.gr domain guides

Everything about owning a .gr, in plain language: moving it, renewing it, not losing it, and passing it on. Written from the registry's own rules.

Updated 23 September 2026

• How to transfer a .gr domain

  The authorisation code the registry emails you, the steps, and why your expiry date stays the same.

• The .gr authorisation code didn't arrive

  Who sends it, where it goes, and how to get it anyway, even if your old registrar won't answer.

• What a .gr domain renewal really costs

  How to read a renewal price, and what ten years of a .gr adds up to.

• What happens when a .gr domain expires

  The 15 days in which only you can renew, and how to make sure you never get there.

• How to change the owner of a .gr domain

  Updating details, changing the holder's name, or passing the domain to someone else.

• Register a .gr domain from outside Greece

  Who can hold a .gr, what you need, and what gets published in WHOIS.

• Check if a .gr domain is available

  Search a name across .gr, .com.gr, .net.gr and .org.gr, live from the registry.