.net.pl Domain
Poland's Network Domain
Register your .net.pl domain from just £21.99/yr. Free DNS management, email forwarding, and 10GB mailbox included with every domain.
This domain has registration restrictions
Anyone anywhere may register a .net.pl, but a registrant who declines to sign an arbitration clause loses the domain three months later. Read the full eligibility rules.
What is a .net.pl domain?
The .net.pl extension is the network subdomain within Poland's .pl namespace, managed by NASK. It's traditionally associated with ISPs and network operators, but is now used by a broader range of technology and online service businesses in Poland. Poland is Central Europe's largest digital economy, and .net.pl offers a tech-oriented alternative when .pl or .com.pl isn't available.
Who should register .net.pl?
Polish ISPs, network operators, technology companies, and online service providers targeting the Polish market.
Why choose .net.pl?
- Network-focused identity in Poland's namespace
- Central Europe's largest digital economy
- Managed by NASK (Poland's registry)
- Good alternative when .pl is taken
Who runs .net.pl, and since when
Registry data from the .net.pl delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Country-code (ccTLD)
- Registered under the .pl zone
- Registry operator
- Research and Academic Computer Network
- The organisation that runs the extension
- .pl delegated
- 1990
- The date belongs to the .pl zone, not to .net.pl itself
- Who can register
- Open to anyone worldwide, with no Polish presence or local contact required
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £21.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
The .pl arbitration clause that can cost your domain
NASK runs .net.pl as one of roughly forty functional domains under .pl, alongside com.pl, org.pl, biz.pl and the rest. Nothing in the .pl regulations restricts who may hold one. There is no Polish company requirement, no local contact and no residency test. What the regulations do contain is a clause most registrars never mention.
If a third party brings an action against you in the arbitration court, you are required to submit a signed arbitration clause within the time the summons states. Declining does not win you the case. It terminates the agreement three months later, and you lose the domain without the merits ever being heard. That is unusual, it sits in NASK's own published regulations, and it is the single most important thing a British registrant should know before buying into the .pl namespace.
One practical requirement to plan around: NASK asks for at least two servers to maintain the domain as part of the application itself, so you cannot order a bare .net.pl and decide where to point it next week. Names run to sixty-three characters, and a hyphen may not sit in the third and fourth positions at the same time.
Who is allowed to register .net.pl?
Anyone anywhere may register a .net.pl, but a registrant who declines to sign an arbitration clause loses the domain three months later.
- Who qualifies
- The .pl regulations set no nationality, residency or local contact condition. A UK company or a UK individual may hold a .net.pl on exactly the same terms as a Polish one.
- Two nameservers at the order
- The technical conditions require the applicant to provide the domain name, their identification data, and at least two servers intended to maintain the domain. There is no register-now-and-park option here.
- The arbitration clause
- Where a third party starts an action in the arbitration court, the registrant must submit a signed arbitration clause within the time stated in the summons. Not signing terminates the agreement three months afterwards, so refusing to engage costs you the domain by default.
- Data and documents
- By submitting the application you guarantee the data is accurate and that the domain will not be used to distribute malicious software, manage botnets or run phishing. NASK may demand additional documents and information about the application or the agreement.
- Where the risk sits
- NASK states that it does not examine whether entering into or performing the agreement infringes third party rights or the law, so that risk is yours. It may refuse an application that fails the technical conditions, and it may stop maintaining a domain where the required consent to a partner is not given in time.
Rules taken from the NASK .pl domain name regulations. Registry policy can change, so check before you buy if the answer matters to you.
Not sure whether you qualify? Ask us before you order and we will check the registry rules with you. We would rather answer the question than take an order the registry will refuse.
Is .net.pl the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.net.pl works well if
- You are an ISP, hosting company or network operator in Poland, and the zone name says plainly what the business does.
- The .pl and com.pl for your name are taken, and you would rather hold the exact name on net.pl than add a word to it.
- Poland search visibility matters. .pl is a country code, so Google reads it as country-targeted where a generic extension is not.
Look elsewhere if
- You are outside the network and infrastructure trade. To a Polish reader net.pl still says technical supplier, and com.pl or the plain .pl reads more naturally for retail.
- You would be inclined to ignore a legal challenge. Under the .pl regulations, not signing the arbitration clause ends the agreement three months later whatever the merits.
- There is no DNS ready yet. At least two nameservers must go in with the registration, so ordering now and pointing it later is not available.
Selling to Polish consumers rather than to network operators? The plain .pl reads better and carries the same country signal at a similar price.
.net.pl vs .com: which should you register?
The .com is the safer default and always has been. Where .net.pl beats it is inside a Polish search result and inside a Polish reader's head: a country-code extension is a country signal to Google, and .pl is one of the strongest markers of a domestic business in that market.
The trade you are making is legal rather than commercial. A .com dispute goes through the UDRP, which decides on the merits. A .pl dispute goes to the arbitration court, and if you decline to sign the arbitration clause the agreement ends three months later regardless of the merits. If that risk bothers you, hold the .com as the fallback address and run the Polish site on the net.pl.
.net.pl domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .net.pl domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyNo. The .pl regulations set no nationality, residency or local contact condition, so a UK company or a private individual anywhere may hold one. What you do need is technical rather than legal: at least two working nameservers supplied with the order, because NASK requires them as part of the application. You also guarantee, by applying, that the data you give is accurate and that the domain will not be used for malware, botnets or phishing.
You must submit a signed arbitration clause within the time the summons states. If you do not, the regulations terminate the agreement three months afterwards and you lose the domain, with no finding on whether the complaint had any merit. Ignoring the letter is therefore the worst option available. Get advice quickly if a .pl dispute lands, and note that NASK does not examine rights infringement when it accepts a registration, so it takes no view for you.
Only for network businesses, and even then it is close. All three sit in the same namespace under the same regulations, at similar prices, with the same country signal in Google. The difference is what a Polish reader assumes on sight: net.pl reads as infrastructure, com.pl as commerce, and the plain .pl as neither and therefore anything. If the exact name you want is free on .pl, take that. net.pl earns its place when the name matters more than the slot.
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Free 10GB Mailbox
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