.bar: Three Letters for a Venue or a Brand
.bar was delegated to the root zone on 13 February 2014; the sponsoring organisation is Punto 2012, based in Mexico, which also runs the sibling extension .rest. Three letters is the point here: the address stays short, it is easy to say aloud, and it keeps the venue name in front. A bar's address usually ends up printed on menus, signage and coasters.
Two distinct uses exist. The direct one: bars, cocktail rooms, taprooms. The second comes from the word's other meanings — "bar" carries several senses across languages, which leaves room for anyone after a short brand address. If you run a venue, .beer is worth weighing too; compare both with a bulk domain name search.
.BAR Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Punto 2012 (Mexico)
- Delegated to the root zone 13 February 2014
- Sibling extension .rest — same operator
- Eligibility No published registry restriction could be verified
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bar domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.bar 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
$2.99 /year -
Transfer
$89.99 /year -
Renewal
$98.99 /year -
Restore
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Late Renewal
$19.80
Included With Every .bar Domain
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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.
.bar Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .bar 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 .bar 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 .bar 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 $19.80 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 .bar 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
.bar Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.bar Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bar domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.bar Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .bar Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No verifiable eligibility restriction applies. We could not reach a primary source showing that the registry asks for a trading licence, liquor permit or sector registration, so registration appears open. A venue operator, a cocktail blog and a company using the word as a brand all register on the same terms. A whois search shows who currently holds a name.
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The rule looks at where you stand rather than what you sell. If you run a physical venue — tables, service, an evening programme — .bar describes the place. If the product itself is central, meaning you brew or sell beer, .beer speaks more directly. A taproom brewing its own fits both; in that case pick whichever flows better said aloud with your brand name.
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Visitors nearly always want three things: where you are, when you are open, and the menu. Putting those on the first screen beats a long story about the place. Publish the menu as a page rather than a PDF — PDFs force pinch-zooming on a phone and perform poorly in search. If you take bookings, keep the button visible without scrolling.
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A venue site at menu, gallery and contact scale runs comfortably on shared hosting; at this size image weight matters more than server power. Compressing photographs and serving them at screen size speeds the page up noticeably. If you build your own booking system, Node.js hosting or Python hosting fits better.
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Point the domain's MX records at your email provider and the addresses come up. Because venue staff turn over, role-based addresses — bookings, events, general enquiries — hold up better than ones tied to individuals. If you send booking confirmations, publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC records without fail; without them confirmations land in spam and the guest cannot be sure the table is held.
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