.city Domains: An Ending for Urban Projects
.city entered the root zone on 3 July 2014; the IANA record today names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation, with the original delegation made to Snow Sky, LLC. No eligibility condition has been verified for registration. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 44,014 names in the zone.
The ending reads well across anything to do with urban life: local guides, neighbourhood initiatives, property portals, event calendars and city tourism pages. One rule is worth applying. Put a city name in the root and the address points at a place — just take care not to suggest you are that place's official site. Making your own organisation the root and giving the location on the page is the safer route. Try candidates with a domain name search.
.city belongs to no particular city and is run by no local authority. With geographic endings such as .amsterdam, .boston or .capetown, the registry is tied to a specific place; .city carries no such tie and no residence condition. An address like istanbul.city therefore shows no official relationship with Istanbul.
.CITY Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 3 July 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Local authority tie None — belongs to no single city
- Registered names 44,014 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .city domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.city 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
$6.99 /year -
Transfer
$28.59 /year -
Renewal
$30.79 /year -
Restore
$114.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.39
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.city Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .city 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 .city 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 .city 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 $4.39 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 .city 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
.city Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.city Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .city domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.city Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .city Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, the ending belongs to no city and has no tie to local government.
Binky Moon, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, is a commercial company, and the residence or nexus conditions seen on geographic endings do not apply here. Putting a city name in the root therefore creates no official relationship with that city. Try candidates through a domain name search.
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The difference is whether the registry itself is tied to a place.
On geographic endings the registry is connected to a specific location, and a local nexus condition, a naming rule or municipal approval often applies. .city has no such structure; the word names a concept rather than a place. For a comparison, see the .amsterdam domain page.
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Local guides, neighbourhood initiatives and city-focused portals make good sense.
Property listings, event calendars, transport guides and tourism pages sit well on it too, because the word states the scope of the content. Making your organisation the root and naming the city on the page removes any risk of looking official. If you are testing names across several cities, the bulk domain name search speeds that up.
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A city name alone is not a trademark, but the way you use it can still cause trouble.
A page carrying a council's logo, coat of arms or official title may face a rights claim even though the domain itself was freely available. Use the address descriptively and avoid implying official representation. To see who holds a record, use whois search.
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Necessary where forms or accounts exist, and advisable on a plain brochure page.
Local guides usually carry a contact form, a listing submission or map services, and those components handle user data, so they expect an encrypted connection. The browser warning also turns visitors away by itself. Pick a certificate on the SSL certificate page and confirm the install with the SSL checker.
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Yes — at 44,014 registrations the pool counts as fairly open.
That figure comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. Names of major cities may largely be taken, while districts, neighbourhoods and topic combinations remain available. As you shorten a candidate, make sure it still survives being said out loud.
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