Amazon Route 53 Domains

Yes. Connect your Amazon Route 53 account with an API key and Lemon Domains syncs your domains automatically once a day. You can also import by pasting your domain list from the Amazon Route 53 dashboard or uploading a CSV export. Multiple Amazon Route 53 accounts are supported with friendly labels so sub-accounts stay distinct in the unified portfolio.

In the AWS console, open IAM → Users and create a user named “lemon-domains” with no console access. Attach an inline policy that allows only listing domains: {"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow","Action":["route53domains:ListDomains"],"Resource":"*"}]}. Open the user's Security credentials tab, create an access key (use case: “Application running outside AWS”), and copy the access key ID and secret access key. The secret is only shown once. An IAM user whose only permission is route53domains:ListDomains: {"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow","Action":["route53domains:ListDomains"],"Resource":"*"}]}

No. Connecting by API uses an API key you create at Amazon Route 53, not your password. An IAM user whose only permission is route53domains:ListDomains: {"Version":"2012-10-17","Statement":[{"Effect":"Allow","Action":["route53domains:ListDomains"],"Resource":"*"}]} Keys are encrypted at rest. Lemon Domains only ever sends read requests. Or skip the API and paste your list or upload a CSV.

Yes. Add one connection per Amazon Route 53 account, each with its own friendly name. Personal and business logins, sub-accounts, and client accounts all sit side by side in one dashboard.

No. Renewal still happens at Amazon Route 53. Lemon Domains tracks expiry dates and auto-renew status so you know exactly when to act, but the renewal button stays at Amazon Route 53.

Yes. The Lemon Domains MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and any MCP client query your full portfolio, including Amazon Route 53 domains, in plain English. Choose read-only or read-and-write access for each token.

Yes. Amazon Route 53 Domains is on the ICANN list of accredited registrars with 2 accreditations, so it can register generic extensions such as .com directly with the registries.

Amazon Route 53 Domains has 2 IANA registrar IDs, one per accreditation: 468, 4316.

Its accreditations are also held as Amazon Registrar, Inc. and Amazon Domain Registrar US LLC. Domains registered through any of them can show those names as the registrar.

Yes. Lemon Domains connects to Amazon Route 53 Domains by API and serves your Amazon Route 53 Domains domains through its remote MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client can answer questions about them. It is independent of Amazon Route 53 Domains and not affiliated with it, so the same connection also covers your domains at every other registrar.

Yes. Lemon Domains connects to Amazon Route 53 Domains by API and syncs your domain list every day, with expiry dates and renewal settings. Your AI assistant can then answer questions about those domains through the Lemon Domains MCP server.

Amazon Route 53 Domains says it sells over 350 extensions. Its price list includes .com, .ai, .ca, .co, .com.br, .us, .de, .com.au and .es.

Yes. Amazon Route 53 Domains hides your contact details in the public record at no extra cost, for the extensions whose registry allows it. Some country-code extensions, such as .us, don't allow privacy at all.

Amazon Route 53 Domains offers support by help center.

DNS hosting.

In the Route 53 console, open the domain, turn off the transfer lock from the Actions menu, then choose Transfer to another registrar from the Transfer out menu and copy the code. Then give the code to the new registrar to start the transfer.