What the .ae registry asks of anyone registering a name, rule by rule, with the source of each statement and the date we read it.
What the .ae registry requires
The registry: aeDA
The .ae is run by the .ae Domain Administration (.aeDA), part of the TDRA, the UAE's telecommunications and digital government regulator. The registry sets the rules; ServOrbit registers your .ae through a partner registrar.
Source: aeDA registration policy, read on 13 October 2026.
Open to any registrant
Individual or company, wherever you are based: registering directly under .ae requires neither a presence in the UAE nor a local administrative contact.
Source: aeDA policy, read on 13 October 2026; registry conditions read every night from our partner registrar.
No supporting documents
No documents to provide and no prior validation: your order follows the same path as for any extension without conditions.
Source: aeDA policy, read on 13 October 2026; registry conditions read every night from our partner registrar.
First come, first served
The registry allocates each name to the first applicant. Check availability before you build a brand, a logo or a campaign on a name.
Source: aeDA policy, read on 13 October 2026.
.co.ae is not offered
A .co.ae requires a UAE trade license or a trademark registered in the UAE. ServOrbit does not offer it: your name is registered directly under .ae.
Source: aeDA policy, read on 13 October 2026.
A .ae WHOIS that reads the registry
The .ae registry does not publish an RDAP service, but it has a public WHOIS. Our .ae WHOIS queries it and keeps only the registrar, the status and the name servers: the names of the registrant and their contacts are never shown.
Source: IANA RDAP bootstrap registry (no service for .ae) and the registry's WHOIS (whois.aeda.net.ae), read on 28 October 2026.
Check whether your .ae is available
What this page does not tell you
Whether a given name is free, reserved or sold at a premium price: the domain search tells you, at the moment you search.
The registry can change its rules. Each rule is dated from the day we read it; where anything differs, the registry's own text prevails.
Ready to register your .ae?
The price and availability are on the extension's page, read from the current catalogue.