The .glass Domain: Small Zone, Genuinely Used
.glass was recorded in the root zone on 19 December 2013, and the IANA entry names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party. The zone was first delegated to Black Cover, LLC and moved to its present holder in the 2018 bulk transfer. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 4,273 registrations, of which 3,562 appear in the zone file.
The ending closes directly on glaziers, facade and balcony installers, vehicle glass services and stained glass studios. In a trade that runs locally, roots built on a town name read naturally here. Try candidates with a .glass domain search, and for the interiors side of the same market look at the .furniture page.
Of 4,273 registrations, 3,562 appear in the zone file — around 83%. That is the highest rate among the smaller zones in this group: few names, but most of them doing real work. Two things follow. Short descriptive roots can still be found, because the total is low. Yet if the name you want is taken, there is a good chance a working business sits behind it, so pairing it with a town or a service word beats waiting for the registration to lapse.
.GLASS Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone record 19 December 2013
- Registered names 4,273 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 3,562 names, about 83%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .glass domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.glass 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
$54.99 /year -
Transfer
$57.19 /year -
Renewal
$61.59 /year -
Restore
$169.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.00
Included With Every .glass 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.
.glass Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .glass 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 .glass 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 .glass 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 $11.00 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 .glass 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
.glass Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.glass Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .glass domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.glass Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .glass Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It is. The ending states the material while the root word states the service.
Customers in this trade are usually in a hurry and search by phone, so an address that is short and easy to dictate matters. Leading with a town or district name helps in search and on a van alike. Keeping opening hours and an emergency number above the fold affects conversion directly.
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Measuring, installation time and the terms of what is covered should lead.
Because price depends on measurement, a single list is rarely possible; explaining how measuring works and how long fitting takes sharpens the enquiries you receive instead. Publishing your liability terms in writing closes off most of the disputes that surface later.
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Yes. The total stands at 4,273 registrations, one of the smaller zones in this group.
That said, roughly 83% of those names are live, so little is sitting idle. The most productive route is to combine a town name or an application type with the root. Testing a few combinations in one pass through the bulk domain name search saves time.
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No. The registry asks for no craft certificate, chamber membership or trade record.
Names are allocated in order of application. For a visitor that means the word at the end of an address says nothing about the competence of whoever answers the phone. Publishing reference projects, installation photographs and your trading name settles the question in your favour.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and needs no supporting documents.
For a local service business the real exposure is that phone and map listings hang off the same address: if the site is briefly unreachable, the link in search results goes nowhere too. Schedule the move outside the busy season and start from the domain transfer page.
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