The .immobilien Domain: A German Property Address
.immobilien entered the root zone on 19 December 2013; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 7 November 2013 and was assigned to Dog Beach, LLC on 5 January 2018. The word means real property in German, tying the zone directly to German-speaking markets. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 8,597 registrations, 7,452 of them in the zone file.
Agencies, management companies, developers and German-language portals across Germany, Austria and Switzerland use the ending. Although the word is German, there is no country, residency or language requirement. Try candidates through an .immobilien domain search, and look at the .immo page, which carries the abbreviated form.
The operator asks for no establishment or language link in this zone, and the agreement expressly forbids limiting eligibility by identity. In other words, you need not be based in Germany, publish in German or keep an office in the region. That makes the ending usable by a foreign business opening up to German-speaking customers. The expectation side still deserves attention: if the address reads as German, visitors will look for German content, local contact details and local payment terms on the page. Translating the domain alone does not meet that expectation.
.IMMOBILIEN Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 7 November 2013
- Root zone record 19 December 2013
- Agreement assignment 5 January 2018, Dog Beach, LLC
- Present in the zone file 7,452 names, about 87%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .immobilien domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
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.immobilien 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
$37.69 /year -
Renewal
$40.59 /year -
Restore
$124.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.29
Included With Every .immobilien 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.
.immobilien Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .immobilien 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 .immobilien 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 .immobilien 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 $6.29 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 .immobilien 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
.immobilien Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.immobilien Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .immobilien domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.immobilien Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .immobilien Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; the zone carries no country, residency or language requirement.
The agreement forbids the operator from limiting eligibility by identity, so no tax number or local address is requested at registration. That said, an address that reads as German creates an expectation of German content; taking the domain without translating the page will not deliver the intended effect.
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The long form signals more clearly to German speakers; .immo suits you better if you want a short address.
The long form is harder to type and to say, yet it matches the searcher's own word exactly. The short form wins on a business card or a billboard. Try both in one search round and see which reads more fluently with your root; the .immo page suits that comparison.
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7,452 of 8,597 registrations appear in the zone file, roughly 87 percent.
That is among the highest ratios measured in this group and shows a zone that is not held for parking. If a name you like is taken, there is most likely a working site behind it; generating new candidates with a city, district or service word beats waiting.
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We make no claim about that here; confirm the supported character set with your registrar.
The practical advice is this: if you register a name with umlauts, consider the plain spelling as well, because users mix the two forms and typing errors rise in advertising copy. Holding both and pointing one at the other is the most durable arrangement.
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Lift the lock, take the authorisation code, and start the move; no documents are requested.
Because the name is long, spelling slips cause trouble during transfers more often than usual: copy and paste the name into the request rather than typing it. Check the current holder through whois search and make sure the contact address is one that actually reaches you.
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