.ac is the ccTLD for the islands of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha but could also be used to stand for accounts, academic or Aachen in Germany, making it a great idea to register this multi-purpose domain for your website.

.acAscension Islands

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.ac Domain Prices

Prices shown in Australian Dollars (AUD) British Pounds (GBP) Danish Krone (DKK) Euros (EUR) New Zealand Dollars (NZD) Swedish Krona (SEK) US Dollars (USD)

Period Registration Renewal
.ac
1 year$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00  
Restrictions
None, Open to all.
Domain Registration Renewal
com.ac International Domain Name Registration .com.ac$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00
None, Open to all.
gov.ac International Domain Name Registration .gov.ac$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00
None, Open to all.
mil.ac International Domain Name Registration .mil.ac$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00
None, Open to all.
net.ac International Domain Name Registration .net.ac$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00
None, Open to all.
org.ac International Domain Name Registration .org.ac$122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00
None, Open to all.

.ac Domain Notes

Note: The registry may classify some domain names as premium domain names if so classfied they will command a higher price.

ac domains include 3rd party fees and maintenance & during the registration period. If you wish to transfer your ac domain away during your registration period you are free do do so without charge. We do not charge an administration fee.

.ac Details

Registry: The registry is Ascension Island Network Information Centre (run by Internet Computer Bureau)

Purpose: Entities connected with Ascension Island

Whois Information: for .ac

Once your .ac domain is registered

Once registered the .ac domain is placed on our international server, provinding an under-construction page for your .ac domain, for as long as required. (This enables a browser of your ac domain to readily identify that it is registered).

We can also supply free of charge.

E-mail redirection.

Web redirection.

Whois Privacy.

and more....

Free transfer away if required. We do not and will not charge release / transfer or administration fees for transferring domains to a different ac domain name registrars. The domain name is yours and not ours, unlike many other companies, "We recognise that fact!"

.ac Registration

.ac domain registration

Prices from as little as: $122.80kr596€80.20£70.10$139.20kr867$75.50R1411.00 for 1 year.

.ac Data Sheet (Domains 101)

Type : .ac
Country : Ascension Islands
Terms & Conditions : http://www.nic.ac/terms.html
IDN Enableda : Yes
Delete Protectionb : No
Super Lockc : No
Domain Recoveryd : Yes
Minimum Renew : 1 year(s)
Maximum Renew : 1 year(s)
Default Registration Period : 1 year(s)
Maxium Registration Period : 1 year(s)
Must be Positively Renewed : 1
Grace Periode : - day(s)
Autorenew Grace Periodf : 1 day(s)
Domain Must be Renewed Before Expiry : No
Transfers are Prohibited forg : 60 day(s)
Redemption Periodh : days
Fee for Recovery From Redemptioni : $
Usage : Entities connected with Ascension Island
Actual Usage : Various uses, sometimes connected to education and academia; a few sites actually on Ascension Island

Notes

a. IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) domains are domains containing non ASCII characters. These are used in languages such as Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French and German.

b. Delete Protection, an extra service provided by us. Once enabled the domain name will only be deleted once it has passed expiry by 1 year - without being renewed - it will then be deleted.

c. Super Lock, Once selected an additional level of security to inter-registrar transfers is enabled; telephone calls and other physical proof of identification will be required to verify the transfer.

d. Our DomainRecovery service can be used if your domain name is accidentally deleted or cancelled by your existing registrar. We can automatically attempt to re-register it. See Domain Recover

e. Grace Period is the number of days following the registration of a domain when the operation may be reversed.

f. Autorenew Grace Period is the number of days following the automatic renewal of a domain when the operation may be reversed. When this number is negative the domain name must be renewed before expiry.

g. During the Transfer Prohibit Period, this is x days after either the initial registration or a transfer to us, domain transfers away from us will not be allowed.

h. Redemption period. Once a domain is deleted at the registry it can remain recoverable for a limited time before it is deleted. This is the redemption period.

i. Redemption Fee. If we are asked to remove a domain from its redemption period, see above. This is the fee we will charge.

Registry Details

.ac is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ascension Island. It is administered by NIC.AC, a subsidiary of the Internet Computer Bureau based in the United Kingdom. Registration for this domain is open to anyone.

.ac is also a second level domain for academic establishments in a number of countries; see .ac (second level).

Registrations of internationalized domain names are accepted according to the following instructions.

Although it is a ccTLD .ac is offered by some domain-brokers as a local TLD for the city of Aachen which happens to have the license plate "AC".

.ac Assignment

How Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assign the .ac domain. IANA is a department of ICANN, a non-profit private American corporation, they oversees IP address allocation, root zone management in the Do main Name System (DNS), and other Internet related symbols and numbers.

.ac Assignment

.ac Information

General information on .ac, the country it represents and its uses.

.ac Information

.ac Renewals

You may renew your .ac domain without logging into your control panel by using our quick and painfree renewal service, or even transfer it into nominate to be renewed if necessary.

.ac Renewals

Other Ascension Islands (ac) Domains:

.ac, .com.ac, .gov.ac, .mil.ac, .net.ac, .org.ac,

Important:

Premium Domain Names

The registry may list some names as a premium domain name, if so this domain will be charged at a higher price than the one listed. We will contact you before completing your order if you order one of these names.

Reserved Names

The registry reserves some names for its own use, and may not mark them as registered. We may only discover this at the time of attempted registration.