.click Domains: Short Redirects and Campaign Addresses
.click entered the root zone on 15 August 2014 and, according to the IANA record, passed to Internet Naming Co. on 16 November 2022, with the record last updated on 16 June 2026. No eligibility condition has been verified. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 puts 1,656,301 names in the zone.
The job this ending does is shorten an address: campaign links, QR code targets, one-tap redirects inside an email and the short address printed in an advertisement. The rule that follows is straightforward. Where the address is meant to be the front door of a lasting site, the ending reads as temporary; where you are creating a link that will be measured, brevity works for you. Keep the destination on your main site and treat the address as an entry point. Try candidates with a domain name search.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 records 1,656,301 registrations, against 3,415 for .cleaning from the same group. That scale tells you two things: most short single words have long since gone, and because the ending is used heavily for redirection, it is worth looking at neighbouring records before you settle on a name.
.CLICK Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Internet Naming Co.
- Root zone record 15 August 2014
- Operator transfer 16 November 2022
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 1,656,301 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .click domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.click 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
$11.69 /year -
Renewal
$12.59 /year -
Restore
$79.90 -
Late Renewal
$2.40
Included With Every .click Domain
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Free DNS management
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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.
.click Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .click 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 .click 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 .click 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 $2.40 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 .click 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
.click Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.click Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .click domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.click Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .click Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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For short redirects, campaign links and QR code targets.
An address read off a printed advert, a bus shelter or a package has to be short, and this ending supplies that while hinting at an action. Keeping the destination on your main site puts measurement and content management in one place. Try candidates through a domain name search.
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Anyone can; no eligibility condition has been verified.
Internet Naming Co., the sponsoring organisation, asks for no document or proof of activity. The IANA record shows the ending passed to that organisation on 16 November 2022, and the handover changed no conditions for existing holders. To see the current state of a record, use whois search.
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Usually not, because the ending names an action rather than an identity.
Visitors who see this address expect to be forwarded, not to settle in for a long read. Keep your corporate identity on a lasting address and use the short one to gather campaign traffic. Setting up a redirect between the two is straightforward. If you need infrastructure behind it, see the hosting plans.
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One carries you to a destination; the other is the destination.
On a .click address the real content lives on another page, and the address is simply a short doorway into it. .chat defines the arrival point instead: the support window, the forum or the messaging product sits there. The two answer to different registries. Details are on the .chat domain page.
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Yes — at 1,656,301 registrations this is the busiest zone in the group.
That figure comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. Common single words are almost entirely taken, while combinations of a brand name and a campaign name stay available. To sift dozens of variants quickly, use the bulk domain name search.
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Yes — even an address that only redirects should not run without one.
The browser raises a warning on an address without a certificate before the visitor ever reaches the destination, and most people give up right there. On a campaign link that is a direct loss. Choose a certificate on the SSL certificate page and verify the installation with the SSL checker.
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