EU.org
nic.eu.org · Domains and DNS · 1 record · JSON
EU.org Domains and DNS
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| Free tier | a free registrable subdomain under .eu.org, renewed at no cost unit objects; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Per-object cap | no record count is published; the cap is the review, not a number |
| Retention | renewal is free and the domain persists while it is renewed and used |
| Egress | no query cap published |
| Identity | email email plus a manual review |
| Limits |
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| Binding | write-gated |
| Interface | rest a web form; delegation is by nameserver, so the zone itself lives wherever you point it |
| Tooling | the nic.eu.org web form, then your own DNS provider |
| Composes with | a free domain that can be a Cloudflare zone, which is the only free option in this set that can |
| Reliability | the operator is a volunteer organisation and the review queue is the service |
| Notes | The gate is a person, not a number: a manual validation with no published queue length or approval rate. That is a discretionary throttle, and a design that depends on it has no ceiling to plan against. |
| Evidence rung | documented the registration page was read today and states the human validation step. |
| Checked | 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-22 |
Evidence (2)
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | nic.eu.org/register.html | the six-step registration process, whose step 6 is 'Wait for an e-mail reply indicating that your request has been validated. This step requires human intervention and can take a few days.' |
| 2026-10-22 | nic.eu.org/policy.html | the general policy: small commercial sites are accepted but 'VERY STRONGLY' asked to reserve a domain at an ICANN-accredited registrar instead |