The .live Domain: An Ending for Things Happening Now
.live entered the root zone on 25 June 2015 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 4 December 2014, and the contracting party today is Dog Beach, LLC. The word describes a broadcast as it flows rather than a recording, so the address carries timing information as well as a name. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 1,132,322 registrations, of which 596,072 sit in the zone file.
Broadcast channels, gaming and sports streamers, webinar and conference teams, concert and theatre venues, radio stations, live support desks and event agencies all use the zone. No eligibility condition applies and the operator does not ask what you do. Try candidates through a .live domain search, and compare the event-focused .events page.
Read the two numbers together: against 1,132,322 registrations, only 596,072 names appear in the zone file, meaning roughly half of what is registered is attached to no site at all. A large zone usually suggests everything has been taken; this split says otherwise. Short single-word stems really are gone, but much of what is held sits there for resale or defence. The practical consequence for you: keep testing the brand name plus .live pattern, and when a one-word candidate is taken, widen the stem instead of waiting for it to lapse.
.LIVE Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Dog Beach, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Inc.
- ICANN registry agreement 4 December 2014
- Root zone record 25 June 2015
- Registered domains 1,132,322 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 596,072 names, about 53%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .live domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.live 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
$3.99 /year -
Transfer
$32.49 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.00
Included With Every .live 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.
.live Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .live 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 .live 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 .live 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 $6.00 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 .live 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
.live Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.live Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .live domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.live Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .live Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The zone applies no eligibility condition and requests no documents.
Because the agreement treats the string as a dictionary term, the operator cannot draw a line based on identity. Businesses that never broadcast use the ending too: live support desks, open office hours, order tracking and premises with a camera feed all frame the address as a promise about time. Just make sure you can keep that promise, because a page that rarely updates ages quickly here.
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Yes. Only 596,072 of the registrations appear in the zone file.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 1,132,322 registrations, so one name in two is attached to no site. Short single-word stems have gone, yet patterns adding this ending to a brand name still open up. Test several patterns at once through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. Keep it for the archive and for the next edition.
When the stream ends, holding the page up with recordings, a speaker list and a sign-up form for the next date preserves what it has earned in search results. For annual events, dropping the name and buying it again later costs you both link value and your returning audience. Check who holds a name through whois search.
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Yes. Most players block an insecure source outright.
Browsers will not allow an insecure stream inside a secure page, and chat or donation forms hit the same restriction. The operator enforces no mandatory HTTPS regime here, so the decision is formally yours, but the streaming stack makes it practically compulsory. Review the options on the SSL certificate page.
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The distinction is time: one names the moment, the other the library.
If your output follows a calendar and viewers arrive at a set hour, this ending sets the expectation correctly. If your real asset is an archive that is ready to watch at any time, an ending without that timing signal fits better. Many teams register both and split the stream from the archive.
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