Registrars List

Individuals or legal entities interested in becoming registrars should contact the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), which maintains the official list of .gr and .ελ domain name registrars.

Technical Requirements for Accessing the Registry Systems

All services / applications provided to registrars are accessible only by static Internet Protocol (IP) addresses which must be registered in the Registry’s system by each registrar. Thus, at least one static IP address is required for each registrar. Registrars may declare a limited number of static IP address via which may connect to the Registry systems.

The following services / applications are provided to registrars both in the production and the testing environment.

EPP Service

The Extensible Provisioning Protocol (RFC3730, RFC3731, RFC3732, RFC3733, RFC3734, RFC3735, IETF ) may be used by registrars for connecting to the Registry's EPP Server. The EPP Server exposes an XML interface over HTTPS for managing entities in the Registry. In order for registrars to make use of the EPP Server, they should develop an EPP client application based on the EPP specification standards.

The Registry makes available to the registrars the following:

  • The EPP protocol specifications, including the custom extensions implemented by the Registry.
  • Instructions for connecting their applications to the Registry systems.

Our technical staff is available for any clarification, but please note that we do not provide any support for application development, and / or any information on the availability of EPP client applications by third-party providers.

WHOIS Service

The WHOIS service provides the ability to retrieve information about a registered domain name. The WHOIS API (Application Programming Interface) is implemented over the HTTPS protocol and follows the REST (Representational State Transfer) architectural style, making it easy to use and integrate into the Registrars' systems.

Web Based Domain Name Management System

The Registry provides a Web based system for the management of domain names by registrars. Registrars have access to the full functionality of the Registry systems, without the need to develop their own custom EPP client application for connecting to the EPP Service.