The .hiphop Domain: An Ending Named After the Culture
.hiphop was recorded in the root zone on 8 May 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 6 March 2014 and the present contracting party is Dot Hip Hop, LLC, based in Florida. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 1,648 registrations, of which 1,171 appear in the zone file.
Artists, labels, producers, dance schools, event series and media covering the genre all sit naturally at this address. The registry states on its own information page that there are no restrictions on registering. Try candidates through a .hiphop domain search, or look at the instrument side on the .guitars page.
.HIPHOP Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dot Hip Hop, LLC
- ICANN registry agreement 6 March 2014
- Root zone record 8 May 2014
- Registered names 1,648 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 1,171 names, about 71%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hiphop domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hiphop 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
$390.00 -
Late Renewal
$32.89
Included With Every .hiphop 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.
.hiphop Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .hiphop 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 .hiphop 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 .hiphop 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 .hiphop 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
.hiphop Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.hiphop Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hiphop domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hiphop Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .hiphop Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The registry states on its own information page that there are no restrictions on registration.
Its agreement carries no zone-specific eligibility commitment either. A listener community, a blog, a dance school or a festival can hold the same kind of address. The absence of a rule does not make relevant content optional, though: in a zone this small, an empty address stands out immediately.
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Yes, particularly when the stage name is a common word that needs something to set it apart.
Social accounts get closed and their rules change, so a fixed address is the safer long-term hold. Gather tour dates, listening links and contact details here, and point your profile link at it so the attention you earn accumulates on a page you own.
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There are 1,648 registrations and 1,171 appear in the zone file — about 71%.
It is a small zone, so short and memorable roots can still be found. On the other hand one registered name in three has never gone live, so do not assume a taken name has a working site behind it. Test the alternatives together through the bulk domain name search.
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Keep the year out of the domain: hold the archive on sub-pages and let the main address stay fixed.
An address printed on posters and tickets stays in circulation for years. Registering a new one each season breaks those links and adds administration. Collecting past line-ups, photographs and recordings under one address also turns the archive into something worth visiting.
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Yes. The transfer runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
In music projects ownership is the usual complication: the name often still stands with a former manager, designer or band member. Check who holds it today from the whois search page before you start, and put the ownership right first if it needs it.
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