.buzz Domains: A Short Name for Talk and Community
.buzz entered the root zone on 12 December 2013, and its registry is DOTSTRATEGY CO., based in Arkansas. It is one of the independent registries in this group, focused on a single extension rather than a large portfolio. The word describes a hum — the thing being talked about and passed along — and much of that association survives outside English too.
The registry describes the ending as home to a platform that fuels community interest and excitement, which places its target squarely on news, events and topical content. No published eligibility condition could be verified. The decision rule: if the site carries a stream that updates constantly, the name reads true; on a corporate brochure page refreshed twice a year, the word has nothing to hold onto. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.BUZZ Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation DOTSTRATEGY CO. (Arkansas, USA)
- Root zone record 12 December 2013
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registry structure Independent operator focused on one extension
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .buzz domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.buzz 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
$1.99 /year -
Transfer
$41.50 /year -
Renewal
$45.65 /year -
Restore
$244.90 -
Late Renewal
$9.13
Included With Every .buzz 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.
.buzz Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .buzz 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 .buzz 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 .buzz 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 $9.13 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 .buzz 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
.buzz Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.buzz Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .buzz domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.buzz Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .buzz Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It suits projects carrying content that updates continuously. Event calendars, community announcements, campus papers, local news pages and campaign micro-sites come first. The test is tempo rather than topic: where there is a stream, the name stays alive. On a static corporate brochure page the word makes a promise it cannot keep, and a gap opens between visitor expectation and content.
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The IANA record names DOTSTRATEGY CO. as the sponsoring organisation; this Arkansas-based company has run the extension since 2012. In June 2025 a collaboration with another registry was announced on the sales and marketing side, but the registry operator itself did not change. This is one of the few entries the project's own registry record already shows correctly.
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No published eligibility condition could be verified; the name appears open on a first-come basis. No association registration, membership certificate or publishing history is requested, and the ordering flow carries no extra approval step. A community founded last week can therefore reserve its name immediately. Read your registrar's own agreement even so, since some conditions sit on the seller's side.
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Plan the announcement-day load against the peak, not the average. When ticket sales or a registration form open, concurrent visitors multiply within minutes, and a slow page means forms abandoned half-finished. Cache static pages, shrink images and keep the registration step simple. Compare capacity options on the hosting page.
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Yes, the extension is transferable. 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. With a community site live, prepare DNS records in advance so nothing drops out. Run the move from the domain transfer page.
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