The .guitars Domain: An Ending Named for the Instrument
.guitars was recorded in the root zone on 9 January 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 14 November 2013 and the present contracting party is XYZ.COM LLC. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 lists 717 registrations, of which 586 appear in the zone file, making this the smallest zone among its neighbours.
The ending reads immediately for luthiers, instrument shops, teachers, collectors and band sites. The registry's published policies set out no eligibility condition and no identity check. Try candidates through a .guitars domain search, and see a neighbour from the same registry on the .hair page.
The zone holds 717 registrations in total, and 586 of them appear in the zone file. Two conclusions follow at once. Because the zone is small, short single-word roots are largely still free — your workshop's own name is probably available here. At the same time roughly five in six registered names actually resolve, so this is a small zone rather than an abandoned one. The trade-off is recognition: when the address goes on a card or a shopfront, write it out in full rather than abbreviating it.
.GUITARS Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation XYZ.COM LLC
- ICANN registry agreement 14 November 2013
- Root zone record 9 January 2014
- Registered names 717 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 586 names, about 82%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .guitars domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.guitars 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
$156.00 /year -
Transfer
$149.49 /year -
Renewal
$164.44 /year -
Restore
$299.90 -
Late Renewal
$32.89
Included With Every .guitars 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.
.guitars Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .guitars 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 .guitars 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 .guitars 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 $32.89 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 .guitars 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
.guitars Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.guitars Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .guitars domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.guitars Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .guitars Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It does. The ending states the trade in one word, and because the zone is small, short roots remain free.
Visitors to a workshop site look for three things: how the build or repair works, how long it takes, and photographs of previous jobs. If you accept repairs, say which brands and model ranges you work on — that single line filters out most of the enquiries you cannot help with.
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There are 717 registrations and 586 appear in the zone file — about 82%.
This is the smallest zone among its neighbours, but the publication rate is high, so small does not mean unused. Searching here will be easy simply because so few names exist. To test several candidates at once, the bulk domain name search shortens the work.
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Not if the address is rarely quoted on its own; what matters is where your traffic comes from.
When people arrive through search, a maps listing or social accounts, the ending's familiarity is secondary. If you expect the address to travel by word of mouth, test how it sounds: say it over the phone to a few people and see whether they can write it down correctly.
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Yes, and it helps most when the stage name is a common word that needs distinguishing.
On a musician's site the tour dates and a contact route should lead, with listening links gathered into one list. The site can stay simple; heavy infrastructure adds nothing here. You can compare hosting options on the hosting page.
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Yes. The transfer runs on an authorisation code and no extra documents are needed.
For a small business the detail most often missed is mail: if orders and bookings arrive at a mailbox tied to the domain, incomplete records make those messages bounce silently. Take a copy of the current records first, then begin from the domain transfer page.
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