How to register your .com.ar domain at NIC Argentina

What a domain is, and why .com.ar

The domain is your website's address, like yourbusiness.com.ar. It also lets you have an email address with your business name.

If your customers are in Argentina, a .com.ar tells them right away that you're local. It's registered with NIC Argentina, the official registry for domains ending in .ar.

Before you start

To register one you need:

• A CUIT or CUIL and a Clave Fiscal of level 2 or higher (the same one you use with ARCA)
• To be of legal age
• A credit card, home banking (PagoMisCuentas), or to pay at Rapipago

Ideally, register it in your name or your company's. If whoever builds your website registers it for you, agree in writing that they'll transfer it to you whenever you ask: the domain is yours.

Check it's available

Go to nic.ar, type the name you want, choose the .com.ar zone and click Buscar. If it's free, a "Quiero registrarlo" button appears.

Log in with your Clave Fiscal

Choose to log in with CUIT/CUIL and Clave Fiscal. The process continues in Trámites a Distancia (TAD), the government's platform for online procedures.

Register and confirm

Click Registrar, check the name is spelled right and confirm. Check it twice: once registered, the name can't be changed.

Wait for approval and pay

NIC Argentina reviews the request in about 48 hours. Once approved, a new task appears in TAD under Mis Trámites, Tareas pendientes: choose Pagar from there.

Card and PagoMisCuentas payments are credited within 24 hours; Rapipago within 72 business hours. The fee is published on nic.ar, under Dominios y aranceles.

Connect it to your website

Owning the domain isn't enough: it has to point somewhere. NIC Argentina calls this delegating, and you do it with the details your hosting gives you.

If we build your website, the domain and hosting for the first year are included. If you'd rather register it yourself, in your name, we connect it.

How to choose a good name

A good domain is understood when heard and typed without hesitation. Some ideas:

• Use your business name, the way your customers know it
• Shorter is better: easier to remember and to type on a phone
• Avoid hyphens and numbers if you can: they cause doubts when said out loud
• Careful with ñ and accents: NIC Argentina accepts them, but many people type without them. If you use them, register the unaccented version too
• If the name is taken, add your trade or neighborhood: panaderiarosa.com.ar or rosaciudadjardin.com.ar
• Say it out loud, as if dictating it over the phone. If you have to spell it, look for another
• Make sure it isn't another business's brand. And if you want to protect your name, trademarks are registered separately, at INPI

Don't lose it: renewal

A domain lasts a year and is renewed at NIC Argentina, also through TAD. You can renew from 30 days before it expires.

If you miss it, you have a 45-day grace period to renew without losing it, but in the last 15 days your website and email stop working. NIC Argentina sends two reminder emails and has a Telegram bot for alerts, but keeping track of the expiry date is up to you.