.dance Domains: For Studios, Companies and Teachers
.dance entered the root zone on 9 January 2014, and the IANA record names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. It operates under the Identity Digital umbrella while remaining a separate legal entity from Binky Moon. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 10,857 names in the zone, of which 8,500 appear in the zone file.
In dance the visitor is looking for three things: class times, level and location. So the rule reads — whether you run a studio, a company, a festival or teach independently, the address names the field in one word and matches the intent behind the search. Where your studio also lets out as an event space, giving that its own page keeps things clearer. Try candidates with a domain name search.
.DANCE Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Root zone record 9 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 10,857 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dance domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dance 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
$25.49 /year -
Transfer
$27.29 /year -
Renewal
$29.39 /year -
Restore
$114.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.97
Included With Every .dance 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.
.dance Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .dance 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 .dance 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 .dance 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 $4.97 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 .dance 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
.dance Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.dance Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dance domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dance Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .dance Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No — no eligibility condition has been verified.
Dog Beach, LLC, the sponsoring organisation, asks for no certificate, federation membership or trading licence. A teacher working from a home studio and a school with several halls apply on the same terms. To see whether a name is free, run a domain name search.
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The class timetable, level descriptions, studio address, trial-class terms and the cancellation rule.
Beginners ask which level to join more than anything else, so describing the levels plainly answers a good share of enquiries before they arrive. For children's groups, set out parental consent and photo permissions separately. A booking form needs an encrypted connection; see the SSL certificate page.
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Make the studio name or the style the root, without cramming both in.
People usually search for a style and a town together, so having one of those in the address matches the intent behind the query. The ending already says dance, which makes a repeat such as dancedance pointless. To try several variants at once, use the bulk domain name search.
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The zone holds 10,857 registrations, which counts as mid-sized, and names are not hard to find.
That figure comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026, with 8,500 names published. The high publication rate points to a zone occupied by working businesses. Studio-plus-town combinations remain widely open.
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One names the movement, the other the group making the music.
.dance evokes classes, rehearsals and the stage, and attracts students and audiences. .band names the musical group itself and organises around a gig calendar. In a company that performs with live music, keeping the main address on the dance side reads more clearly; details on the .band domain page.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
At studios the domain has often been opened under the founder's personal account, so confirm through whois search that the record belongs to the business. The transfer lock must be open and sixty days must have passed since registration. Then continue on the domain transfer page.
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