records to tell Route 53 how you want to route traffic for the domain and subdomains. For example, when someone enters your domain name in a browser and that query is forwarded to Route 53, do you want Route 53 to respond to the query with the IP address of a web server in your data center or with the name of an ELB load balancer? For more information, see [Working with records](rrsets-working-with.md). **Important** If you create records in a hosted zone other than the one that Route 53 creates automatically, you must update the name servers for the domain to use the name servers for the new hosted zone. + **Another DNS service** – Configure your new domain to route DNS queries to the other DNS service. Perform the procedure [Updating name servers to use another registrar](domain-register-other-dns-service.md). # Values that you specify when you register or transfer a domain **Note** We've updated the domains console for Route 53. During the transition period, you can continue to use the old console, or use the new console. Most of the information returned by Route 53 is the same for both consoles. The differences are noted in the following list. When you register a domain or transfer domain registration to Amazon Route 53, you specify the values that are described in this topic. **Note** If you're registering more than one domain, Route 53 uses the values that you specify for all of the domains that are in your shopping cart. You can also change values for a domain that is currently registered with Route 53. Note the following: + If you change contact information for the domain, we send an email notification to the registrant contact about the change. This email comes from noreply@registrar.amazon. For most changes, the registrant contact is not required to respond. + For changes to contact information that also constitutes a change in ownership, we send the registrant contact an additional email. ICANN requires that the registrant contact confirms receiving the email. For more information, see **First Name, Last Name** and **Organization** later in this section. For more information about changing settings for an existing domain, see [Updating domain settings](domain-update-settings.md). **Values that you specify** + [My Registrant, Administrative, and Technical contacts are all the same](#same-contacts-field) + [Contact Type](#contact-type-field) + [First Name, Last Name](#first-last-field) + [Organization](#organization-field) + [Email](#email-field) + [Phone](#phone-field) + [Address 1](#address-1-field) + [Address 2](#address-2-field) + [Country](#country-field) + [State](#state-field) + [City](#city-field) + [Postal/Zip Code](#postal-code-field) + [Fields for selected top-level domains](#tld-fields) + [Privacy Protection](#privacy-field) + [Auto-renew](#auto-renew-field) **Same as the registrant contact** Specifies whether you want to use the same contact information for the registrant of the domain, the administrative contact, and the technical contact. **Contact Type** Category for this contact. Note the following: + If you choose an option other than **Person**, you must enter an organization name. + For some TLDs, the privacy protection available depends on the value that you choose for **Contact Type**. For the privacy protection settings for your TLD, see [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md). + For .es domains, the value of **Contact Type** must be **Person** for all three contacts. **First Name, Last Name** The first and last names of the contact. For **First Name** and **Last Name**, we recommend that you specify the name on your official ID. For some changes to domain settings, you must provide proof of identity, and the name on your ID must match the name of the registrant contact for the domain. If you're transferring a domain to Route 53 and the following are true, then you're changing the owner of the domain: + The contact type is **Person**. + You're changing the **First Name** and/or **Last Name** fields for the registrant contact from the current settings. In that case, ICANN requires that we email the registrant contact to get approval. We send email from one of the following email addresses: **** [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-register-values-specify.html) To determine who the registrar is for your TLD, see [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md). The registrant contact must follow the instructions in the email to confirm that the email was received, or we must suspend the domain as required by ICANN. When a domain is suspended, it's not accessible on the internet. If you change the email address of the registrant contact, this email is sent to the former email address and the new email address for the registrant contact. Some TLD registrars charge a fee for changing the domain owner. When you change one of these values, the Route 53 console displays a message that tells you whether there is a fee. **Organization** The organization that is associated with the contact, if any. For the registrant and administrative contacts, this is typically the organization that is registering the domain. For the technical contact, this might be the organization that manages the domain. When the contact type is any value except **Person** and you change the **Organization** field for the registrant contact, you change the owner of the domain. ICANN requires that we email the registrant contact to get approval. We send email from one of the following email addresses: **** [\[See the AWS documentation website for more details\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-register-values-specify.html) To determine who the registrar is for your TLD, see [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md). If you change the email address of the registrant contact, this email is sent to the former email address and the new email address for the registrant contact. Some TLD registrars charge a fee for changing the domain owner. When you change the value of **Organization**, the Route 53 console displays a message that tells you whether there is a fee. **Email** The email address for the contact. If you change the email address for the registrant contact, we send a notification email to the former email address and the new email address. This email comes from noreply@registrar.amazon. **Phone** The phone number for the contact: + If you're entering a phone number for locations in the United States or Canada, enter **1** in the first field and the 10-digit area code and phone number in the second field. + If you're entering a phone number for any other location, enter the country code in the first field, and enter the rest of the phone number in the second field. For a list of phone country codes, see the Wikipedia article [List of country calling codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes). **Address 1** The street address for the contact. **Address 2** Additional address information for the contact, for example, apartment number or mail stop. **Country** The country for the contact. **State** The state or province for the contact, if any. **City** The city for the contact. **Postal/Zip Code** The postal or zip code for the contact. **Fields for selected top-level domains** The following top-level domains (TLDs) require that you specify additional values: + .com.au and .net.au + .ca + .es + .fi + .fr + .it + .ru + .se + .sg + .co.uk, .me.uk, .org.uk, and .uk In addition, many TLDs require a VAT identification number. For information about valid values, see [ExtraParam](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_domains_ExtraParam.html) in the *Amazon Route 53 API Reference*. **Privacy Protection** Whether you want to conceal your contact information from WHOIS queries. If you select **Turn on privacy protection** (new console) or **Hide contact information** (old console), WHOIS ("who is") queries will return contact information for the registrar or the value "Protected by policy." You must specify the same privacy setting for the administrative, registrant, technical, and billing contacts. If you select **Don't hide contact information**, you'll get more email spam at the email address that you specified. Anyone can send a WHOIS query for a domain and get back all of the contact information for that domain. The WHOIS command is available in many operating systems, and it's also available as a web application on many websites. Although there are legitimate users for the contact information associated with your domain, the most common users are spammers, who target domain contacts with unwanted email and bogus offers. In general, we recommend that you choose **Hide contact information** for **Privacy Protection**. To enable or disable privacy protection for some domains, you must open a support case and request privacy protection. For more information about privacy protection, see the following topics: + [Enabling or disabling privacy protection for contact information for a domain](domain-privacy-protection.md) + [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md) **Auto Renew (Only available when editing domain settings)** Whether you want Route 53 to automatically renew the domain before it expires. The registration fee is charged to your AWS account. On the old console this setting is only available when editing domain settings. For more information, see [Renewing registration for a domain](domain-renew.md). If you disable automatic renewal, registration for the domain will not be renewed when the expiration date passes, and you might lose control of the domain name. The period during which you can renew a domain name varies by top-level domain (TLD). For an overview about renewing domains, see [Renewing registration for a domain](domain-renew.md). For information about extending domain registration for a specified number of years, see [Extending the registration period for a domain](domain-extend.md). # Values that Amazon Route 53 returns when you register a domain When you register your domain with Amazon Route 53, Route 53 returns the following values in addition to the values that you specified. **Registered on** The date on which the domain was originally registered with Route 53. **Expires on** The date and time on which the current registration period expires, in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The registration period is typically one year, although the registries for some top-level domains (TLDs) have longer registration periods. For the registration and renewal period for your TLD, see [Domains that you can register with Amazon Route 53](registrar-tld-list.md). For most TLDs, you can extend the registration period by up to ten years. For more information, see [Extending the registration period for a domain](domain-extend.md). **Domain name status code** The current status of the domain. ICANN, the organization that maintains a central database of domain names, has developed a set of domain name status codes (also known as EPP status codes) that tell you the status of a variety of operations on a domain name. For example, registering a domain name, transferring a domain name to another registrar, renewing the registration for a domain name, and so on. All registrars use this same set of status codes. For a current list of domain name status codes and an explanation of what each code means, go to the [ICANN website](https://www.icann.org/) and search for **epp status codes**. (Search on the ICANN website; web searches sometimes return an old version of the document.) **Transfer lock** Whether the domain is locked to reduce the possibility of someone transferring your domain to another registrar without your permission. If the domain is locked, the value of **Transfer Lock** is **On**. If the domain is not locked, the value is **Off**. **Auto renew** Whether Route 53 will automatically renew the registration for this domain shortly before the expiration date. **Authorization code** The code that is required if you want to transfer registration of this domain to another registrar. An authorization code is only generated when you request it. For information about transferring a domain to another registrar, see [Transferring a domain from Amazon Route 53 to another registrar](domain-transfer-from-route-53.md). **Name servers** The Route 53 servers that respond to DNS queries for this domain. We recommend that you don't delete Route 53 name servers. For information about adding, changing, or deleting name servers, see [Adding or changing name servers and glue records for a domain](domain-name-servers-glue-records.md). # Viewing the status of a domain registration ICANN, the organization that maintains a central database of domain names, has developed a set of domain name status codes (also known as EPP status codes) that tell you the status of a variety of operations, for example, registering a domain name, transferring a domain name to another registrar, renewing the registration for a domain name, and so on. All registrars use this same set of status codes. To view the status code for your domains, perform the following procedure. **To view the ICANN status code of a domain** 1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/). 1. In the navigation pane, expand **Domains** and choose **Registered Domains**. 1. Select the linked name of your domain. 1. If you need to take an action, such as resending the verification email to the registrant contact, a banner on top of the page will indicate the action you need to take. 1. For the current status of your domain, see the value of the **Domain status code** field. For a current list of domain name status codes and an explanation of what each code means, go to the [ICANN website](https://www.icann.org/) and search for **epp status codes**. (Search on the ICANN website; web searches sometimes return an old version of the document.) You can also view the status of the registration on the **Requests** page. **To view the registration status** 1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Route 53 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/). 1. In the navigation pane, expand **Domains** and choose **Requests**. 1. On the **Requests** page, you can view the registration status, and additionally the status of any other actions, such as deleting domains, ,locking domain transfers, adding or deleting DNSSEC keys, you have taken on domains, Any action you might have to take to complete a process, such as verifying your email, is also listed. 1. To respond to an action request, select the radio-button next to the domain name and then select the action from the **Action** drop-down.