Generic extension
.dot domain name
What you need to know about .dot: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .dot
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 3 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 10
- Renewable after expiry date
- 35 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .dot?
- During the sunrise period, only trademark holders with a trademark registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse can apply for a .dot domain name.
Good to know when registering
- .dot is a new extension that is being launched in phases. You can submit applications for all phases from 21 July 2026.
- The sunrise period for trademark holders runs until 19 November 2026 inclusive.
- The early access period runs from 20 November to 1 December 2026 inclusive and is split over twelve consecutive days. Each day is a separate phase with its own start time.
- Please note: the fee for an application during the early access period is non-refundable, even if the application doesn't result in a registration.
- From 2 December 2026, .dot is freely available to everyone.
- From the early access period onwards, and also after general availability, a claims period applies: if the name you want matches a trademark in the Trademark Clearinghouse, you'll receive a notice about it, and the trademark holder will be notified if you register it.
- All phase times are in UTC.
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