The .expert Domain: An Address That Names Your Field
.expert was recorded in the root zone on 16 January 2014 and is operated by Binky Moon, LLC. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 35,973 registrations in the zone, of which 27,064 appear in the zone file. The zone sits among the larger endings examined here.
Combined with the right label, the ending states your work in a single line: tax.expert, cyber.expert, textile.expert. The rule is simple — name the field in the label and the role in the ending; make both generic and the address says nothing at all. Check a shortlist in a .expert domain search.
The ending is itself an assertion, and the registry does not test it. What convinces a visitor is the evidence on the page. Four headings do the work: a measurable result (one case with before and after figures), a verifiable reference (organisation named, with a date), work in public (a paper, a talk, an open-source contribution) and, where one exists, a certification number. Without any of them the address carries only an adjective; with them it becomes shorthand for a body of work.
.EXPERT Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 16 January 2014
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 35,973 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 27,064 names, about 75%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .expert domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.expert 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
$9.99 /year -
Transfer
$62.39 /year -
Renewal
$67.19 /year -
Restore
$164.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
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Free DNS management
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Domain lock
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Domain forwarding
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Free WHOIS privacy
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.expert Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .expert 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 .expert 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 .expert 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 .expert 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
.expert Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.expert Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .expert domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.expert Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .expert Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry performs no competence check of any kind.
Binky Moon, LLC's policy set defines no eligibility condition for this ending, and names are issued first come, first served. Because the word is itself a claim, visitors assume some vetting exists; none does. What carries the claim is the result, the reference and, where you have one, the certification number shown on your page.
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Your field if you want to be found by search, your name if the brand is personal.
Putting the field in the label — tax.expert, say — lets a visitor place you within a second. Using your own name gives more room if you work across several fields and your recognition travels with you. Try both patterns in a bulk domain name search and see which is free.
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One foregrounds the person, the other the shape of the service.
If you work alone or in a small team and the buying decision rests on your individual track record, the expertise framing reads more accurately. If you sell process, methodology and a bench of people, the consulting framing sets the expectation better. Taking both is common practice: one becomes the address, the other a redirect.
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The 11 August 2026 reading counts 35,973 registrations with 27,064 published.
At this scale most single-word field names have gone. More narrowly defined specialisms and non-English words, however, are frequently still available. A larger zone makes naming harder but recognition easier, and at this size the balance between the two is reasonable.
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A measurable result, a verifiable reference and something you have published.
A case study told in numbers, a reference naming an organisation and a date, a paper or a recorded talk — those three together carry the claim. Adding a certification number where one exists makes verification quicker still. Pages that offer only adjectives leave a visitor with a question they cannot answer.
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Yes. The move runs on an authorisation code.
On personal expertise addresses the recurring snag is a registrant mailbox that nobody reads any more: the approval message arrives there and the window closes unanswered. Update the contact details first, then start the process from the domain transfer page.
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