.navy Domain: A Maritime-Themed but Non-Military Ending
.navy entered the root zone on 29 May 2014 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 6 March 2014, and the current contracting party is Dog Beach, LLC. The word carries naval and maritime associations, yet the extension belongs to no government body at all, and the agreement addresses that point head-on. As of 12 August 2026 the zone holds 1,828 registrations, 1,167 of them published.
Veteran and military family communities, sailing clubs, history and modelling projects, maritime training providers, clothing labels and design work named after the shade of blue all register here. There is no eligibility test; no service record or institutional link is required. Try candidates on the .navy domain search screen, and see the .airforce page for the sibling endings.
This extension's agreement carries a clause we have found in no other ending in this catalogue: registrars must have registrants undertake to take steps against misrepresenting or falsely implying that they or their business are affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any country's or government's military forces. The registry's own duty runs alongside it — to place a prominent notice in the registration data stating that the extension is not associated with or sponsored by any national or international government agency or branch of the armed forces, to publish an information page saying the same, and to give Ministries of Defence and the communications departments of each armed forces branch an email address and telephone number staffed around the clock. In short: this address is a theme, not an institution.
.NAVY Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Dog Beach, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 29 May 2014
- Eligibility None; no military link required, and none may be implied
- Zone size 1,828 registrations, 1,167 published (12 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .navy domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.navy 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
$35.50 /year -
Transfer
$36.39 /year -
Renewal
$39.19 /year
Included With Every .navy 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.
.navy Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .navy 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 .navy 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 .navy 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 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 .navy 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
.navy Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.navy Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .navy domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.navy Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .navy Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The extension is run by a commercial registry, and the agreement obliges that registry to place a prominent notice in the registration data stating that the extension is not associated with or sponsored by any national or international government agency or branch of the armed forces. Correcting a user misconception at contract level is a rare arrangement. Check a name's status on the .navy search page.
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No, and the prohibition comes straight from the agreement. Registrars must have registrants undertake to take steps against misrepresenting or falsely implying that they or their business are affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any country's or government's military forces. Insignia, crests and official-sounding titles are therefore a risky area, whatever the intention behind them.
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Yes — with no eligibility test, registration is open. The point to watch is how you frame the communication: describe your connection without giving the impression that you are an official body, and state plainly on the site who you are and on whose behalf you speak. Continuity matters for commemorative projects too; for a related ending, see the .memorial page.
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No. The extension's agreement carries an open registration commitment, so the registry cannot set eligibility by identity and requests no document at registration. What the agreement does require is that registrars take from registrants a representation that they hold any necessary authorisations, charters or licences for the sector associated with the extension. A representation is not verification — the information comes from you.
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Yes, the extension follows gTLD transfer rules. Obtain the authorisation code, lift the transfer lock and start the request at the new provider. In association and community projects the name often sits in a volunteer's personal account and access disappears when that person moves on, so put the registrant into the organisation's name before you transfer. Run it from the domain transfer page.
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Impersonation risk runs above average in this zone, because the name carries an official ring and visitors are easily persuaded by it. Serve the address over HTTPS, state clearly on the site who you are, and register the close spellings yourself. Compare certificate options on the SSL certificate page and confirm the installation afterwards with the SSL checker.
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