The .fitness Domain: For Gyms, Coaches and Programmes
.fitness entered the root zone on 11 April 2014, with Binky Moon, LLC named as the sponsoring organisation and Identity Digital Limited listed as the technical contact — the infrastructure side rather than the registry. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 17,728 registrations, of which 13,442 appear in the zone file, a publication rate near 76%.
The ending states the business in a single word: a gym, personal training, group classes, programmes sold online. Being the long form, it draws attention to the tail of the address, which is why it pairs best with a short brand name. See what is open through a .fitness domain search, and weigh the three-letter alternative on the .fit page.
Binky Moon, LLC publishes no eligibility condition for this zone, and no certificate, diploma or health-profession record is requested at registration. For a visitor that means a page under .fitness is not, by itself, evidence of competence. Where content makes nutrition or health claims, responsibility rests entirely with whoever publishes it. Naming the body that certified you, and citing sources for training and dietary advice, closes that gap faster than anything else on the page.
.FITNESS Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone record 11 April 2014
- Registered names 17,728 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 13,442 names, about 76%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .fitness domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.fitness 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
$9.49 /year -
Transfer
$41.59 /year -
Renewal
$44.79 /year -
Late Renewal
$6.73
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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.
.fitness Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .fitness 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 .fitness 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 .fitness 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 $6.73 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 .fitness 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
.fitness Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.fitness Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .fitness domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.fitness Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .fitness Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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A short brand name balances the long ending; a long name is better served by three letters.
The rule works on total length: the address has to fit on one line across a shirt or a window. Keep in mind too that the two endings answer to different registries, so their rules and terms are not identical. Trying both side by side usually settles the question quickly.
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Since the ending proves nothing, credibility has to come from the content itself.
Put your certification and the awarding body somewhere visible, cite sources for your claims, and point readers with individual health conditions towards a clinician. Those three steps protect the reader and reduce the risk of being misread. Keeping your whois search record consistent with the business named on the site supports the same goal.
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Of 17,728 registrations, 13,442 appear in the zone file — roughly 76%.
That sits above many zones of comparable size and indicates real use rather than holding. In practice: if the name you want is taken, a working gym or coach is probably behind it. Changing the root will get you online sooner than waiting for an expiry.
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Bandwidth and storage decide it once video and live sessions are involved.
A library of recorded classes grows quickly, while a membership system wants steady database access. A shared package can carry the start, but moving later costs time. Compare what fits your growth path on the hosting page before the archive gets large.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and no extra documents are needed.
The recurring problem in gyms is a name still registered to the agency that built the launch site. Update the registrant and contact details to your own business first, so the approval message reaches you. Then start the move from the domain transfer page.
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