The .online Domain: The Largest Zone in Its Category
The .online domain entered the root zone on 6 March 2015 under an ICANN agreement dated 15 January 2015. Delegation went to DotOnline Inc., while the current contracting party is Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC, registered in the Cayman Islands. As of 13 August 2026 the zone contains 6,153,309 registrations, of which 3,463,542 appear in the zone file.
Online shops, service businesses, education platforms, media projects and personal portfolios fill the zone, helped by a word that reads the same way in many languages. No eligibility requirement applies. Try candidates in .online domain search and compare the three-letter contraction on the .onl page.
With 6,153,309 registrations this is the largest new generation zone measured anywhere in this programme; the previous highest figure was 1,488,902, so the gap is more than fourfold. Yet only 3,463,542 of those names appear in the zone file. Reading both numbers together yields a decision rule: the sheer scale means single dictionary words are not worth attempting, while a publication share of 56 per cent shows a large slice of the zone is not actually serving a site. If you need something short, aim at two-word compounds instead.
.ONLINE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC (Cayman Islands)
- Root zone entry 6 March 2015
- Eligibility None — the agreement carries no identity-based restriction
- Zone size 6,153,309 registrations, 3,463,542 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .online domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.online 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
$1.99 /year -
Transfer
$35.79 /year -
Renewal
$38.49 /year -
Restore
$169.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.00
Included With Every .online 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.
.online Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .online 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 .online 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 .online 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 $7.00 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 .online 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
.online Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.online Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .online domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.online Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .online Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, there is no eligibility requirement and no document is collected. The agreement prohibits narrowing registration in a generic string extension to a single organisation and its affiliates, so the zone is open by design. A personal portfolio and a large retailer register on identical terms. Try candidates in .online domain search.
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Not among single dictionary words, but yes among compounds. The zone holds 6,153,309 registrations with 3,463,542 in the zone file. Read together, those numbers say the zone is enormous yet roughly half of the registered names are not published. Brand plus product, or city plus service, still produces workable results.
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It does, and that is one of the most common uses in this zone. Because the word reads the same way across many languages, cross-border shops rarely face recognition problems. Since you will run checkout pages, a valid certificate and a clean redirect setup are both essential before launch. Review certificate options on the SSL certificate page.
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They solve different problems rather than competing. If a short, memorable .com is available, it remains the most familiar choice; if it is not, a short .online reads better than a long hyphenated .com. The test to apply: can someone spell the address correctly after hearing it once on a phone call? Try both with bulk domain search.
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The contracting party is Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC, registered in the Cayman Islands, while delegation originally went to DotOnline Inc. The jurisdiction of a registry operator creates no practical restriction for a registrant, but it does determine the law governing the dispute and policy documents attached to the zone.
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No, the mechanics are ordinary. If you are relocating an existing site rather than switching registrar, setting permanent redirects from the old address is the most practical way to preserve search visibility during the change. If instead you want to change registrar, use the domain transfer page.
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