.dealer Domains: A Very Small Zone for Authorised Sellers
.dealer entered the root zone on 25 November 2015, and the IANA record names Intercap Registry Inc. as the sponsoring organisation. No eligibility condition has been verified for registration. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows just 202 names in the zone, making it the smallest of every ending examined in this programme.
A small zone cuts both ways. So the rule reads — if you hold a dealership, a distribution agreement or an authorised sales role, a short address built on your brand is almost certainly free, and that is a real advantage. Against it, the ending is not yet familiar to visitors, so never let the address travel without a line saying what you do. Try candidates with a domain name search.
According to the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 the zone holds 202 registrations, of which 187 appear in the zone file — a share of roughly 93 per cent, the highest in this group. Read together, the two numbers tell a clear story: almost everyone who takes a name here uses it, and there is no weight of parking or resale. The practical consequence for you is this — your chances of getting the name you want are very high, but where you do meet a taken name, that address is most likely a working one.
.DEALER Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Intercap Registry Inc.
- Root zone record 25 November 2015
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 202 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Published 187 names (roughly 93 per cent)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dealer domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dealer 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
$2,499.00 /year -
Transfer
$2,599.99 /year -
Renewal
$2,799.99 /year
Included With Every .dealer 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.
.dealer Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .dealer 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 .dealer 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 .dealer 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 .dealer 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
.dealer Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.dealer Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .dealer domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.dealer Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .dealer Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It does not — the registry verifies no dealership agreement.
Authorised status comes from the contract signed with a manufacturer or distributor, never from an address. So state plainly on the page which brand you are authorised for and what your agreement covers. To see whether a name is free, run a domain name search.
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Most likely yes — the zone holds only 202 registrations.
That figure comes from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026, and it is the smallest of every zone examined here. Nearly all combinations of brand, town and product group are open. To try several candidates at once, use the bulk domain name search.
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The brands you represent, your service area, stock position, after-sales terms and contact details.
A buyer's first question in this trade is whether the seller really is authorised and whether service support exists. Setting out the scope of your agreement, your service points and your liability terms closes that question in advance. A page with a quote form needs an encrypted connection; see the SSL certificate page.
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Should what you sell take the lead, or your role as a seller?
.cars names the vehicle directly and never leaves the automotive field. .dealer is product-agnostic: it works the same for machinery, agricultural equipment, electronics or building supplies. If you sell cars alone, look at the .cars domain page.
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Almost none — roughly 93 per cent of registrations appear in the zone file.
Of 202 registrations, 187 are published, the highest share in this group. The zone therefore carries no weight of speculative registration. If a name you like is taken, it probably belongs to a working business; to see who holds it, run a whois search.
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Begin by asking your current registrar for the authorisation code.
On dealership sites the address has often been registered by the parent company's agency, so confirm through whois search that the record belongs to you. 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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