.codes Domains: One Word With Four Different Meanings
.codes entered the root zone on 19 December 2013, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. No eligibility condition has been verified for registration. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 26,152 names in the zone, with 19,581 of them present in the zone file.
What deserves attention here is that the word carries more than one sense: source code, discount codes, postal codes and the code list of a standard all fit inside it. The rule follows directly. Which of them a visitor is getting is signalled by the root, not by the ending. Publishing vouchers, make the root your brand; publishing an open source library, make it the project name. Try candidates with a domain name search.
.CODES Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 19 December 2013
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 26,152 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .codes domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.codes 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
$71.49 /year -
Renewal
$76.99 /year -
Restore
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Late Renewal
$11.12
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.codes Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .codes 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 .codes 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 .codes 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 $11.12 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 .codes 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
.codes Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.codes Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .codes domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.codes Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .codes Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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For both — and the root you choose, not the ending, settles it.
Since the word covers source code and discount codes alike, the address alone does not name the subject. With a brand as the root, visitors expect vouchers; with a project name, they expect source code. To try several combinations together, use the bulk domain name search.
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Anyone can; no eligibility condition has been verified.
Binky Moon, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no document, company registration or proof of activity. A solo developer and a retailer publishing vouchers apply on identical terms. Check the state of a name with a domain name search.
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One names what gets written; the other names the machine it runs on.
.codes points at an output: a library, a voucher listing or the code table of a standard. .computer sits closer to hardware, retail and repair, and reads directly for a business fixing machines on site. Details are on the .computer domain page.
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None from the ending, but consumer law still applies in full.
Stating the expiry date, the conditions and which retailer a code belongs to is mandatory in most countries, and that obligation follows from what you publish rather than from the address. Pages carrying code listings need to update quickly; for infrastructure, see the hosting plans.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
The transfer lock has to be open, sixty days must have passed since registration, and the administrative email address has to be current. Check the record with whois search, then start on the domain transfer page. Remaining registration time is not lost — it carries over.
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Names built on a brand or a project name remain widely available.
The zone is mid-sized at 26,152 registrations, a figure from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. Some generic single words have gone, while combinations with proper names stay open. Keep the name short and its spelling unambiguous.
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