The .health Domain: A Zone With Contractual Safeguards
.health was recorded in the root zone on 17 September 2015; its ICANN registry agreement dates from 11 February 2015 and the present contracting party is Registry Services, LLC. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 73,040 registrations, of which 62,270 appear in the zone file — roughly five names in six.
Doctors, clinics, hospitals, therapists, veterinary practices and brands selling health products all use the ending, and no eligibility condition applies at registration. Try candidates through a .health domain search, and compare the more institutional reading on the .healthcare page.
The public interest commitments in the registry agreement are specific to this zone and go beyond boilerplate. The operator undertakes to prohibit expressly the promotion and sale of prescription drugs, controlled substances and tainted dietary supplements, to monitor the zone pro-actively, to act against rogue internet pharmacies, and — on a verified complaint — to give the sponsoring registrar 12 hours to respond. Whois accuracy is sampled at least twice a year, and names with uncorrected data may be suspended. There is also a commitment to consult the World Health Organization on protecting its names. The constraint attaches to conduct, not to identity.
.HEALTH Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Registry Services, LLC
- ICANN registry agreement 11 February 2015
- Root zone record 17 September 2015
- Registered names 73,040 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 62,270 names, about 85%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .health domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.health 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
$77.99 / years -
Transfer
$77.99 / years -
Renewal
$83.99 / years -
Restore
$195.00 -
Late Renewal
$15.40
Included With Every .health 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.
.health Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .health 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.
.health Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.health Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .health domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.health Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.health Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1 years
- Renewal Periods 1 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 .health Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry carries out no professional or licensing check at the point of registration.
Authority comes from the activity, not from the domain: if you provide care, your obligations flow from the law where you practise, and the address changes none of them. To protect visitors, publish qualification, specialty and registration numbers on the page — that is the first thing patients look for.
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The illicit promotion and sale of prescription drugs, controlled substances and tainted dietary supplements are expressly prohibited.
The registry has committed to monitoring the zone for exactly this and to acting against rogue internet pharmacies. On a verified complaint the sponsoring registrar has 12 hours to respond, after which the name can be placed on hold. If you run a legitimate pharmacy site, keep your licensing details somewhere obvious.
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Who provides the service, under what authority, and that the content does not replace individual medical advice.
Put an author name and an update date under each article, because health content dates quickly. Keep the appointment route reachable from every page. If you collect patient data, explain what is stored and where, and serve the form over an encrypted connection.
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Of 73,040 registrations, 62,270 appear in the zone file — about 85%.
A high rate, and the expected outcome in a monitored zone: names are not bought and left sitting. Read it into your decision — a root that comes back taken probably has a real service behind it, so waiting for an expiry is a poor use of your time. Test alternatives together through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
Where appointments and patient correspondence depend on the address, schedule the move for a quieter clinical day. Confirm that certificate coverage stays unbroken too: a patient filling in a form abandons it the moment a browser warning appears. Afterwards, check the certificate from the SSL checker page.
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