# .cloud domain: registry, jurisdiction and price > Who runs the .cloud registry, which law applies, what a court there can order, and the $22.99/year price at PanamaRegistrar. Crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/cloud/ - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: PanamaRegistrar (https://panamaregistrar.com) .cloud costs $22.99/year at PanamaRegistrar. Its registry, ARUBA PEC S.p.A., sits in Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo), Italy: who controls the domain, which law applies, and what a court there can order. **Quick answer — Who controls a .cloud domain, and what does it cost?** **.cloud domain** at **PanamaRegistrar**, as of October 2026: $22.99 a year, the same price to renew. .cloud is managed by ARUBA PEC S.p.A. in Ponte San Pietro, Italy, with Tucows in Toronto, Canada, as back-end operator; Italian and European Union law apply to the registry company. ## .cloud registry facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Registry manager (IANA) | ARUBA PEC S.p.A. | | Registry location | Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo) — Italy | | Back-end operator | Tucows.com, Co., Toronto (Canada) | | Legal framework | ICANN registry agreement (new gTLD, 2012 round) | | Dispute policy | UDRP + URS | | Who can register | Anyone: no residence, nexus or purpose rule | | WHOIS / RDAP | WHOIS `whois.nic.cloud` · RDAP `rdap.registry.cloud/rdap/` | | DNSSEC | Yes (DS record in the root zone) | | Registration term | 1 to 10 years | | Price at PanamaRegistrar | $22.99/year; renewal $22.99/year; transfer $22.99 | | IANA record last updated | 18 December 2025 | ## Who runs the .cloud registry, and from which country? IANA lists ARUBA PEC S.p.A., Via San Clemente 53, Ponte San Pietro, in the province of Bergamo, as manager of .cloud. The technical operator is Tucows.com, Co. in Toronto. The registry website is get.cloud, the WHOIS host whois.nic.cloud, and RDAP answers at rdap.registry.cloud. The record was last updated on 18 December 2025. .cloud is a new gTLD under an ICANN registry agreement, held by an Italian company. ## Can a court in Italy take down or seize a .cloud domain? Italian courts are the ones with direct authority over the .cloud registry company. Because Italy is a European Union member, EU rules on judgments also matter: a court in another member state may issue an order that an Italian company must consider. Tucows in Toronto runs the database and answers to Canadian courts. We could not confirm a published Aruba procedure for court orders. Data held by an Italian registry company is subject to the EU General Data Protection Regulation. ## What does PanamaRegistrar do with a complaint about a .cloud domain? Nothing happens to a .cloud domain on a complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court; a foreign judgment must first be recognised in Panama by exequatur. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are suspended within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. You are told before any action on your domain, unless the law or the court order forbids it; with Domain protection, every complaint is also read by a person before any action on the domain. This rule covers what PanamaRegistrar does, not the registry or our registrar partner. Steps and time limits: [takedown procedure](https://panamaregistrar.com/takedown-procedure/) and [how we handle complaints](https://panamaregistrar.com/complaints/). ## Who uses .cloud domains, and why? Cloud services, SaaS products and hosting companies use .cloud, according to the dataset. Anyone can register, for 1 to 10 years. A SaaS company that handles customer data may already work under EU rules; its domain registry does too. A hosting brand on .cloud keeps its registry in Italy and its database in Canada, two jurisdictions outside the United States. ## Which registry rules are specific to .cloud? .cloud is one of the two gTLDs in our list held by a company in the European Union, with .link in Malta. Its back end is in Canada, as for the Radix extensions. The registry company and the database are therefore under two different legal systems. .cloud supports DNSSEC; the dataset does not record IDN support for it. ## What does the WHOIS show for a .cloud domain? WHOIS privacy is allowed for .cloud and free at PanamaRegistrar. RDAP at rdap.registry.cloud and WHOIS at whois.nic.cloud show the registrar, the dates, the nameservers and the status codes. Your own details are not published; with Domain protection the registry never receives them, so they are not stored in Italy at all. ## Do I need Domain protection for a .cloud domain? No, it is optional: +$29 per year, on top of the .cloud price. [Domain protection](https://panamaregistrar.com/domain-protection/) registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, so the registration record and WHOIS/RDAP show our company, never you, and you can take it back in your own name for free. A transfer lock is on, and any transfer or DNS change must be confirmed from your account. We then hold only your email, and a person reads every complaint before any action on the domain; that review exists only with the option. It does not move the registry or change its courts. ## Which dispute policy applies to .cloud? .cloud follows the UDRP and the URS, as every 2012-round gTLD does. An Italian court is also open to a trademark owner. We apply UDRP and URS decisions and Panamanian court orders. A foreign judgment from Italy or another EU state reaches PanamaRegistrar only after recognition in Panama. Our steps for trademark cases: [UDRP and URS](https://panamaregistrar.com/udrp-and-urs/). ## How much does a .cloud domain cost, and how is it renewed? At PanamaRegistrar, as of October 2026, .cloud costs $22.99/year; renewal is $22.99/year, and a transfer $22.99 with one year added, as ICANN rules provide for generic extensions. Term: 1 to 10 years. Payment is in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Every extension: [price list](https://panamaregistrar.com/pricing/). ## Search a .cloud domain Search a domain name: https://panamaregistrar.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.cloud Popular extensions: .cloud ($22.99) ## .cloud questions ### Is .cloud an Italian domain? No. .cloud is a generic extension under an ICANN contract, not a country code. Its registry company, ARUBA PEC S.p.A., is Italian, in Ponte San Pietro near Bergamo. Its technical operator is Tucows in Toronto. Anyone can register a .cloud name, wherever they live. ### Does GDPR apply to the .cloud registry? Yes for the registry company, which is established in Italy, a European Union member state. Personal data it holds falls under the GDPR. With Domain protection, the registry holds our company's details as holder, not yours, so it has no personal data of yours to process. ### Can an EU court order affect my .cloud domain? It can reach the registry company in Italy, under Italian and EU rules on judgments. PanamaRegistrar does not act on a foreign judgment until it is recognised in Panama by exequatur. What the registry does under its own law is outside our control. ### Can PanamaRegistrar stop the .cloud registry from acting on a court order? No. The .cloud registry, ARUBA PEC S.p.A., keeps its own copy of the registration and applies the law of its own country. PanamaRegistrar decides only what its own service does: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints. Our registrar partner also keeps its own legal duties. We tell you when we learn of a registry-level action, unless the law or the order forbids it. See the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### How do I pay for a .cloud domain? In crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Top up your balance (minimum $25), then register the .cloud domain from it at $22.99/year. Send the exact amount on the exact network; the top-up is credited after the network confirmations. No ID and no KYC: one verified email per domain, never published. ## Sources 1. [IANA Root Zone Database: .cloud delegation record](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/cloud.html) — IANA (checked 2026-10-19) 2. [Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 3. [Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS)](https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 4. [Amazon Route 53 developer guide: .cloud registration rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/cloud.md) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-10-08) ## Other extensions and their registry - [.com](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/com/) - [.net](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/net/) - [.org](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/org/) - [.io](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/io/) - [.ai](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/ai/) - [.co](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/co/) - [.app](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/app/) - [.dev](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/dev/) - [.xyz](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/xyz/) - [.info](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/info/) - [.me](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/me/) - [.de](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/de/) --- PanamaRegistrar: PanamaRegistrar is a domain registration service under Panamanian jurisdiction, paid in crypto with no ID upload: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints.