.moda Domain: The Word for Fashion, Carried Into the Address
.moda entered the root zone on 9 January 2014 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 7 November 2013, and the current contracting party is Dog Beach, LLC. The word means fashion in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish alike, so a name in this zone reads across several markets without translation. As of 12 August 2026 the zone holds 3,365 registrations, 2,225 of them published.
Ready-to-wear and designer labels, boutiques, fashion editors, style consultants, footwear and accessory businesses, and show or trade-fair organisers all register here. There is no eligibility test: because the agreement carries an open registration commitment, the registry cannot ask for identity or industry credentials. Try candidates on the .moda domain search screen, and see the .fashion page for the English-language counterpart.
People assume this ending is a translated version of the English one. In fact the two sit with different registry operators under separate agreements, and their policies move independently of each other. That yields a practical rule: do not manage the two as a single plan. If your main market speaks Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Turkish, this word needs no translation and the address explains itself on sight. If you are addressing an English-speaking audience, the counterpart reads more naturally at first glance.
.MODA Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 9 January 2014
- Eligibility None; the agreement carries an open registration commitment
- Zone size 3,365 registrations, 2,225 published (12 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .moda domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.moda 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
$41.59 /year -
Renewal
$44.79 /year -
Restore
$124.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.29
Included With Every .moda 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.
.moda Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .moda 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 .moda 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 .moda 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 .moda 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
.moda Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.moda Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .moda domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.moda Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .moda Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The extension's ICANN agreement carries an open registration commitment, so the registry cannot set eligibility by who the registrant is, and it asks for no trade registration, tax record or designer credential. The zone holds independent designers and publications as readily as boutiques. Check whether a name is free on the .moda search page.
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Let the language of your audience decide. If your main market speaks Italian, Spanish, Portuguese or Turkish, this ending needs no translation and the address explains itself. If you sell to an English-speaking audience, the counterpart reads more naturally on first sight. If you are considering both, test the close variants together on the bulk domain search screen.
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Your odds are better than in most extensions because the zone is small: 3,365 registrations in total as of 12 August 2026. Even so, 2,225 of those are published, meaning names that look taken generally are in use. Trying your brand name directly is a sensible opening move; if it fails, adding a city or a product category usually resolves it.
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It is possible but usually unnecessary. Publishing the seasonal page as a folder under your main address keeps the search signals accumulating in one place, whereas a separate name starts from zero each season. A separate address only pays off when the campaign has to stand alone in print or in a collaboration. In that case still serve it over HTTPS; options are on the SSL certificate page.
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The extension follows standard gTLD transfer rules. Obtain the authorisation code, lift the transfer lock and start the request at the new registrar. In fashion work the name often sits in the account of the agency that built the site, so confirm who appears as registrant before you begin. Check the record via whois search and start at the domain transfer page.
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Fashion sites are image-heavy, and that is where the slowdown comes from. Serve product photographs in a modern format at the right dimensions, use lazy loading on listing pages, and give priority to the image visible above the fold. On the hosting side, cache configuration makes more difference than raw server power. Compare options on the hosting page.
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