.compare Domains: An Ending for Comparison Sites
.compare entered the root zone on 23 December 2015 and was first delegated on 12 January 2016; the IANA record names Registry Services, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. Those dates make it the newest ending in this group. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 1,181 names in the zone.
The ending carries a promise: the address announces that you offer comparison, so the page needs genuine options set side by side and a stated basis for ranking them. The rule follows. Publishing an independent comparison, set out your method and how you earn money, because visitors arrive expecting impartiality. On a page praising a single product, the ending works against you. Try candidates with a domain name search.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 records just 1,181 registrations, against 119,726 for .company from the same group. The ending also reached the root zone late, on 23 December 2015. Taken together those two facts say one thing: most short, single-word and category names here are still unregistered.
.COMPARE Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Registry Services, LLC
- Root zone record 23 December 2015
- First delegation 12 January 2016
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 1,181 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .compare domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.compare 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
$32.49 /year -
Transfer
$32.49 /year -
Renewal
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Restore
$304.90
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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.
.compare Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .compare 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 .compare 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 .compare 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 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 .compare 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
.compare Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.compare Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .compare domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.compare Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .compare Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Sites that set options side by side and explain the basis for ranking them.
Price comparison, product feature tables, provider round-ups and guide content all match what this address leads people to expect. On a page introducing a single product, the ending fails to keep its promise. Try candidates with a domain name search.
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Very easy — the zone holds only 1,181 registrations.
That figure comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026, making it the smallest zone in this group. Most short names carrying a category word are still unregistered. To try dozens of candidates in one pass, use the bulk domain name search.
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Your comparison method, your data source and how the site earns money.
What the ranking is based on, whether affiliate links are used and when the data was last updated all shape a visitor's decision to trust you. Those disclosures are also required by consumer law in many countries. Transparency here is a working requirement rather than a matter of style.
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Anyone can; no eligibility condition has been verified.
Registry Services, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no document or proof of activity. An independent publisher and a manufacturer comparing its own product range apply on identical terms. In the second case, avoiding any claim of impartiality matters. To see a record's state, use whois search.
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Yes — comparison sites usually carry forms and outbound links.
Filter preferences, newsletter sign-ups and click redirects all generate user data, so the site should not run without encryption. Choose a certificate on the SSL certificate page and verify the installation with the SSL checker.
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A transfer starts with the authorisation code from your current registrar.
The transfer lock has to be open, sixty days must have passed since registration, and your administrative email address has to work, because the approval link goes there. Start the process on the domain transfer page. Remaining registration time is not lost; it is added to the new term.
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