.clothing Domains: For Fashion Labels and Boutiques
.clothing entered the root zone on 31 October 2013, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. That date places the ending in the very first delegation wave of the new generation of domain names, a full cohort ahead of the siblings that arrived from 2014 onwards. No eligibility condition has been verified, and the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 12,924 names in the zone.
In fashion retail the address should carry the label's name, since the ending already states the category. The rule is worth stating plainly: put your brand in the root, not a collection or a season, because the second choice produces an address that ages every year. Where the brand name is short, the ending completes the phrase and stays legible on packaging, swing tags and shop windows. Compare alternatives with a domain name search.
.CLOTHING Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 31 October 2013
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 12,924 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .clothing domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.clothing 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
$24.99 /year -
Transfer
$32.49 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .clothing 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.
.clothing Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .clothing 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 .clothing 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 .clothing 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 .clothing 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
.clothing Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.clothing Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .clothing domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.clothing Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .clothing Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Anyone can; no eligibility condition has been verified.
Binky Moon, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no company registration, trademark or trade credential. Someone selling their own designs and a chain with dozens of shops apply on identical terms. To find out whether a name is free, run a domain name search.
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Put your brand name there and avoid collection or season names.
An address carrying a season ages within the year and forces you to introduce a new one across printed material. A brand name stays the same from swing tag to shop window. To test several variants in one pass, use the bulk domain name search.
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Yes — its root zone record dates from 31 October 2013, the first delegation wave.
According to the IANA record that date places the ending a full cohort ahead of the siblings that arrived from 2014 onwards. In practice it means a share of the good names has been in use for a long time. Even so, a zone of 12,924 registrations is far from tight, and brand combinations remain open.
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Your business model decides: are you selling product or an experience?
.clothing names the category outright and stays clear for a product-led shop, so a searcher knows what they will find. .boutique suggests something small-scale and curated, and it stretches to goods beyond garments. Details sit on the .boutique domain page.
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Yes if you sell, and it is advisable even on a brochure page.
Payment and account flows do not work without an encrypted connection, and the browser warning turns away a visitor who has already reached the basket. Choose a certificate from the SSL certificate page and confirm the installation is correct with the SSL checker.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
The transfer lock has to be open and sixty days must have passed since registration; the administrative email address needs to work, because the approval link is sent there. Check the record with whois search, then start the process on the domain transfer page.
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