.broker Domains: A Name for Intermediary Work
.broker entered the root zone on 6 March 2015, and the IANA record names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. That company is one of Identity Digital's registry entities and shares the same Bellevue address, so the extension belongs to a large portfolio while answering to a different registry than Binky Moon. The word states the profession directly: standing between two parties.
No published eligibility condition could be verified, so insurance, property, investment, freight and customs intermediaries all apply on the same terms. One distinction must not be blurred, though: brokerage itself is licensed in many countries, and that obligation is entirely separate from the domain. The address confers no authority; it only says what you do. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.BROKER Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone record 6 March 2015
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Note An operating licence is a matter separate from the address
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .broker domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.broker 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
$16.90 /year -
Transfer
$36.39 /year -
Renewal
$39.19 /year -
Restore
$124.90 -
Late Renewal
$5.85
Included With Every .broker 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.
.broker Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .broker 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 .broker 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 .broker 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 $5.85 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 .broker 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
.broker Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.broker Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .broker domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.broker Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .broker Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No rule requiring a licence for registration could be verified; the name appears open on a first-come basis. The activity is a separate matter, though: insurance, property and investment broking require a licence, a register entry and professional indemnity cover in many countries. The domain satisfies none of those. Settle the rules of every market you intend to serve before you register.
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The IANA record names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. That company is one of Identity Digital's registry entities and is legally distinct from Binky Moon in the same group, so although the ending sits under one roof with its siblings, the registry differs. The project's own registry record carried a stale company name, which has been added to the correction list.
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Verifiable identity, authority and contact details decide it. Your licence number, the register you belong to and a physical address belong openly on the page; the moment a client fills in a quote form, personal data collection begins. An encrypted connection is therefore a minimum. Verify the installation with an SSL checker and handle setup from the SSL certificate page.
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The difference is one of precision. This name states the profession outright, so a visitor knows what you do within a second, while .business builds a general commercial identity without naming a sector. If broking is all you do, the first works harder. If you also sell advisory work, training or software alongside it, the second leaves more room to grow.
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Yes, the extension is transferable and the flow matches other generic endings. You remove the lock, collect the authorisation code and start the request at the new registrar; the name is expected not to have been registered or transferred in the previous 60 days. On a site carrying live client relationships, prepare DNS records in advance to avoid any gap. Run it from the domain transfer page.
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