Country extension · Hungary
.hu domain name
Register or transfer your .hu with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .hu and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .hu
- Country
- Hungary
- Registry
- nic.hu
- Registration period
- 1 to 2 years
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 16 working days
- Transfer time
- 21 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 5
- Quarantine after deletion
- 45 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: yesIf you don't meet the local address requirement, you can use a trustee service.
Requirements
Who can register a .hu?
- You can only register a .hu domain if you, as an individual or organisation, are based in or belong to a country in the EU, the EEA, EFTA or a country neighbouring Hungary. This includes the Netherlands and Belgium.
- The permitted countries include Andorra, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
- If you live or are based in another country, you can still register a .hu domain through a trustee service.
- You need a Hungarian trade mark or an EU trade mark, and the domain name must match the trade mark name.
- The administrative contact must live or be based in Hungary. If you're a registrant outside the EU or don't have a Hungarian contact, you can use a local address through a trustee service.
- You must use your full name. The registry rejects abbreviated names such as M. Jansen, as well as privacy protection.
- The registrant and the administrative contact must contain the name of a real person. Generic names such as Domain Management aren't allowed.
- If the registrant is an organisation, the administrative contact must also be an organisation. An individual can only be the administrative contact if they're the registrant themselves.
- The domain name is automatically checked against the applicable technical naming rules. You can check this yourself beforehand at https://info.domain.hu/webregcheck/en.
- The registry can cancel a domain if the nameservers aren't set up correctly.
- You can find more information about the registration conditions on the registry's website: http://www.domain.hu/domain/English/szabalyzat/szabalyzat.html
Additional details for registration
- Your full first name and surname, without abbreviations.
- If you're registering as an organisation, the legal form must be included in the organisation name.
- If you live or are based in the EU, you must provide the number of your identity card or passport. For an organisation, this is the number of the legal representative.
- If an organisation from the EU registers the domain, the VAT number is also required.
Documents
- If your registrant details need correcting after registration, WebOké will ask you to provide the necessary documents.
Good to know when registering
- Every registration is charged in full, even if it fails. Refunds aren't possible.
- After you submit your application, there's a waiting period while the registry processes the domain.
- A new domain is published for 8 days at https://www.domain.hu/domain-announcement/. If no objection is received during that period, the domain is assigned to you.
- The registry sends you confirmation emails directly: one for each newly created contact, up to a maximum of two, and one to confirm your email address and accept the terms and conditions.
- You must approve all confirmation emails to complete the registration. The links are valid for 30 days, so check your spam folder too.
- If the registry stops the application because of incorrect details, or if you don't confirm the emails or the terms and conditions, you can only register again after 14 to 15 days.
Transfer
Transferring a .hu
- Transferring a .hu domain is handled manually. WebOké requests the transfer for you and tells you the costs in advance.
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Owner
Change of registrant
- A change of registrant is handled manually. WebOké arranges the request for you and lets you know in advance what it costs.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.hu
- Dispute resolution policy domain.hu
- Registry terms and conditions domain.hu
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.