.catering Domains for Event Food and Meal Services
.catering was recorded in the root zone on 30 January 2014, and the IANA entry names Binky Moon, LLC, part of Identity Digital, as the sponsoring organisation. The word covers the outward-facing side of a kitchen: event and party service, contract meals, staff lunches, mobile kitchens and function buffets. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows only 3,851 registrations in the zone.
That small size has a direct consequence, since short roots built on cities, districts and service words are largely still open. For a catering firm the most useful pattern is putting the service area into the name, because an address that states both trade and territory in one line tells a caller they have reached the right place. No published eligibility condition could be verified, so a free name proceeds without an approval step. Sweep the open roots together with a bulk domain name search.
.CATERING Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone record 30 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 3,851 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Fields of the word Event service, contract meals, staff lunches, buffets
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .catering domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.catering 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
$35.50 /year -
Transfer
$35.50 /year -
Renewal
$39.05 /year -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.81
Included With Every .catering 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.
.catering Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .catering 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 .catering 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 .catering 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 $7.81 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 .catering 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
.catering Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.catering Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .catering domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.catering Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .catering Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No verified eligibility condition could be found at the registry, and a free name completes registration without documents. Preparing and serving food, on the other hand, is tied to hygiene approval, trading permits and regular inspection. Those duties arise from your kitchen rather than from your domain. Displaying licence details on the site is a separate matter again, and many countries expect it.
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Roots carrying the service area work best in this zone. A city or district name ties the address to both trade and territory in one line, so the person requesting a quote knows at first glance they have found the right firm. With only 3,851 names registered, roots of that kind are largely still open. Try candidates one after another through a domain name search.
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Publish the menu as text and never as an image. A menu turned into a picture cannot be read by screen readers, stays invisible to search engines and becomes unreadable on a phone. Put allergen information next to each item, since many countries require it and it protects the customer directly. Where the site collects order forms, the connection has to be encrypted.
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Demand follows the calendar, so it can be predicted. Enquiry traffic multiplies around weddings, holidays and the turn of the year, which means your hosting plan should answer those peaks rather than the yearly average. The second safeguard is a queue: sending quote requests into a record system instead of an inbox keeps a busy week from swallowing them. Compare options on the hosting page.
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The difference between a place and a service. Restaurant endings suggest a room the customer comes to, while this one describes food travelling to the customer. A business with both a dining room and an outside service often keeps two addresses, which separates two different expectations cleanly. For something adjacent, .cafe sits closer to the premises side.
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Recognition is the only real one. In a zone of 3,851 names most visitors will meet the ending for the first time, so be ready to spell it out over the phone and write the address in full on printed material. Set against that, the root word you want is very likely free, which is a chance to build a short and memorable address.
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