Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com?

Re:Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com? by M2Ys4U on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:46AM (#43126452)

Bare in mind that in order to regiser a .eu domain you must be an EU citizen, resident in the EU or your organisation must be established in the EU. (or the EEA - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)

And yes, they will take away domains if you don't continue to meet the requirements - it happened to me (thanks, Brexit).

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Re:Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com? by skwee357 on Friday February 21, 2025 @07:16AM (#43126651)

Thanks, it makes sense, but I somehow missed this requirement. Anyway, my company is registered in the EU.

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Re:Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com? by aborsy on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:49AM (#43126477)

You mean if you change address to outside EU, you can’t keep your eu domain?

They tend to be cheap.

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Re:Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com? by M2Ys4U on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:53AM (#43126498)

Well if you're an EU/EEA citizen it doesn't matter where your address is, but if you're relying on the residency requirement as a non-EU/EEA citizen it might.

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Re:Ask HN: Dot EU domain instead of dot com? by BayesianDice on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:25PM (#43132519)

I (in the UK) used to have a small local restaurant which had a .eu domain. When Brexit was happening, I mentioned this issue to them, and they explained the relevant individual was an EU citizen so they were OK in the short term but they were migrating anyway. (And I see they are now on a .co.uk domain.)

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