.basketball: An Extension Run by the Sport's Federation
.basketball has a structure rarely seen in this category: its sponsoring organisation is not a commercial registry business but the sport's international federation — the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA). The extension was delegated to the root zone on 13 October 2016, the most recent delegation in this slice. The namespace exists for the basketball community.
The intended audience, in the federation's own description, is broad: regional associations, leagues, clubs, players, coaches, agents and referees. At launch a community priority period applied, during which applicants had to supply a token issued through the federation. That period has passed. You can try candidates with a domain name search.
.BASKETBALL Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA)
- Delegated to the root zone 13 October 2016
- Intended audience Associations, leagues, clubs, players, coaches, referees
- Launch A community priority period applied; it has since ended
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .basketball domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.basketball 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
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Transfer
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Renewal
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Restore
$389.90
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.basketball Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .basketball 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 .basketball 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 .basketball 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 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 .basketball 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
.basketball Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.basketball Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .basketball domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.basketball Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .basketball Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The extension appears open to the general public today. We could verify that only from secondary sources, though, because the registry's own current policy document was not reachable, so we do not state a firm eligibility rule. What is certain: the namespace was created for the basketball community and the registry is the sport's international federation. Read the current terms your registrar passes on before ordering.
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It was a launch phase and it no longer applies. During that period applicants had to supply a token issued by the federation through national associations and community-based administrative bodies, so that names went first to parties inside the sport. When the period closed, registration opened to the general public. This account comes from secondary sources.
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If you are a club, a league or an association, yes: the address states both the sport and the institution in one line. The rule: ask whether basketball is your main business. For a multi-sport club where basketball is one section among several, keeping the corporate address general and making basketball a subpage is more consistent. See which endings still have your club name free with a bulk domain name search.
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What supporters want does not change with the season: fixtures, results, the squad and tickets. Putting those on the first screen serves people far better than a long club history. Matchday traffic rises sharply, so keep the results page light. Hold high-resolution photos and factsheets in a separate press section; a reporter looking for those will not browse your menu.
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The load profile differs from an ordinary brochure site: traffic does not spread evenly but concentrates at kick-off and when results go up. A site at fixtures-and-news scale runs on shared hosting. If you build live scoring, ticketing or a membership system, choose by runtime — Node.js hosting or Python hosting.
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