.bingo Domains: For Halls, Clubs and Event Nights
.bingo entered the root zone on 29 January 2015, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. The word travels well: most languages use it untranslated, because it is simply the name of the game. That settles what the address says on its own — there is a game, a hall or an event night here. Although it sits next to the betting field, the extension behaves like any other generic ending.
The real question is the activity rather than the ending. No rule requiring a licence to register the domain could be verified; running a game of chance, however, is permitted only under licence in many countries, and those permissions have nothing to do with the address. A charity's fundraiser page and a licensed gaming operator can hold the same kind of name under very different obligations. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.BINGO Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone record 29 January 2015
- Licence to register Does not appear required — the activity is a separate matter
- Reach of the word Used untranslated in many languages as the name of the game
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bingo domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.bingo 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
$12.90 /year -
Renewal
$57.39 /year -
Restore
$154.90 -
Late Renewal
$10.39
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.bingo Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .bingo 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 .bingo 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 .bingo 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 $10.39 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 .bingo 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
.bingo Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.bingo Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .bingo domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.bingo Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support No
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .bingo Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No rule requiring a licence for registration could be verified. That does not make the activity unregulated: running a game of chance needs permission in many countries, and operating without it carries serious penalties. The two are separate matters, and holding the address does not stand in for a licence. Read the regulation of every market you intend to serve before you register, since a compliance problem discovered later can force an address change.
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Yes, and it is one of the most common uses. For a school association, a club or a charity night, the address explains the event by itself and stays short on a poster, a ticket or a social post. Once the evening raises money, payment and attendee data enter the picture, so an encrypted connection stops being optional. Set that up from the SSL certificate page.
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The project's registry data shows transfer support switched off for this extension. That could not be confirmed against an external source, so it has been logged as a data-quality item rather than treated as settled. The practical approach: if a transfer is part of your plan, confirm it with your registrar before ordering. You can see which registrar currently holds a name with a whois search. Resolve the uncertainty before registration, not after.
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The two endings point at different activities. This one names a specific game and usually a social, hall-based event, while .bet sits in the betting field and answers to a different registry. The rule of thumb is simple: if the thing being played is bingo, the first name reads more accurately. For a mixed gaming portal the brand carries the meaning, so a more neutral ending may serve better.
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Age verification and connection security come first. On a site holding registrations, payments or balances an unencrypted connection is indefensible; signing on the DNS side and regular backups follow. Because traffic concentrates on event nights, concurrent visitors spike sharply, so headroom on the hosting side belongs in the plan as well. Compare suitable plans on the hosting page.
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