The .jetzt Domain: A German Ending That Says Now
.jetzt was recorded in the root zone on 6 March 2014; its ICANN registry agreement is dated 9 January 2014 and was assigned on 27 April 2016. The party today is Binky Moon, LLC. The word means now in German, which turns the address itself into a call to act. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 14,362 registrations.
Campaign pages, event announcements, donation appeals, sign-up forms and the landing addresses of time-limited offers all use the ending. Although the word is German, no country, residency or language requirement applies. Try candidates through a .jetzt domain search, and look at the .immobilien page, which also addresses German-speaking markets.
This ending sits with the same company as .house and .institute today. Their agreements, however, carry different commitment lists: those two include voluntary undertakings such as open registration and trademark protection, while this agreement holds only the standard set. The reason is simple and little known: voluntary commitments are the original applicant's statement and pass through an assignment unchanged, so the current operator's practice in other zones does not migrate here by itself. The lesson is to read a TLD's rules from its own agreement rather than inferring them from the operator's name.
.JETZT Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Limited
- ICANN registry agreement 9 January 2014
- Root zone record 6 March 2014
- Registered names 14,362 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 11,465 names, about 80%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .jetzt domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.jetzt 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
$8.99 /year -
Transfer
$23.39 /year -
Renewal
$25.19 /year -
Restore
$109.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.10
Included With Every .jetzt 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.
.jetzt Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .jetzt 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 .jetzt 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 .jetzt 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 $4.10 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 .jetzt 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
.jetzt Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.jetzt Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .jetzt domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.jetzt Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .jetzt Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; the zone carries no country, residency or language requirement.
No documents are requested either. The word does read as German, though, so visitors expect a German call to action on the page. If you are opening up to German-speaking markets, add local contact details and delivery terms as well; translating the domain alone does not meet the expectation.
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It is worth it when the campaign is announced under its own name and runs for a long period.
A separate address lets you keep advertising measurement and redirects independent of the corporate site. When the campaign ends, redirect the address to the relevant product page rather than closing it, which preserves old links and search positions. Test candidates with bulk domain name search.
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11,465 of 14,362 registrations appear in the zone file, roughly 80 percent.
That is a high ratio and shows names in genuine use. Single-word verbs and call patterns will read as taken, while the brand-plus-action pattern remains open. Starting the search with your own brand name is the most productive route.
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Write the post-campaign redirect plan up front and settle the certificate during setup.
The commonest mistake with time-limited addresses is leaving one unattended once the campaign closes, so it passes to somebody else later. Share the renewal calendar with your corporate team. Check the certificate's state with the SSL checker.
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You can; the move runs on an authorisation code and the operator requests no extra documents.
The typical risk with campaign addresses is a name sitting in an agency's account, with access lost when the campaign closes. Confirm the holder through whois search before the move and switch the contact address to a corporate one.
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