How much does it cost to register a .it domain?
Registering a .it domain costs around EUR 4.87 in the first year under Italian registrars' promotions, but the annual renewal at list price is EUR 14.63 including VAT — and that is the figure to budget for.
Verifiable answer
Registering a .it domain costs around EUR 4.87 in the first year under Italian registrars' promotions, but the annual renewal at list price is EUR 14.63 including VAT — and that is the figure to budget for.
- How much does it cost to register a .it domain?
- €14.63 / year
- €4.87 – €15.74
- Italy
- 31 July 2026
- Confidence: High
- Registration of the domain name for twelve months; DNS record management, included by both registrars checked; Annual renewal at list price, around EUR 14.63 including VAT; Redirects to another address, included in the basic service
- Hosting or web space, a different service with a different cost; Mailboxes on the domain, usually sold as a separate package; An SSL certificate, if the hosting does not include one; Privacy or registration-data protection services where they are charged; Transferring the domain to another registrar, where a fee applies
- Whether you are in the first year or at renewal; The registrar you choose, which sets the end-user price freely; The extension: .it, .com, .eu and .net have different list prices; Whether the domain is bundled with hosting or mailboxes; Whether you are a private individual paying VAT or a business reclaiming it; The registration term chosen, where the registrar allows more than one year
- 3 sources
Official price versus real cost
Official price
€4.87
/ year
Difference+€9.76 (+200%)
Real cost
€14.63
€4.87 – €15.74
The price a .it domain is advertised at, EUR 4.87 gross, and the price actually paid to keep it, EUR 14.63 gross a year, sit on the same vendor page. Nothing is hidden in the strict sense: what there is, is a choice about how to communicate. The first year is an acquisition price, the renewal is the price of the service, and the gap is about ten euro a year, indefinitely. It matters because a domain is not a one-off purchase: it is needed for as long as the site, the mailboxes attached to it and the links pointing at that address exist. Budgeting a project on the advertised price understates it by roughly 200 per cent from the second year onwards. The same mechanism, in a more aggressive form, sits behind offers that give the domain away with hosting: there the promotion is not really about ten euro of domain, it is there to sell a service that costs far more at renewal.
Short answer
A .it domain is advertised at its first-year price and renewed at roughly three times as much: this guide separates the entry price from the recurring cost, the only one that matters if the site is to stay online.
A domain is the smallest expense of a website and the one people miscalculate most often, because almost every registrar quotes the first-year price rather than the renewal. The .it extension, run by Italy's national registry, cannot be bought directly: you register it through an accredited intermediary, and it is that intermediary — not the registry — who sets the end-user price. So there is no single tariff, but the Italian market range is narrow and checkable. The country's largest registrar lists EUR 11.99 plus VAT a year and, on its own sales page, offers the first year at EUR 3.99 plus VAT. A second provider lists EUR 12.90 a year, with the first year waived when bundled with hosting. Net of promotions, then, keeping a .it online costs between roughly EUR 14 and 16 a year with VAT. Anyone who budgets a project on the advertised price discovers the difference twelve months later, when the renewal arrives at about three times what they paid the first time.
What is included
- Registration of the domain name for twelve months
- DNS record management, included by both registrars checked
- Annual renewal at list price, around EUR 14.63 including VAT
- Redirects to another address, included in the basic service
What is not included
- Hosting or web space, a different service with a different cost
- Mailboxes on the domain, usually sold as a separate package
- An SSL certificate, if the hosting does not include one
- Privacy or registration-data protection services where they are charged
- Transferring the domain to another registrar, where a fee applies
How the price breaks down
| Item | Type | Frequency | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| First year on promotionEUR 3.99 plus VAT, that is EUR 4.87 gross, is the price a .it domain is advertised at. It applies once and never to the renewal. | Optional | one-off | €4.87 |
| Annual .it renewalEUR 11.99 plus VAT on the list, that is EUR 14.63 gross every twelve months. This is the number that matters, because a domain is needed for as long as the site or mailbox stays alive. | Compulsory | per year | €14.63 |
| Alternative: annual .com renewalEUR 14.99 plus VAT, that is EUR 18.29 gross. A .com costs about three euro a year more than a .it and offers nothing extra to anyone addressing only an Italian audience. | Optional | per year | €18.29 |
| Top of the range at another registrarA second Italian provider lists EUR 12.90 a year for a .it domain: with 22 per cent VAT that reaches EUR 15.74, the ceiling of the range we publish. | Optional | per year | €15.74 |
What the price depends on
- Whether you are in the first year or at renewal
- The registrar you choose, which sets the end-user price freely
- The extension: .it, .com, .eu and .net have different list prices
- Whether the domain is bundled with hosting or mailboxes
- Whether you are a private individual paying VAT or a business reclaiming it
- The registration term chosen, where the registrar allows more than one year
Hidden costs
- Automatic renewal at list price: the second year costs about three times the first and arrives without any announcement
- A free first year in exchange for buying hosting, which ties the domain to a service far more expensive than the domain itself
- The gap between net and gross: registrars quote VAT-exclusive prices and a private individual pays 22 per cent more
- Defensive registration of several extensions, .it and .com together, which doubles a recurring cost for an often theoretical benefit
- Recovering a domain that lapsed by oversight, which goes through special procedures rather than the ordinary renewal
Three realistic scenarios
Economy scenario
€4.87
First year of a .it domain bought on promotion from an Italian registrar: EUR 3.99 plus VAT. It is the entry price, and it applies once.
Typical scenario
€14.63
Annual renewal of the same .it domain at list price: EUR 11.99 plus VAT. This is the figure that repeats every twelve months for as long as the site is online.
Premium scenario
€33
Registering both the .it and the .com to protect a name means two renewals: EUR 14.63 plus 18.29 a year, nearly EUR 33 recurring for a single project.
How to spend less
- Budget on the renewal price, not the first-year one: the renewal is what you pay every twelve months for as long as the site exists.
- If your audience is Italian, stay on .it: a .com costs about three euro a year more at list price and brings no advantage.
- Be wary of offers that waive the domain in exchange for hosting: check what that hosting costs at renewal before accepting.
- Register a single extension until the project has value worth defending: each extra extension is a recurring cost, not a one-off.
- Turn on auto-renewal and keep the card current: recovering a lapsed domain costs far more than renewing it.
- If you are a private individual, always add 22 per cent to the registrar's quoted price, which excludes VAT.
Frequently asked questions
Why is a .it domain cheap in year one and much dearer from year two?
Because registrars use the first year as an acquisition price and the renewal as the real price of the service. Italy's largest registrar shows both figures on the same page: EUR 3.99 plus VAT to register and EUR 11.99 plus VAT to renew. This is not a buried clause, it is a presentation choice: the price shown large is the one you pay once, and the one you pay forever sits next to it in smaller type.
Who sets the price of a .it domain?
Not the registry that runs the extension, but the accredited registrar you register through. A .it cannot be bought straight from the registry: it goes through an intermediary who sets the end-user price freely. That is why there is no single tariff but a market range, which among the Italian registrars checked for this guide sits between EUR 14 and 16 a year including VAT for the renewal.
Is a .it or a .com better value?
If your audience is Italian, the .it. It costs less at list price — EUR 11.99 plus VAT against 14.99 at the same registrar — and it is the extension an Italian user expects to find. A .com makes sense when the project also targets other countries, or when the name is already taken in .it. Registering both out of caution doubles a recurring cost, so it is worth it only when the name has commercial value worth defending.
Do registrar prices include VAT?
No. Italian registrars publish VAT-exclusive prices, because their typical customer is a business or a professional who reclaims it. A private individual pays 22 per cent more: the EUR 11.99 list price becomes EUR 14.63 in practice, and the EUR 3.99 first year becomes EUR 4.87. The figures in this guide are already gross, precisely so that they represent what actually leaves your account.
What happens if I forget to renew the domain?
The domain stops working, and with it the site and any mailboxes attached to it. Before it becomes available again it passes through suspension and redemption phases that registrars handle with special procedures, generally costlier than an ordinary renewal. Given that the annual cost is around fifteen euro and the damage of a missed deadline is the disappearance of your address, auto-renewal with a valid card is the sensible option.
Does the domain include the website and email?
No: the domain is only the name. The registrars checked include DNS record management and redirects in the price, meaning you can point that name wherever you like, but the web space where the site lives and the mailboxes on your domain are separate services with their own costs. Many offers bundle them, in which case it pays to look at what each piece costs at renewal rather than at the discounted first-year total.
Sources and methodology
How we worked it out
We treated separately two numbers that registrars present together: the promotional first-year price and the list price, which is the renewal. Both come from the same company, Italy's main registrar, and from two of its different pages — the price list, which states it excludes VAT and ignores promotions, and the registration page, which shows both figures side by side. To avoid publishing one vendor's commercial policy, we compared that list with a second Italian registrar, which quotes EUR 12.90 a year for .it: the range holds. Amounts in this guide are gross, that is with 22 per cent VAT, because that is what a private individual pays, whereas registrars publish net figures. The top of the range is calculated on the second provider's list, which does not state how it handles VAT: we therefore use it as a ceiling rather than as a basis for calculation.
Why this confidence level
High confidence on the recurring cost: the EUR 11.99 plus VAT comes from the official list of Italy's largest registrar, a level-4 source, and is corroborated in order of magnitude by a second provider's list. Confidence is lower on the top of the range, because the second page does not say whether its amounts include VAT: we chose the assumption that is more cautious for the reader, the one that raises the ceiling. The first-year price is promotional by nature and can change at any time, which is why this guide is set for review in two months.
Official price list of Italy's largest registrar: proves EUR 11.99 plus VAT a year for a .it domain and EUR 14.99 for .com, .net and .org
Domini — Listino (opens in a new tab)
Aruba S.p.A. · Official tariff · Verified on 31 July 2026
Page checked on 31 July 2026. The list states explicitly that amounts exclude VAT and ignore current promotions, which makes it the right source for the recurring cost rather than the entry price.
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The sales page showing the first-year promotional price, EUR 3.99 plus VAT for a .it domain, alongside the EUR 11.99 renewal
Registrazione dominio (opens in a new tab)
Aruba S.p.A. · Official tariff · Verified on 31 July 2026
This is the source documenting the gap between advertised and recurring price: the same page states both figures, so the difference is the vendor's own data rather than our reconstruction.
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A second Italian registrar checked to confirm the .it list price is a market range rather than one provider's policy
Domini — Keliweb (opens in a new tab)
Keliweb S.r.l. · Official tariff · Verified on 31 July 2026
It shows a list price of EUR 12.90 a year for .it, 15.90 for .com and 9.90 for .eu, with promotions that waive the first year when bundled with hosting. The page does not state how VAT is treated, so we used this list as the reference for the top of the range rather than as a basis for calculation.
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Revision history
First published on 31 July 2026, with the list and promotional prices of a .it domain verified on the official price list of Italy's largest registrar and compared with a second provider's.
- 31 July 2026
- 31 July 2026
- 30 September 2026
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