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 No documents are required to register a .maison 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.
.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 /year -
Transfer
$57.19 /year -
Renewal
$61.59 /year -
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
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .maison 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 .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 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 .maison 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 $10.39 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 .maison 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
.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 No documents are required to register a .maison domain
- 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
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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