.cheap Domains: An Ending for Deal and Offer Pages
.cheap entered the root zone on 9 January 2014, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. No eligibility condition could be verified for registration. Because the word itself makes a promise, the ending is associated with discount listings, offer pages and campaign microsites; the sibling .bargains ending occupies much the same ground.
A promise in the address bar has to match what the page delivers. A visitor who sees this ending expects a concrete list of offers, and an ordinary catalogue will send them straight back out. So the rule is this: if you genuinely have a time-limited campaign, surplus stock or a comparison listing, the ending does work for you. Considering it for a corporate home page pulls expectations in the wrong direction.
According to the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026, only 3,454 of 9,004 registrations appear in the zone file, roughly 38 per cent. The rest are registered without pointing at a live site. That signals a zone heavy with parked and resale names, which is a good reason to look at neighbouring names before you settle on one.
.CHEAP Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 9 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 9,004 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 3,454 names, about 38 per cent
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .cheap domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.cheap 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
$8.99 /year -
Transfer
$36.39 /year -
Renewal
$39.19 /year -
Late Renewal
$6.14
Included With Every .cheap 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.
.cheap Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .cheap 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 .cheap 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 .cheap 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 $6.14 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 .cheap 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
.cheap Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.cheap Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .cheap domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.cheap Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .cheap Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Sites that publish time-limited campaigns, surplus stock or comparison listings.
The ending makes a promise about content, so the page needs real listings, dates and conditions behind it. For a corporate brochure, a portfolio or a blog, the ending steers expectations the wrong way. Try candidates through a domain name search and let the root name the category.
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No eligibility condition could be verified.
Binky Moon, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no document, company registration or proof of activity, and registration appears open to all. Advertising and consumer law, on the other hand, varies by country, and that obligation follows from what you sell rather than from the address. Holding the ending grants you no authority of any kind.
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The difference lies in the promise each word implies.
.cheap speaks to the position of a single product or listing and carries a direct claim, while .bargains suggests a plural selection — a collection of offers refreshed on a regular basis. A one-off campaign with an end date reads better on the first; a permanently updated section reads better on the second. Details sit on the .bargains domain page.
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Only about 38 per cent of registered names appear in the zone file.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 puts 3,454 of 9,004 registrations in the zone. The remainder are registered but not attached to a site, usually parked or held for resale. To see what surrounds the name you have in mind, look them up one by one with whois search.
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You begin by requesting the authorisation code from your current registrar.
The transfer lock has to be open and at least sixty days must have passed since registration; the administrative email address also needs to be current, because the approval link goes there. With the code in hand, start the process on the domain transfer page. Remaining registration time is not lost — it carries over.
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Names that pair a category word with a brand name are usually open.
With 9,004 registrations the zone stays small, so plenty of room remains beyond the common single-word categories. Roots naming a city, a product group or a season are worth trying. To check dozens of candidates in one pass, use the bulk domain name search.
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