.jobs Domains: The Sponsored Employment Extension
.jobs is classified in the IANA root zone database as a sponsored top-level domain, recorded there on 8 September 2005. The registry operator is Employ Media LLC of Cleveland, with technical operation handled by Nominet. The sponsored TLD registry agreement between ICANN and Employ Media was entered into on 5 May 2005. The extension is defined for job seekers and human resource practitioners.
Being sponsored makes a concrete difference. Extensions of this kind have a Charter defining the purpose for which they were created and are operated, and registration policies must conform to it. The ICANN agreement obliges the registry operator to set policies covering registration by community members and use of names in line with that purpose. The sponsorship role has been carried out since inception by the Society for Human Resource Management. Weigh it alongside .com for your main corporate address.
.JOBS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Employ Media LLC (Cleveland, USA)
- Technical operation Nominet
- Entered the root zone 8 September 2005
- IANA classification Sponsored top-level domain
- Community Employment and human resources
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .jobs domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.jobs 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
$148.99 /year -
Transfer
$149.00 /year -
Renewal
$163.90 /year -
Restore
$260.00 -
Late Renewal
$32.78
Included With Every .jobs 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.
.jobs Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .jobs 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 .jobs 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 .jobs 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 $32.78 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 .jobs 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
.jobs Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.jobs Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .jobs domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.jobs Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .jobs Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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.jobs is a sponsored top-level domain and works differently from the classic generic extensions. The IANA root zone database classifies it that way. The ICANN agreement obliges the registry operator to set policies covering registration by members of the extension's community and use of names in line with its stated purpose. The extension is therefore not designed for uses outside employment and human resources.
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Sponsored extensions have a defined community and a sponsor acting on its behalf. The extension carries a Charter setting out the purpose for which it was created and is operated, and registration policies must conform to it. For .jobs the sponsorship role has been carried out since inception by the Society for Human Resource Management. Classic generic extensions have no comparable structure.
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The registry operator is Employ Media LLC of Cleveland. That company is listed as the sponsoring organisation in the IANA root zone database, while technical operation is handled by Nominet. The sponsored TLD registry agreement between ICANN and Employ Media is dated 5 May 2005, and the extension was recorded in the root zone on 8 September of the same year.
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That is exactly the purpose the extension was defined for: job seekers and human resource practitioners. For companies running a careers presence separate from the corporate site, the name states what the page is. Because of the sponsored structure, confirm before registering that your use aligns with the stated purpose. Your main corporate address can stay on .com.
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They are complements rather than alternatives. Keeping the corporate site on .com and publishing vacancies and the application flow under .jobs is a common arrangement. Careers content then gathers at its own address without complicating your corporate structure. Check whether both names are free in one pass with a bulk domain name search.
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