.accountant: The Singular Spelling Is Its Own TLD
.accountant was delegated to the root zone on 5 February 2015 and is sponsored by dot Accountant Limited. The detail that matters most here is the spelling: singular .accountant and plural .accountants are not two forms of one extension. They are separate top-level domains belonging to different companies and run by different registries, each setting its own policies, renewal terms and pricing tiers.
In practice that means holding the name in one gives you nothing in the other, and somebody else can take the twin. If you practise on your own or build a personal brand, the singular reads more naturally. Before deciding, check both spellings together with a bulk domain name search — seeing which one is actually free usually settles the question by itself.
.ACCOUNTANT Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation dot Accountant Limited
- Delegated to the root zone 5 February 2015
- Plural form .accountants — a separate TLD under a separate registry
- Eligibility No published registry restriction could be verified
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .accountant domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
Related Domain Extensions
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
.accountant Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$25.99 /year -
Transfer
$25.99 /year -
Renewal
$27.99 /year -
Restore
$94.90 -
Late Renewal
$5.72
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.accountant Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .accountant domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .accountant address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .accountant domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $5.72 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .accountant returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.accountant Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.accountant Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .accountant domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.accountant Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .accountant Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, they are two entirely separate top-level domains. The singular is sponsored by dot Accountant Limited and the plural by Binky Moon, LLC. Each holds its own entry in the root zone, and even their delegation dates differ. A name you register in one is therefore not yours in the other. If brand protection matters, weigh both spellings together with .accountants.
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No verifiable professional requirement applies. We could not reach a primary source showing that the registry asks for a licence, chamber membership or audit credential, so registration appears open in practice. Even so, factor in the expectation the word creates: used outside accounting or financial advisory work, the address prepares visitors for the wrong thing. Current ownership shows up through a whois search.
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Let the shape of the practice decide. Working alone or trading under your own name, the singular builds the phrase correctly. Running a partnership or a team that serves clients collectively, the plural reads more consistently. If both are free, say each one out loud with your brand name in front: whichever stumbles when spoken will stumble on a business card too.
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According to the project's registry data, DNSSEC is supported on this extension. DNSSEC signs DNS answers so that attempts to intercept a lookup and return a forged response become detectable. For an accounting site handling client data, that is a meaningful layer. You switch it on through whichever DNS provider manages the name, and the signing records must reach the registry — remember to redo this after changing providers.
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No registry-imposed requirement was verified, but you need one in practice. Accounting sites host contact forms, document uploads or client portals, and anything typed into those is exposed over an unencrypted connection. Browsers already warn on pages served without HTTPS. Options sit on the SSL certificate page, and the SSL checker confirms an installation is correct.
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