The .ooo Domain: Three Letters, Symmetric and Easy to Type
The .ooo domain reached the root zone on 31 July 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 9 January 2014, and the contracting party is Infibeam Avenues Limited of Gandhinagar, India. On 13 August 2026 the zone contained 39,229 registrations, yet only 13,782 of them appeared in the zone file, the lowest publication share measured across this batch.
The extension carries no dictionary meaning; its appeal comes from a symmetric three-letter shape that suits short brand names, gaming projects and campaign addresses. No eligibility condition or document is required to register. Try candidates in .ooo domain search and compare a similarly short option on the .icu page.
This registry agreement contains an obligation found in no other zone examined in this programme. Because the string can be confused with Australia's Triple Zero emergency call service, the operator gave three undertakings: to add second level labels such as police, fire and emergency to its reserved names list; to establish a point of contact for reports alleging deception involving that service, to investigate immediately on notification and to suspend the name where necessary; and to write language into its Acceptable Use Policy that expressly prohibits use liable to cause confusion with the emergency service.
.OOO Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Infibeam Avenues Limited (Gandhinagar, India)
- Root zone entry 31 July 2014
- Eligibility None — the agreement carries no identity-based restriction
- Zone size 39,229 registrations, 13,782 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ooo domain
- Character Length 3 - 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.
.ooo 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
$29.99 /year -
Transfer
$29.99 /year -
Renewal
$32.99 /year -
Restore
$199.90
Included With Every .ooo 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.
.ooo Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .ooo 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 .ooo 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 .ooo 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 .ooo 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
.ooo Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.ooo Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ooo domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.ooo Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support No
Frequently Asked Questions About .ooo Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It has no dictionary meaning and is not meant to. The string is three identical letters arranged symmetrically, and its value comes from brevity and visual balance rather than semantics. The second-level label therefore has to carry the message on its own, because the ending will not help you. Try candidates in .ooo domain search.
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The 13 August 2026 measurement shows 39,229 registrations against only 13,782 names in the zone file, a share near one third. That pattern usually indicates two behaviours at once: short strings being collected for resale, and defensive registration by brand owners. The practical consequence is that a short label which appears taken may have no live site behind it.
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Not if your label carries no emergency association. The undertaking in the agreement targets confusion with Australia's Triple Zero service, and labels such as police, fire and emergency are already held in the reserved list. If you are planning a name connected with rescue, reporting or public safety, read the acceptable use policy before you commit.
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Both are short endings without semantic content, so the difference lies in recognition and zone size. The .icu zone passed a million registrations and is far more crowded, which means short labels there are largely gone, while this smaller zone still yields three and four letter options. Test them side by side using bulk domain search.
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The contracting party is Infibeam Avenues Limited of Gandhinagar, India, and the zone was delegated under an earlier legal name of the same group. The registry's promotional site for the extension does not currently respond, so the ICANN agreement is the primary source for its policies. Check a registration record through whois search.
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You can, provided two points are covered. First, three identical letters can blur when spoken aloud, so test how the address sounds if you have to dictate it over a phone call. Second, trademark protection is a separate process from domain registration and does not follow automatically. Scan defensive options with bulk domain search.
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