The .mba Domain: The Business Master's Degree in Three Letters
.mba entered the root zone on 14 May 2015 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 2 April 2015, and the contracting party today is Binky Moon, LLC. The three-letter abbreviation names the master's programme in business administration and is recognised in academic circles worldwide. The nTLDstats page accessed on 12 August 2026 shows 7,363 registrations, of which 4,998 sit in the zone file.
Business schools, programme sites, alumni associations, admissions and test preparation consultancies, career coaches, case study publishers and executive education providers all use the zone. No eligibility condition applies, no document is requested at registration, and the operator verifies no accreditation. Try candidates through a .mba domain search, and compare the .education page.
The misreading to correct here is this: because the abbreviation names an academic degree, people assume registration requires holding that degree or an accreditation. The agreement does not bear that out. The operator runs the zone under an open registration commitment, so it may not set eligibility limits based on identity, and it verifies no diploma, accreditation or institutional credential. That cuts two ways. Any institution or adviser promoting a programme can take an address here; and from a visitor's side, the address alone is no mark of quality. If your programme is accredited, name the accrediting body and the validity date on the page.
.MBA Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Infrastructure provider Identity Digital Inc.
- ICANN registry agreement 2 April 2015
- Root zone record 14 May 2015
- Registered domains 7,363 (nTLDstats, 12 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 4,998 names, about 68%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .mba domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.mba 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
$38.99 /year -
Renewal
$41.99 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.29
Included With Every .mba 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.
.mba Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .mba 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 .mba 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 .mba 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 $6.29 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 .mba 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
.mba Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.mba Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .mba domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.mba Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .mba Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes. The operator verifies no diploma and no accreditation.
Because the agreement carries an open registration commitment, no eligibility limit based on identity may be set. Advisers, alumni communities and teams producing educational material register on the same terms. Visitors do expect an academic context, though, so concrete detail such as programme structure, faculty and duration belongs on the page.
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No. A domain is a registration record, not an accreditation certificate.
The operator asks for no institutional credential at application. If your programme is accredited, publish the name of the accrediting body, the reference number and the validity date openly on the page. Prospective students and employers examine precisely those details when they decide.
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Yes. The abbreviation creates a shared identity within alumni communities.
Patterns joining a school name to the abbreviation stay short and recognisable, and they work comfortably as email addresses too. A school name can be a trademark, however, so obtain permission before using an institution's name. Test the patterns through the bulk domain name search.
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Yes. Of 7,363 registrations, 4,998 appear in the zone file.
Because the total is low, stems combining a school, a city or a programme type stay widely open. Around a third of registered names have never been published, yet if your candidate is taken, widening the stem still beats waiting for it to lapse. Confirm the status through whois search.
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Yes. Application files contain identity and academic documents.
Prospective students upload passport copies, transcripts and reference letters, all of which is personal data that should never travel unencrypted. The operator enforces no mandatory HTTPS regime in this zone, so the choice is formally yours. Review the options on the SSL certificate page.
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