.build Domains: A Short Ending for Anyone Building
.build entered the root zone on 9 January 2014, and its registry is Plan Bee LLC. Unlike the large portfolio holders elsewhere in this group, it is an independent and small operator, and the extension's own information site is run by the registry. The word is a verb, and that is exactly why it carries two fields at once: construction work and the idea of making something from nothing.
The registry positions the ending for the building industry and technology companies, naming architecture, engineering, construction technology, startups and manufacturers explicitly. No published eligibility condition could be verified, so the barrier to entry is low. The decision rule: if your name gains meaning when a verb completes it, this ending works well. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.BUILD Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Plan Bee LLC
- Root zone record 9 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registry's stated audience The building industry and technology companies
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .build domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
.build 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
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Late Renewal
$16.17
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Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.build Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .build 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 .build 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 .build 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 $16.17 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 .build 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
.build Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.build Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .build domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 10 servers
.build Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .build Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The two endings face the same sector but answer to different registries: this one to Plan Bee LLC and .builders to Binky Moon, LLC. They differ grammatically too — one is a verb describing the act, the other a plural noun pointing at the team. If your company name leans on the team, the plural noun reads naturally; if it leans on a product or a process, the verb fits better.
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No published eligibility condition could be verified; the name appears open on a first-come basis. No building licence, chamber membership or trade certificate is requested. Because the registry positions the ending for technology companies alongside the building industry, use by software teams is an established pattern rather than a stretch. Permits for the work itself vary by country and are independent of the domain.
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Yes — the registry names technology companies as a target audience outright. Being a verb helps here: it carries the idea of assembling, compiling and shipping a product, so it reads naturally on developer tooling and internal projects. If you want a short address for a documentation site, a release page or an internal tool, draw up a shortlist and test several roots at once with a bulk domain name search.
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Project imagery and the enquiry flow decide it. Reference galleries carry high-resolution photographs, and publishing them unsized drags down page speed and the mobile experience. Because the quote form collects names, phone numbers and project details, an encrypted connection is required. Handle setup on the SSL certificate page and compare capacity on the hosting page.
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The IANA record names Plan Bee LLC as the sponsoring organisation. It is one of the independent registries in this group, focused on a single extension rather than a large portfolio. The project's own registry record showed a backend provider's name in the registry field, which has been added to the correction list. The content here follows the legal entity given by IANA.
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