The .fan Domain: For Supporters and Followings
.fan was recorded in the root zone on 28 February 2015, and the IANA entry names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 shows 14,261 registrations in the zone, of which only 8,302 appear in the zone file. At roughly 58%, that is the lowest publication rate in the group examined here.
Supporters' associations, fan clubs, forum communities and the audience pages of individual creators all read correctly on this address. The singular suggests one person's attachment, while the plural points at the community around it. To weigh the two forms against each other, try them side by side in a bulk domain name search.
According to IANA records, .fan belongs to Dog Beach, LLC in the United States while .fans belongs to ZDNS International Limited in Hong Kong. The two are not merely different companies — they sit in different corporate groups, under separate contracts, separate policy documents and separate infrastructure. Users routinely read them as two spellings of one ending. If you intend to hold both, plan for two registrations and two renewal calendars from the outset.
.FAN Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Root zone record 28 February 2015
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 14,261 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 8,302 names, about 58%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .fan domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.fan 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
$54.59 /year -
Renewal
$58.79 /year -
Restore
$149.90
Included With Every .fan 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.
.fan Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .fan 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 .fan 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 .fan 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 .fan 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
.fan Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.fan Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .fan domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.fan Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .fan Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The two belong to completely separate organisations.
IANA records place .fan with Dog Beach, LLC in the United States and .fans with ZDNS International Limited in Hong Kong. Separate contracts, separate policy documents and separate infrastructure apply to each. To see which one has your name free, start with a .fan domain search.
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The registry does not block it, but trademark and personal-name rights are a separate matter.
Domains containing a well-known club name, a performer's name or a registered mark can become the subject of a dispute. What decides it is the nature of the use: a supporter page with no commercial purpose that states clearly it is unaffiliated is not judged the same way as one selling merchandise. Saying plainly on the page that you are independent is a basic precaution.
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Only 8,302 of 14,261 names appear in the zone file, which comes to about 58%.
It is the lowest figure in the group examined here: two of every five registered names have never gone live. A share of the short and popular labels is plausibly held for resale, and another share taken defensively by clubs and brands. The measurement comes from the nTLDstats breakdown on the date of access.
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Combining it with a town or district name is both distinctive and safe.
Using the club name outright can create trademark friction, whereas your own group's name, the place it was founded or the name of your stand is original and free of that problem. The zone is small, so those combinations remain findable. Try a few together in a bulk domain name search.
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It does, and a platform-independent address is what lets you keep that audience.
When a platform changes its rules or an account closes, the connection to your followers goes with it. A newsletter list and a links page running on your own address remove most of that exposure. Look at the hosting options for somewhere to run it.
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None. Dog Beach, LLC defines no eligibility condition for this ending.
Its policy set carries no document or status requirement, and names are issued first come, first served. Associations, companies and individuals apply on identical terms. Making sure the name you choose is not someone else's trademark remains your responsibility, and the registry does not check it for you.
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