Annual maintenance fee for .ro domain


Who is RoTLD?

RoTLD registry operated by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics - ICI Bucharest, is the Top Level Domain manager for .ro associated to Romania. For easier maintenance and to promote competivity, RoTLD operates via accredited partners named registrars.

Annual maintenance fee

The registration and annual maintenance fee for ".ro" domain names will enter into effect on March 1st, 2018 according to RoTLD, the ".ro" registry.

Domains registered before March 1st, 2018 will receive 5 years validity before switching to yearly fee.

All domains registered before the year 2014 will expire in the year 2018 according to the following schedule:

Registration month Expire date Example
in Jan or Feb same day in Jun 2018 Jan 20th, 2011 will expire on Jun 20th, 2018
in Mar or Apr same day in Jul 2018 Mar 15, 2013 will expire on Jul 15, 2018
in May or Jun same day in Aug 2018 Jun 22nd, 2013 will expire on Aug 22nd, 2018
in Jul or Aug same day in Sep 2018 Jul 4th, 2013 will expire on Sep 4th, 2018
in Sep or Oct same day in Oct 2018 Oct 10th, 2007 will expire on Oct 10th, 2018
in Nov or Dec same day in Nov 2018 Dec 18th, 2010 will expire on Nov 18th, 2018
Starting 2014 5 years later Mar 21st, 2015 will expire on Mar 21st, 2020

Starting March 1st, 2018 you can extend the validity of your domain by adding between 1 and 10 years.

Read the Step by step instructions how to extend the validity of your .ro domain

Use the tool below to verify the expiration date of your .ro domain:



To pay the annual fee, first you need to transfer your domain to an authorized registrar, such as EUReg. To transfer your domain to EUReg you need to obtain a transfer key from RoTLD. View the step by step tutorial how to obtain the key.