.dating Domains: An Unambiguous Address for Introductions
.dating entered the root zone on 23 January 2014, 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 5,599 names in the zone, of which 4,300 appear in the zone file — three quarters of what is registered here is published.
This name leaves nothing open: the address alone says what you do. So the rule reads — running a matching app, an events service for singles, relationship coaching or a niche community, the ending carries the subject without loading it onto your advertising copy. Where your scope also takes in an events calendar, the .date domain stays more flexible. Try candidates with a domain name search.
No age verification, identity check or content moderation is defined on the registry side by Binky Moon. In introductions services those duties arise from the work you do and are separately regulated in many countries: keeping minors out, protecting user data, making blocking and reporting tools visible, and answering reports of harassment. Keep your rules readable before the sign-up step; a clause added later does not stand in for consent that was given earlier.
.DATING Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 23 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Age verification Not defined on the registry side
- Registered names 5,599 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dating domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dating 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
$24.90 /year -
Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
$164.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
Included With Every .dating 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
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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.
.dating Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .dating 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 .dating 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 .dating 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 .dating 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
.dating Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.dating Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dating domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dating Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .dating 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, age verification or undertaking about content. A small community project and an app with a large user base apply on the same terms. To see whether a name is free, run a domain name search.
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The age limit, your verification method, blocking tools and the complaints process.
Explaining how users reach one another, and how unwanted contact can be stopped, is a basic duty of care. Since profile data, location and photographs are processed, state your retention periods too. A sign-up form calls for an encrypted connection; see the SSL certificate page.
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If your subject is introductions alone, take .dating; if your scope is wider, .date fits better.
.dating lets the address settle the subject on its own, so visitors know what they will find before they click. .date also carries the calendar sense, which opens it to events work and asks the root to set the direction. For the comparison, see the .date domain page.
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Make your audience or a shared interest the root.
A general introductions address sits where competition is heaviest, whereas names built around a particular interest, age group or city are both available and aligned with how people search. The ending already states the subject, so avoid repeating it in the root. Test variants together with the bulk domain name search.
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The zone holds 5,599 registrations, of which 4,300 are published.
The figures come from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. A publication rate of three in four shows that people who take a name here go on to build something. Because the zone is small, niche roots remain widely open.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
In services holding user accounts, downtime turns directly into lost trust, so prepare the name servers in advance and schedule the move for a quiet hour. The lock must be open and sixty days must have passed since registration. Check the record with whois search, then go to the domain transfer page.
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