The .maison Domain: A House, and a House of Craft
.maison entered the root zone on 6 February 2014 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 5 December 2013, and the contracting party today is Binky Moon, LLC. The French word names both the house people live in and the long-standing establishment that carries a craft, the second sense being common in fashion and gastronomy. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 1,957 registrations, of which 1,532 sit in the zone file.
Architecture and interior studios, furniture workshops, fashion and tailoring houses, perfume and wine producers, patisseries and delicatessens, and brands selling into French-speaking markets all use the zone. No eligibility condition applies. Try candidates through a .maison domain search, and compare the .haus page.
Choosing this ending means deciding which sense you are using, because the word sets two different expectations. The first is the physical house: property, architecture, furniture and home textiles all sit inside that frame. The second is an establishment carrying a craft: in fashion, perfume, wine and pastry this reading implies lineage and handwork. The stem, not the ending, decides which one lands. A usable rule: put a founder's name or a workshop name in the stem and the second sense comes forward; put a product category or a city there and the first is read instead. Mixing both in one address weakens the message.
.MAISON Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Inc.
- ICANN registry agreement 5 December 2013
- Root zone record 6 February 2014
- Registered domains 1,957 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 1,532 names, about 78%
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .maison domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
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.maison 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
$16.90 / years -
Transfer
$57.19 / years -
Renewal
$61.59 / years -
Restore
$154.90 -
Late Renewal
$10.39
Included With Every .maison 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.
.maison Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .maison 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 yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.maison Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.maison Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .maison domain registration
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.maison Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.maison Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 45 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 45 days
- Payment Period 45 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Deletion Hold Period 30 days
- Renewal Time 30 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .maison Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It can, though recognition varies from market to market.
Around fashion, perfume and gastronomy the word is understood well beyond French speakers, because it appears so often in brand names. If you sell to a general consumer audience, however, you may end up spelling the address out. A simple rule: if your audience knows the word through brands, it fits; if not, choose a plainer ending.
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Both read naturally; the stem of the address decides which.
With a founder's name or a workshop in the stem, visitors expect an establishment carrying a craft; with a product category or a city, the residential sense comes forward. Trying to hold both meanings in one address blurs the message. Test the patterns side by side through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. With 1,957 registrations, competition here is limited.
That 1,532 names sit in the zone file shows most registrations are in use, but because the total is low, descriptive stems remain widely open. If your candidate is taken, widen the stem rather than waiting for it to lapse. See who holds a name through whois search.
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Yes. Every step collecting orders, measurements or delivery details must be encrypted.
In bespoke work customers share measurements, addresses and sometimes photographs, all of which is personal data. A browser warning also damages trust precisely where a brand leans on craftsmanship. The operator enforces no mandatory HTTPS regime in this zone. Review the options on the SSL certificate page.
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Yes. The zone follows the standard gTLD transfer rules.
Lift the lock, obtain the authorisation code and open the request at the receiving provider. In small workshops the domain often sits in the account of the freelance designer who built the site, and the access problem surfaces years later; move the registrant into your own name first. Run it from the domain transfer page.
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