The .organic Domain: A Usage Rule Written Into the Contract
The .organic domain has been delegated in the root zone since 13 June 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 27 March 2014. Delegation originally ran to Afilias Limited, and the manager now listed by IANA is Identity Digital Limited. The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 1,615 registrations in the zone, with 1,540 of them appearing in the zone file.
Organic producers, farms, food brands, cooperatives and businesses in cosmetics and textiles make up the registrant base. No certificate or document is requested at registration; instead the agreement ties use of the name directly to organic food legislation. Try candidates in .organic domain search and look at a neighbouring zone on the .farm page.
The agreement obliges the registry to publish a bespoke Acceptable Use Policy on the front page of its site and to incorporate it into every registrar contract. The substance is this: a registrant must at all times use the name in compliance with applicable national, regional and local law, and that body of law expressly covers the farming, processing, marketing, labelling and selling of organic food together with certification or similar requirements imposed on the industry. After reasonable investigation the registry may refuse registration, renewal or transfer of a name it believes breaches the policy. Enforcement runs through a hotline open to governments and law enforcement 24/7/365, with the registry committing to begin investigating within twenty-four hours of a call.
.ORGANIC Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Identity Digital Limited
- Root zone entry 13 June 2014
- Registration condition No document at signup; use is bound to applicable law by contract
- Zone size 1,615 registrations, 1,540 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 28 October 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .organic domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.organic 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
$85.79 /year -
Renewal
$92.39 /year -
Restore
$189.90 -
Late Renewal
$16.09
Included With Every .organic 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.
.organic Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .organic 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 .organic 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 .organic 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 $16.09 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 .organic 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
.organic Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.organic Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .organic domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.organic Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .organic Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No certificate is requested at the point of registration. Anyone can register a name. Use, however, is bound by the acceptable use policy in the registry agreement: the name must comply with applicable law on organic food, including labelling and certification rules, and non-compliant use carries consequences. Try .organic domain search.
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You should not. The acceptable use policy attached to the contract requires the name to be used in compliance with applicable organic food law, and that law covers labelling and certification requirements as well. If the product is not certified, the address alone makes a claim, and that claim can become the subject of a complaint. Write your product descriptions with this in mind.
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The agreement sets out a concrete process. A hotline is kept open to government and law enforcement representatives every day of the year and around the clock, and the registry commits to beginning an investigation within twenty-four hours of a call. Where non-compliance is established, it exercises its rights to refuse registration, lock the name or cancel it as the policy permits.
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The deciding factor is your production method. If your output is certified organic and that claim sits at the centre of your communication, this extension carries the message directly. If your range is mixed, or the story you want to tell is about the farm itself, the other ending gives you a safer frame. Compare on the .farm page.
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The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 1,615 registrations in the zone, with 1,540 in the zone file. Its size cuts two ways: short descriptive labels are still obtainable, but the ending is not yet widely recognised by visitors. The fix for the second problem is to state what you do next to the address in printed material. Check a holder record through whois search.
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Yes, the rule attaches to the name itself. The acceptable use policy binds every registrant through the registrar agreement, so a new holder takes on the identical obligation after a transfer. Knowing what a buyer intends to publish is therefore in your interest as well as theirs. Run the change through the domain transfer page.
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