Registering a .eu domain takes a few minutes, but some choices you make at the start will matter for years: the name, the holder, the term. Here is how to go about it, step by step.

1. Check you are eligible

.eu is reserved for EU and EEA citizens, residents of the EU or EEA, and businesses and organisations established there. If you’re not sure you qualify, read our guide on who can register a .eu.

2. Choose the name

A good domain is short, easy to say and easy to spell. The technical rules for a .eu name are simple:

  • 2 to 63 characters;
  • letters, numbers and hyphens, with no hyphen at the start or end;
  • accented characters and the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets are allowed.

Before deciding, check the name doesn’t match someone else’s trademark: a domain that infringes a trademark can be challenged.

3. Check availability

Search for the name in the WeRegister panel. If it’s free, you can register it straight away; if it’s taken, the WHOIS tells you which registrar manages it and when it expires.

4. Choose the term and the plan

You can register the domain for 1, 2 or 3 years. Multi-year terms get a permanent discount on the yearly price and reduce the risk of forgetting a renewal. You can take the domain only or add hosting and email with the Starter and Business plans: see the comparison on the pricing page.

5. Enter the registrant

The registrant is the legal holder of the domain. For a business, register it in the company’s name, not an employee’s or the consultant who built the website: if that person leaves, the domain stays with the company. Use an email address you actually read, because that’s where communications about the domain go.

6. Pay and go live

With WeRegister you pay by card or with your RoxPay account balance. As soon as payment is confirmed, the domain is registered with EURid and appears in your panel.

After registration

Three things to do right away:

  • turn on automatic renewal, so the domain doesn’t expire by accident;
  • turn on DNSSEC from the DNS management page to protect the domain from forged DNS answers;
  • set up the email records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) if you’ll use the domain for email.

Ready to start? Go to the .eu domain registration page.