Italy uses .it, which requires a local presence to register. Below: who operates each namespace, what its rules actually constrain, the accredited local registrars, and how global registrars compare on price where we hold a sourced figure.
OVHcloud is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in Italy: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .it for sale. Of the 13 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Tophost prints the lowest standing .it price: €8.53 incl. VAT, computed from €6.99 ex. VAT, then OVHcloud at €10.97 incl. VAT, computed from €8.99 ex. VAT; €2.99 first year. Registro.it accredits 893 registrars to sell .it; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .it in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Italy, not a recommendation in it.
Registrars accredited by Registro .it (IIT-CNR)
These 893 companies are accredited by the Italy registry to sell .it. Every figure below is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-29.
Registro .it (IIT-CNR) publishes 893 registrars under contract for .it. Of those, it lists 0 as offering DNSSEC.
We do not reproduce all 893 names here. Any order we printed them in would imply a ranking, and we have tested none of them. The registry's own list is the authority: Registro .it (IIT-CNR) registrar list, read 2026-09-29.
We have not tested any of these registrars, so nothing here carries a price, a score or a ranking. Comparing them on price and service is work we have not done, and saying which is better would be invention.
Which registrars have a Italian site, bill in EUR and sell .it?
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Italy rather than merely to the world from it: an interface in an official language, billing in the local currency, and selling the local namespace. All three must hold. 1 of the 17 registrars below meets all three.
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefronts were read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All prices are in USD" is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, so this is a recorded 'no' on every non-USD currency rather than an absence.
The English storefronts were read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Nine currencies in the selector, which is more than any other registrar tracked here. Whether the card is charged in the selected currency or in USD after a conversion is NOT established: https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/change-currency was read on the same date and says nothing about how charges are made or about an exchange rate. Until that is established these do not pass the currency condition, because the condition exists to protect a buyer from a conversion fee and a display-only currency does not.
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Bills in USD only. "All pricing is per year and in USD." is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, as Porkbun's is; recorded as a 'no' on every non-USD currency.
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The French and English and Spanish storefronts were read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Thirteen currencies in the selector (AU$, R$, CA$, ¥, €, £, ₹, MX$, ₱, ﷼, ฿, ₺, USD $). Whether the card is charged in the selected currency is not established by the page, so none passes the currency condition.
The English storefront was read and Italian was not among them. Language switchers are often rendered in JavaScript, which this read cannot see, so this is not recorded as a "no".
A dash is ignorance, not a failing grade: it means we have not established that condition either way. Several registrars render their language and currency switchers in JavaScript, which the read behind this table cannot see, so we record nothing rather than a false “no”. A currency that appears only in a display selector does not count as billing in that currency, because a converted price charged in dollars is exactly the case this condition exists to catch.
Where to buy a .it: Registro.it-accredited registrars, read from their own storefronts
Registro.it's list of 893 accredited registrars was read in full on 2026-09-29 (36 result pages, with each registrar's own page for its website); the list prints registrar handles such as ARUBA-REG, not company names. Ten storefronts from it plus the IONOS, Hostinger and GoDaddy Italian storefronts were opened in a real browser: Netsons and GoDaddy returned HTTP 403, Serverplan printed no .it price, and Gandi's /it/ address served an English page priced for France. Four pages printed a .it price in euros with its tax treatment, all + IVA; Aruba, Register.it, Keliweb, Shellrent and DominiOK print .it figures without tax wording or without a regular price.
Ordered by the standing .it price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 22% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Ordered by the standing .it price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 22% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
Read, not ranked
A local-language storefront, but no .it price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
AArubaThe .it figure ('.it da 3,99 €*') is a 'from' offer with only an asterisk, no tax wording on that line and no regular or renewal price for .it.
RRegister.itNo figure on the page read is labelled as the .it price, and no list price is printed.
SServerplanNo figure on the page is labelled as the .it price, and no tax wording is shown.
KKeliwebThe .it figures (€ 12.90, free with hosting) carry no tax wording on the page read.
SShellrentThe .it table prints € 4,90 and € 12,99 but no tax wording for the domain prices.
DDominiOKThe page prints .IT at 8.99 € but states no tax treatment.
GGandiThe page read is an English page priced for France ('Prices for France'), not an Italian storefront.
Not read on 2026-09-29: Netsons (HTTP 403 with a 'Ci siamo quasi…' challenge page on 2026-09-29, also on the homepage. Nothing read.); GoDaddy (HTTP 403 Access Denied on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
Operates a Italian-language storefront, which is an official language of Italy. Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com 7,99 € HT", renewal "13,49 € HT"; HT (hors taxes) appears throughout the pricing section. Sells .it, and we hold a sourced price for it.
Ordered by our overall score where a registrar carries one. A registrar we have not tested can meet all three local conditions and is listed for it, without a score and never above a scored one.
does not bill in EUR; does not sell .it; no Italian-language storefront established
Verified .com renewal of $11.08. Not the cheapest .com we verify: Spaceship renews at $10.18, 9% less. Porkbun is the pick here for catalogue breadth, not for price. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default.
Buying a gTLD through an English-language registrar that bills in dollars is a real and common choice, so it is named with the trade stated rather than dropped. It is not a recommendation in Italy: the conditions it misses are in the column above.
Business use, globally
Namecheap
Support channels: 24/7 live chat, ticket support, knowledge base.
Developers, globally
Cloudflare Registrar
Industry-leading anycast DNS with deep developer tooling. Public API documented.
These two are the site’s global picks and are the same on every country page, which is why they are labelled globally and sit outside the table above. Nothing about a registrar’s API or its support channels changes at a border; what does change is language, billing currency and whether it can sell the local namespace, and that is what the eligibility table measures.
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in EUR and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
Registered through Registro.it-accredited registrars; the EU/EEA residency check is enforced.
Namespace map
What you can register under .it
The Public Suffix List records 407 registrable namespaces under .it - too many to print here, and any dozen of them we picked would read as a summary of a list it is not. The list itself is the authority: publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat
Operator: IIT - CNR · .it signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
Verified and sample pricing per registrar for this TLD, with first-year, renewal, ten-year cost and the date each figure was checked
Registrar
First-year
Renewal
10-year cost
WHOIS privacy
Last checked
(verified price)
Spaceship
$9.08
$10.18
$100.70
Free
2026-09-02
(verified price)
Dynadot
$10.88
$10.88
$108.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Porkbun
$11.08
$11.08
$110.80
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
OVHcloud
$9.20
$14.69
$141.41
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
AAmazon Route 53
$16.00
$16.00
$160.00
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-29
(verified price)
NNameSilo
$17.29
$17.29
$172.90
Free
2026-09-28
(verified price)
Namecheap
$11.28
$18.48
$177.60
Free, with exceptions
2026-08-19
(verified price)
Hover
$18.99
$18.99
$189.90
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
(verified price)
NName.com
$12.99
$19.99
$192.90
Available (Whois Privacy) o…
2026-09-28
(verified price)
IONOS
$1.00
$20.00
$181.00
Available; contact data red…
2026-09-29
(verified price)
Gandi
$11.00
$38.38
$356.42
Free, with exceptions
2026-09-28
Compared across the 11 registrars whose .com price we have read ourselves.
Most global registrars price domains in USD; local registrars often invoice in EUR.
Can a registrar we track handle Italy?
.it is sold by 4 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $11.00: more than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18.
At $11.00 a year, .it is 27th of 295 by price among the extensions we verify: $0.82 more than the cheapest verified .com. The local extension is a premium here, not a saving.
Italy ccTLDs and whether a registrar we verify sells each one
ccTLD
Sellers we verify
Cheapest verified renewal
vs cheapest .com
.it
4
$11.00
+$0.82
Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-09-29. The .com reference is the cheapest verified .com renewal ($10.18). "Listed" counts registrars our country notes record as selling the extension without a price we have read ourselves.
What this page does not tell you: how the registrars based in Italy compare. We list 893 of them by name only, no prices, no scores, no hands-on testing, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Euro (EUR), local-language support, or a registry rule requires a local registrar, that is a reason to use one, and comparing them is work we have not done. Italy also applies a local-presence or nexus requirement to at least one of its ccTLDs: see the registry rules above before assuming eligibility.
FAQ
What is the best domain registrar in Italy?+
OVHcloud is the one registrar this site tracks that meets all three local conditions in Italy: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .it for sale. Of the 13 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, Tophost prints the lowest standing .it price: €8.53 incl. VAT, computed from €6.99 ex. VAT, then OVHcloud at €10.97 incl. VAT, computed from €8.99 ex. VAT; €2.99 first year. Registro.it accredits 893 registrars to sell .it; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .it in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Italy, not a recommendation in it.
Do I need a local presence to register a .it domain?+
Restricted to registrants resident in an EU/EEA country, Switzerland, San Marino, or Vatican City.
Which global registrars sell .it?+
Gandi, OVHcloud, Name.com, AWS Route 53. Registered through Registro.it-accredited registrars; the EU/EEA residency check is enforced.
Which currency are domains billed in for users in Italy?+
Most global registrars bill in USD regardless of buyer location. Local registrars typically invoice in Euro (EUR). Local Registro.it (IIT-CNR) registrars bill in EUR. A .com bought at Porkbun, Cloudflare, or Namecheap is billed in USD.
What payment methods work in Italy?+
Local Registro.it (IIT-CNR) registrars bill in EUR. A .com bought at Porkbun, Cloudflare, or Namecheap is billed in USD.
