# Amazon Route 53 Domains

Source: https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars/amazon-route53-domains (also as .json)

Amazon Route 53 is the DNS and domain registration service of Amazon Web Services. Domains are registered and managed in the AWS console or API next to Route 53 hosted zones, and billed to the AWS account. Route 53 added domain registration in 2014.

- Website: https://aws.amazon.com/route53/
- Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Founded: 2010
- Ownership: Part of Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN)
- Type: Retail registrar
- Part of: Amazon
- ICANN accreditation: IANA IDs 468, 4316
- Other names: Amazon Registrar, Inc.; Amazon Domain Registrar US LLC
- Site languages: English
- API: Integrated. Integrated with Lemon Domains (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/APIReference/API_domains_ListDomains.html)

## Services and extensions (checked October 2026)

- Domain registration, DNS hosting
- Extensions sold: over 350
- Sells, among others: .com .ai .ca .co .com.br .us .de .com.au .es
- WHOIS privacy: Included at no extra cost

## Support

- Channels: Help center

## Sources

- https://aws.amazon.com/route53/faqs/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-privacy-protection.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar-tld-list-americas.html

## Amazon Route 53 Domains history

- 2010: Amazon Web Services launches Route 53 as a DNS service.
- 2014: Route 53 adds domain registration.

## Domain management features (confirmed)

- DNSSEC
- Transfer lock
- Auto-renew
- Move domains to another account
- Team members or sub-accounts

## Payments and programs

- Payment methods: Credit and debit cards

## Company sources (checked October 2026)

- https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domains/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/registrar.html
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-transfer-between-aws-accounts.html

## Transferring a domain away from Amazon Route 53 Domains

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.

Part of the list of domain registrars at https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars, kept by Lemon Domains, the domain portfolio manager with a domain MCP server.