NIC Argentina, the Argentinian domain name Registry, has
announced that it is launching domain name registrations directly
at the second level under .AR. The launch started on 11
September 2019 and will end in February 2020.
Over the years, many countries have gradually allowed domain
name registrations directly at the second level, for example the
United Kingdom (.UK) most recently. Argentina is the latest
country to follow this trend (ahead of Australia in early 2020, as
covered in our article "Arrival of .AU domains
delayed"). While domain name registrations in Argentina
used to be possible only at the third level under extensions such
as .COM.AR, .NET.AR or .ORG.AR, it is now possible to register
domain names directly under .AR, provided that the registration
requirements (a local administrative contact) are met.
