The .international Domain: For Cross-Border Work
.international was recorded in the root zone on 19 December 2013; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 7 November 2013 and names Binky Moon, LLC as the contracting party. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 32,901 registrations, 25,538 of them in the zone file. It is the third largest zone in this group.
Exporters, logistics firms, customs brokers, international associations, exchange programmes and multi-country consultancies use the ending. No eligibility condition applies at registration, no document is requested, and no country link is ever checked. Try candidates through an .international domain search, then sweep a longer list with bulk domain name search.
This is one of the longest generic endings in the series: 13 characters without the dot. Length is no disadvantage in search results, but the cost appears elsewhere. Error rates climb when the address is read aloud on a call, copied from a business card or typed from an advertisement, and adding a two-word root pushes it past twenty characters. The decision rule follows: if you pick this ending, keep the root to one word and avoid hyphens. Where your organisation's name is already long, making a short form the primary address and redirecting the long one is a sturdier arrangement.
.INTERNATIONAL Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 7 November 2013
- Root zone record 19 December 2013
- Registered names 32,901 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 25,538 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .international domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
.international 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
$11.49 /year -
Transfer
$31.19 /year -
Renewal
$33.59 /year -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.97
Included With Every .international 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.
.international Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .international 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 .international 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 .international 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 $4.97 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 .international 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
.international Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.international Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .international domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.international Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .international Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; the zone carries no eligibility condition and no document is requested.
The name still makes a promise: visitors arrive looking for the countries you serve, the languages you support and your delivery terms. Without those on the page, the ending alone will not create an international impression. Make the country list and language options visible on the first screen.
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If your organisation's name is long, making a short form the primary address is sturdier.
The ending alone is thirteen characters; adding a two-word root pushes the address past twenty and raises the typing error rate. Keep the short form primary and redirect the long one. You can check both candidates in the same round with bulk domain name search.
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Give every language a permanent path and let the address decide the language, not a cookie.
An address-based arrangement means a shared link opens in the intended language and lets search engines see each language separately. Put a visible language selector in place of automatic redirection by country; users leave when they cannot change the language they were given.
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25,538 of 32,901 registrations appear in the zone file, roughly 78 percent.
The ratio is high, so names here are genuinely in use. Single-word sector names will read as taken, while brand names remain widely available. Starting with your own organisation's name and then testing its short forms is the most productive route.
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You can; an authorisation code is enough and the operator requests no extra documents.
Because the name is long, transfer requests often carry typing slips: copy and paste it rather than typing. Where teams in several countries share the domain, announce the switch in advance and confirm the holder through whois search.
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