The .forex Domain: An Address for Currency Markets
.forex has been delegated in the root zone since 12 March 2015, and the IANA record names Dog Beach, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. That detail matters: most neighbouring endings under the same corporate roof belong to Binky Moon, LLC, while this one is a separate legal entity. The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 1,216 registrations, of which 1,141 (93.8%) appear in the zone file. According to IANA's report of 29 June 2021 the domain was transferred to Dog Beach, LLC; the original 2015 delegation went to Dotforex Registry Ltd.
The zone is small, so short roots are more likely to still be found. In practice the ending turns up on educational material, market analysis, data services and trading software. Test candidates with a .forex domain search, and if you want a broader financial frame, compare the .finance page.
Dog Beach, LLC publishes no eligibility condition for this ending, and no authorisation, licence number or capital detail is requested at registration. An address ending in .forex is therefore not evidence that the firm behind it is an authorised broker. The only reliable check is to look the company name and licence number up in the register kept by the regulator in your own country. If you are the one publishing, stating plainly that you do not give investment advice, and carrying the risk warnings, is the right way round.
.FOREX Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Root zone record 12 March 2015
- Eligibility condition None; open to any registrant
- Registered names 1,216 (nTLDstats, 28 October 2026)
- Present in the zone file 1,141 names, about 94%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .forex domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.forex 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
$16.90 /year -
Transfer
$103.99 /year -
Renewal
$111.99 /year -
Restore
$156.00 -
Late Renewal
$8.78
Included With Every .forex 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.
.forex Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .forex 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 .forex 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 .forex 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 $8.78 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 .forex 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
.forex Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.forex Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .forex domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.forex Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .forex Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The registry asks for no authorisation or licence number at registration.
The reverse holds too: holding the address grants you no permission to act as a broker. If you take client funds or route orders, that permission comes from your own regulator. If you publish educational or analytical material instead, stating clearly on the page that it is not investment advice is the right approach.
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Look at the firm's entry in a regulator's register, not at the ending of the address.
Search the company name and licence number in the register kept by the authority in your own country; if there is no entry, the domain tells you nothing. As a second step, check who holds the domain — whois search shows the registration date and the record details. A recently created record is not automatically bad, but it is a reason to look more closely.
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The zone holds 1,216 registrations.
Of these, 1,141 (93.8%) appear in the zone file (nTLDstats, 28 October 2026); the rest are registered but absent, because a name does not enter the zone while it has no name servers assigned or is on hold. The field is a narrow specialist one, so demand appears to have stayed limited. For you, that may mean short roots are still within reach.
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State plainly that the material is general information and not advice for an individual.
Noting that past performance does not indicate future results, that example trades are not portfolio recommendations, and citing your sources all belong to the same frame. These lines protect the reader and set out how the content should be read. What the law requires beyond that depends on the country you operate in.
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Yes. The move uses an authorisation code and the registry asks for nothing extra.
Before starting, confirm that you can read mail sent to the address on the record and lift the transfer lock. On analysis and data services the domain often carries an API endpoint as well, so factor that dependency into the downtime plan. Begin from the domain transfer page.
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