The .hosting Domain: A Small but Live Zone
.hosting entered the root zone on 15 August 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 29 May 2014 and passed to XYZ.COM LLC on 10 March 2022 as the UNR portfolio was broken up. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 2,670 registrations, 2,278 of them in the zone file. On its own page the operator describes the ending as unrestricted.
Web hosting firms, cloud platforms, site builders, data centres and domain resellers use the ending. The operator requests no documents and no proof of trade, and defines no eligibility condition. Try candidate names through a .hosting domain search, and read it alongside the .host page, which carries the same theme.
The zone holds 2,670 registrations and 2,278 of them appear in the zone file: about 85 percent. That is markedly higher than the equivalent figure in the .host zone. The decision rule follows: a name that looks taken here is most likely genuinely in use, so waiting for an expiry is a poor strategy. On the other hand the zone is small, so most two- and three-word combinations remain free. Rather than camping on a short root, try the phrase that names your service — it gets you live sooner.
.HOSTING Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation XYZ.COM LLC
- ICANN registry agreement 29 May 2014
- Root zone record 15 August 2014
- Agreement assignment 10 March 2022, XYZ.COM LLC
- Registered names 2,670 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 2,278 names, about 85%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hosting domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hosting 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
$468.00 /year -
Transfer
$448.49 /year -
Renewal
$493.34 /year -
Restore
$699.90 -
Late Renewal
$98.67
Included With Every .hosting 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.
.hosting Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .hosting 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 .hosting 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 .hosting 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 $98.67 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 .hosting 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
.hosting Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.hosting Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .hosting domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.hosting Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .hosting Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; on its own page the operator describes the ending as unrestricted.
There is no eligibility condition, no document and no trade certificate. The name does make a promise, though: visitors arrive expecting packages, resource figures and support details. If the page lacks them, they leave in the first few seconds. You can sweep a candidate list quickly with bulk domain name search.
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The agreement passed to XYZ.COM LLC on 10 March 2022 as the UNR portfolio was broken up.
An assignment of that kind does not cancel existing registrations: your name, your term and your authorisation code stay as they were. What can change is the policy texts, the dispute procedure and the promotional calendar. So before renewing, read the operator's current terms rather than trusting an older document.
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Widen the root instead of waiting: about 85 percent of taken names here are genuinely live.
Waiting for a drop is therefore likely to lead nowhere. Generating new candidates by adding a service, a city or a technology word to the brand pays off faster. Trying the same root under a neighbouring ending is another option; the .host page suits that comparison.
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Write resource limits, backup frequency and server location as plain sentences, not a wide table.
Most visitors arrive on a phone, where broad tables simply are not read. Describing each package in a few sentences under its own heading also speeds up comparison. Publish your incident history and maintenance window on a separate page; few details build trust faster than that one.
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Not difficult: lift the registrar lock, take the authorisation code, and no documents are requested.
The catch is specific to hosting, where the address is usually wired into production: the panel, the mail service and customer logins may all share the name. Export the zone file before you move and rebuild the records exactly afterwards. Confirm the holder through whois search.
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