The .forum Domain: An Address for Communities
.forum was recorded in the root zone on 11 June 2015; both the IANA entry and the IANA RDAP record name Fegistry, LLC as the contracting party. Commercially the ending is offered within the Internet Naming Co. portfolio. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 78,850 registrations, of which 61,868 appear in the zone file.
The ending closes directly on community platforms, support boards, user groups and brand discussion spaces. Placed after a product or topic word, the address tells a visitor what they will find, which shortens the decision to sign up. See what is open with a .forum domain search, and if the project is about collecting opinions rather than hosting debate, compare the .feedback page.
The moment you open a discussion space you are publishing text written by other people. That calls for moderation, a complaints route and a retention period to be planned from the start rather than after the first incident. Three things cover most of it: a written set of rules, a named person who can be contacted, and a short note explaining how removal requests are handled. What the law requires beyond that depends on where you operate; the registry publishes no rule on the subject and checks nothing at registration.
.FORUM Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Fegistry, LLC
- Commercial operator Internet Naming Co. portfolio
- Root zone record 11 June 2015
- Registered names 78,850 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 61,868 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .forum domain registration
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.forum 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
$4.99 / years -
Transfer
$59.99 / years -
Renewal
$59.99 / years -
Restore
$159.90
Included With Every .forum 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.
.forum Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .forum 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 yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.forum Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.forum Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .forum domain registration
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.forum Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.forum Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 1 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 1 days
- Payment Period 1 days
- Redemption Period 1 days
- Deletion Hold Period 1 days
- Renewal Time 1 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .forum Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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According to the IANA entry and the IANA RDAP record, the contracting party is Fegistry, LLC.
That record was last changed on 18 December 2025. Commercially the ending is offered in the Internet Naming Co. portfolio, and the canonical nic.forum address redirects to that company's site. The older address shown in the IANA registration services field does not respond today, so the current one was confirmed by following the redirect.
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It does. A user community tends to grow more freely on an address of its own.
Discussion traffic then stops distorting the measurements on your product pages, and moderation rules live in their own frame. Starting the address with your brand tells members they have arrived in the right place. A visible link from the main site keeps the community part of the ecosystem rather than an island.
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Moderation tooling, data export and mobile readability are the three that matter.
What a growing community needs most is a moderation screen that can act on many items at once. Being able to export your data in a standard format is what makes changing software possible later. For a site that leans on constant database access, compare the options on the hosting page before the archive grows.
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Of 78,850 registrations, 61,868 appear in the zone file — around 78%.
That rate shows most names have genuinely been pointed at a server. For your search it means a short generic word almost certainly belongs to a working community. Narrowing the topic, or pairing the word with your brand, is the fastest way to something available.
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Yes. The move runs on an authorisation code and requires no extra documents.
On community sites, schedule it for a quiet hour: when logged-in members lose their connection, half-written posts can disappear with it. A short notice to members beforehand cuts the number of complaints noticeably. Start the process from the domain transfer page.
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