The .hockey Domain: An Address for Clubs and Leagues
.hockey was recorded in the root zone on 30 April 2015; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 19 March 2015 and names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party, making this one of the later arrivals among neighbouring endings. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 2,304 registrations, of which 1,784 appear in the zone file.
Clubs, youth squads, leagues, rinks, supporters' associations, equipment retailers and coaches working on their own all use the address. The registry applies no eligibility condition and asks for no documents. Try candidates through a .hockey domain search, and see the equestrian side on the .horse page.
.HOCKEY Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 19 March 2015
- Root zone record 30 April 2015
- Registered names 2,304 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 1,784 names, about 77%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hockey domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hockey 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
$12.90 /year -
Transfer
$59.79 /year -
Renewal
$64.39 /year -
Restore
$154.90 -
Late Renewal
$10.39
Included With Every .hockey 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.
.hockey Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .hockey 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 .hockey 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 .hockey 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 $10.39 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 .hockey 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
.hockey Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.hockey Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hockey domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hockey Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .hockey Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The word covers two different sports, and the root rather than the ending settles which one.
Adding the discipline or the type of venue next to the club name removes the ambiguity immediately. If a visitor cannot tell within a second which sport they are looking at, they leave. State the discipline once on the front page as well — that sentence is usually what appears as the summary in search results.
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Fixtures, training times and how to join the youth setup are the three most requested.
Parents usually decide on the basis of times and location, so presenting them as a calendar cuts the volume of phone calls. Archiving results also builds a record that proves useful in sponsorship conversations. Use one organisational contact address rather than a personal account.
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Of 2,304 registrations, 1,784 appear in the zone file — about 77%.
The zone is small and more than three names in four are in use. Short roots built on a club or a town name are still available, simply because the total number of registrations is low. You can run a shortlist in one pass through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. A league is an identity separate from its clubs, and its administration changes with the seasons.
Choose a name without a season or a year in it, and keep the archive on sub-pages. Register in the league's name rather than an individual's, so a change of chair does not turn ownership into a dispute. Do not leave renewal in one person's hands either.
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Yes. It runs on an authorisation code and the registry asks for no extra documents.
For clubs, plan the move out of season: a short interruption while fixtures are live hits exactly the match-day traffic you rely on. List which records your ticketing and registration systems depend on beforehand, then start from the domain transfer page.
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