.chat Domains: A Direct Address for Conversation
.chat entered the root zone on 29 January 2015, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation, operating under Identity Digital. No eligibility condition has been verified for registration. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 78,187 names in the zone, a mid-sized zone where descriptive words are still available in places.
What this ending does is move a function into the address bar: the root says who you are, the extension says what happens there. The rule to apply is simple. Where you are giving one function its own address, such as live support, a community forum or team messaging, the ending fits. Put a general company site here and the address narrows what visitors expect. Test candidates with a domain name search.
.CHAT Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 29 January 2015
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 78,187 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .chat domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.chat 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
$11.99 /year -
Transfer
$45.49 /year -
Renewal
$48.99 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .chat 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.
.chat Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .chat 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 .chat 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 .chat 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 $6.73 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 .chat 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
.chat Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.chat Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .chat domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.chat Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .chat Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Anyone can register one; no eligibility condition has been verified.
Binky Moon, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no professional document, company record or proof of activity. A software firm, an association and a one-person consultancy all apply on the same terms. To find out whether a name is free, run a domain name search.
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Yes, and that is the most natural use of the ending.
Moving your support channel to its own address does two useful things: the link reads on its own in an email or under an invoice, and you can run the support stack on separate infrastructure without touching the main site. Keep your brand as the root and let the ending carry the function. For separate infrastructure, see the hosting plans.
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They describe different actions: .chat a conversation, .click a tap.
On a .chat address a visitor expects an exchange of messages, so it reads well for a messaging product, a support window or a forum. .click serves short redirects and campaign links, where the destination is another page altogether. The two are not even run by the same registry. Details sit on the .click domain page.
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A transfer starts with the authorisation code from your current registrar.
The name has to be unlocked, at least sixty days must have passed since registration, and the administrative email address on the record has to be current. Once you hold the code, begin at the domain transfer page. To see what is on the record right now, use whois search.
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Not required, but unavoidable in practice for an address carrying conversations.
Browsers mark pages without a certificate as not secure, and a messaging area handles user data, which rules out an unencrypted connection as a serious option. Check the current state with the SSL checker before you install anything, then pick a certificate from the SSL certificate page.
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Reasonable, because the zone is mid-sized rather than crowded.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 records 78,187 registrations, a small pool next to the .com scale. Common single words have largely gone, yet combinations of a brand name plus a function are usually open. To try dozens of candidates at once, use the bulk domain name search.
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