The .garden Domain: A Zone That Is Actually Live
.garden was recorded in the root zone on 23 October 2014, and the contracting party in the IANA entry today is Registry Services, LLC, trading as GoDaddy Registry. The zone was first delegated to Top Level Domain Holdings Limited and transferred to its present holder on 14 September 2021. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 201,660 registrations, of which 197,637 appear in the zone file.
The ending closes cleanly on landscape architects, nurseries, garden equipment retailers and publishers writing about growing things. The registry's Registration Policy of June 2022 lists this ending by name and takes a warranty from the registrant that the name and its use will be consistent with the purpose of the TLD. Try candidates with a .garden domain search, and look at the land-based alternative on the .farm page.
Of 201,660 registrations, 197,637 appear in the zone file — about 98%. That is the highest rate measured anywhere in this programme; for comparison, the lowest in this group sits near 40%. Two consequences follow. First, if the short name you want is taken, there is a record genuinely resolving behind it, so waiting for it to lapse is a poor use of time. Second, because the zone is large, aiming at two-word combinations that name a service or a place produces results faster than chasing single words.
.GARDEN Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Registry Services, LLC
- Trading name GoDaddy Registry
- Root zone record 23 October 2014
- Transfer to current holder 14 September 2021
- Registered names 201,660 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 197,637 names, about 98%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .garden domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
.garden 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
$32.49 /year -
Transfer
$32.49 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.92
Included With Every .garden 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.
.garden Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .garden 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 .garden 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 .garden 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 $7.92 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 .garden 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
.garden Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.garden Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .garden domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.garden Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .garden Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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That the name and its use will be consistent with the purpose of the TLD, applicable law and the published policies.
The same document expects the registrant to be the intended beneficiary of the registration and to report a change of contact details within 14 days. The registry may ask for information at any point in the lifecycle; if no reply arrives within 14 calendar days, it may suspend or terminate the name.
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Yes. The registry asks for no professional credential and no trade registration.
The policy ties registration to a warranty rather than an eligibility test: that the name and its use match the purpose of the ending. The distinction matters — nobody vets you at the point of application, but a use plainly at odds with that purpose can be reviewed later.
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It means nearly every registered name resolves to a server, so the zone is genuinely in use.
Against that background, waiting for names to lapse rarely pays: few of them will. The productive route is to pair a service or a place with the root — a word like landscape, irrigation or nursery next to a town name. Testing several combinations in one pass through the bulk domain name search speeds this up considerably.
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Report the change to your registrar within 14 days; the policy states this as an obligation.
If the registry doubts that the information is current, it may contact you and expects an answer within 14 calendar days. Where no answer comes, suspension or termination of the name becomes possible. You can see what the record currently shows from the whois search page.
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A structure that stays put all year with a shop window that changes by season is the most durable arrangement.
Demand in this trade peaks in spring and falls away in winter. Keeping the price list and stock figures on separate pages means one page edit at the start of a season finishes the job. If the catalogue will lean on photography, compare the environments on the hosting page.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
In this trade, schedule the move out of season, ideally in late autumn: in spring even a short interruption means missing the busiest enquiries of the year. Afterwards, check that the contact details show correctly at the new registrar as well. Start from the domain transfer page.
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