Search .AQ domain availability and review eligibility before planning an Antarctica-related domain. .AQ is a restricted ccTLD for qualifying Antarctic Treaty organizations, research teams, expeditions, or applicants with documented physical presence in Antarctica.
Not sure whether .AQ fits your project? Review .AQ eligibility notes first, or search alternative domains in bulk.
A .AQ domain is not a normal open-registration domain. It is useful only when the applicant has a real Antarctica connection and can support that connection with the documentation required by the registry. NiceNIC helps customers check availability, understand restrictions, prepare domain plans, and choose suitable alternatives when .AQ is not the right fit.
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NiceNIC does not take arbitrary action against domains. Abuse reports are reviewed based on available evidence, policies, and registry requirements, with domain owners guided to review, fix, or explain reported issues where appropriate.
Manage .AQ together with 2,500+ domain extensions from one NiceNIC account, including country-code, generic, and new domain extensions. This helps businesses, investors, and resellers build global domain coverage more efficiently.
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.AQ is the country-code top-level domain for Antarctica. IANA lists Antarctica Network Information Centre Limited as the ccTLD manager, and public policy references describe .AQ as a restricted extension for eligible Antarctic Treaty-related organizations or registrants with a physical presence in Antarctica. DomainTools shows a current .AQ count snapshot of 106 domains, making .AQ a highly specialized domain space rather than a mass-market extension.
DomainTools current TLD-count snapshot for .AQ.
.AQ share of 392.5M total domain registrations.
Total domain registrations across all TLDs in Q1 2026.
This chart compares .COM with major domain categories using Q1 2026 domain-name-base data and separately lists the .AQ count snapshot for visibility. .AQ is part of the ccTLD category and is not added outside the total market.
The main question is not whether .AQ looks unique. The real question is whether the registrant has a legitimate Antarctica connection and can support the application with acceptable documentation.
.AQ is best suited to qualified Antarctic research, expedition, infrastructure, or treaty-related use cases rather than general branding.
Public policy references state that a signed letter from the officer in charge of the base or expedition may be required to support the application.
If eligibility is uncertain, a broader TLD may be easier to register, renew, transfer, and manage for a public-facing project.
Reliable public historical growth data for .AQ is limited. This snapshot compares .AQ with selected restricted, special-purpose, or geographically specific TLD count snapshots to show relative scale without inventing growth.
No verified public premium .AQ completed-sale examples were found with both an exact domain name and a confirmed amount available for this module. Private transfers, registry allocations, forum anecdotes, asking prices, and incomplete references are not used as completed-sale data.
.AQ can be appropriate for qualified Antarctic operations, but many organizations still need a practical domain plan for public communication, DNS, email, redirects, and long-term management.
Review whether your project has the documented Antarctica connection needed for a .AQ application.
Prepare documentation early if the domain is tied to a base, field project, installation, or short-term visit.
Help clients avoid choosing .AQ only for novelty when eligibility or long-term management may be difficult.
Use API and bulk tools for supported TLDs, while treating restricted TLDs such as .AQ as manual-review cases.
If you already own .AQ domains elsewhere, transfer decisions should not be based only on one renewal invoice. Check transfer eligibility, ownership access, billing reliability, support response time, API needs, and long-term domain management.
Paste multiple .AQ names, remove duplicates, review the count, and continue to bulk registration. This is useful for domain investors, brand teams, agencies, hosting providers, and resellers.
Enter one name per line, with or without .AQ. The tool removes duplicates and prepares a clean list for bulk registration.
If your business sells hosting, websites, SaaS, agency services, or brand protection packages, NiceNIC reseller APIs can support domain registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, and account management.
# NiceNIC API v2 endpoint
# Applies to supported domain extensions, including .com, .net, .org, ccTLDs, and new gTLDs
https://api.nicenic.net/v2/
# Required headers
Authorization: username:api_secret
Content-Type: application/json
# Check domain availability across multiple extensions
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=check&domains=example.com,example.net,mybrand.org" \
-H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
# Get registration / renewal / transfer pricing for any supported extension
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=get_price&domain=example.com&type=register&year=1" \
-H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
# Change the domain value to query another TLD:
# example.com, example.net, example.org, example.ai, example.co
# Standard response format
{
"code": 0,
"msg": "success",
"data": {}
}
Short answers for buyers and domain managers who need to confirm .AQ eligibility, documentation, transfer limitations, bulk search, or reseller/API support before continuing.
No. .AQ is a restricted Antarctica ccTLD. Public policy references state that eligible applicants are normally government organizations that are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty or registrants with a physical presence in Antarctica. Before using the .AQ search box, make sure your project has a real eligibility basis.
Public policy references state that physical presence may include unattended installations owned or operated by the registrant, or short-term visits to Antarctica by the registrant or its employees. A signed letter from the officer in charge of the base or expedition may be required.
Usually not, unless the business has a real Antarctica connection and can document eligibility. If you only want a memorable brand domain, it is safer to use bulk domain search to compare other available extensions.
Yes. You can enter one name to check .AQ availability, or use bulk domain search to compare the same name across other TLDs if .AQ eligibility is uncertain.
.AQ may not follow the same standard registrar-transfer process used by open gTLDs. If you already manage a .AQ domain, review current registry requirements first, then contact NiceNIC support through the domain transfer page if transfer or account-management help is needed.
Public policy references indicate that .AQ does not have a normal public website or WHOIS service in the same way many open TLDs do. For other extensions, you can review NiceNIC domain privacy options where privacy protection is supported.
Yes. NiceNIC supports automated crypto deposit/payment options for supported assets such as USDT, BTC, ETH, and LTC. Availability of any specific TLD service still depends on registry rules and eligibility requirements.
Yes. NiceNIC supports bulk domain management, reseller API integration, DNS management, SSL, and business email. For restricted TLDs such as .AQ, eligibility and registry policy should be reviewed before promising registration to end customers.
Register a new .AQ, transfer an existing domain, or upgrade your account level for bulk registration and reseller API use.
