The .guru Domain: A Short Route to an Expertise Claim
.guru was recorded in the root zone on 31 October 2013 and its ICANN registry agreement is dated 27 August 2013, with Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party — the earliest pair of dates among the endings around it. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 83,362 registrations, of which 56,115 appear in the zone file.
Consultants, trainers, freelancers and personal brands built around one narrow subject make up most of the zone. There is no eligibility condition. Try candidates through a .guru domain search, and compare the ending that entered the root zone on the very same day on the .holdings page.
Under the commitment in the registry agreement, the operator runs this zone without any identity-based eligibility limit: nobody is asked for a qualification, a registration number or a reference. The address therefore asserts expertise rather than demonstrating it. Closing that gap is the page's job — three specific pieces of work, a named reference, a measurable outcome and, where relevant, a certificate number. Without them the same address works against you and reads as bluster.
.GURU Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 27 August 2013
- Root zone record 31 October 2013
- Registered names 83,362 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 56,115 names, about 67%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .guru domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.guru 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
$3.99 / years -
Transfer
$42.89 / years -
Renewal
$46.19 / years -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.32
Included With Every .guru 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.
.guru Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .guru 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.
.guru Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.guru Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .guru domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.guru Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.guru 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 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 45 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 45 days
- Payment Period 45 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Deletion Hold Period 30 days
- Renewal Time 30 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .guru Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry commits to running this zone without any identity-based eligibility limit.
Professional regulation, however, works independently of domain names. Where the work requires a licence, the authority comes from the activity rather than the address, so showing your registration number on the page is both accurate and protective. Where you hold no such authority, state the limits of the service plainly.
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A name lasts, while this ending explains the subject; most people end up using both.
Your field of expertise can shift, your name will not. Running the main site on your name and keeping the topic address on this ending gives you room to change without losing the identity. Link the two and avoid publishing the same text in both places.
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Of 83,362 registrations, 56,115 appear in the zone file — about 67%.
One name in three has never gone live, which is the pattern you would expect around a word with figurative weight: names get taken and held for later. If the root you wanted is gone, generate alternatives and run them together through the bulk domain name search.
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The one describing how you work and what falls inside the scope — that is what visitors come to check.
Say how long a first conversation takes, what gets delivered, and what the steps are. Give references with names and outcomes attached. Say what you do not take on as well: it keeps unsuitable enquiries from eating the time you meant to spend on clients.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
In one-person practices who holds the registration matters: if it stands in the name of an agency or a former developer, authorisation becomes the obstacle at exactly the wrong moment. Check who holds it today from the whois search page and fix the ownership first if needed.
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