The .parts Domain: An Open Address for Component Trade
The .parts domain entered the root zone on 6 February 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 5 December 2013, with Binky Moon, LLC of the Identity Digital group as contracting party. Although the same signing date makes it look like a sibling of .partners, the two extensions describe entirely different businesses. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 9,608 registrations with 7,373 in the zone file.
Automotive and machinery parts sellers, electronic component suppliers, agricultural equipment dealers and repair workshops make up the registrant base. Authorised dealer or manufacturer status is not required. Try candidates in .parts domain search and look at an equipment-focused option on the .equipment page. Naming the product group inside the label keeps the address close to how buyers search.
The agreement obliges the registry to operate two separate rights protection services. The Domains Protected Marks List lets a rights holder block an exact match of its mark across every extension the operator administers in a single transaction. Claims Plus then takes over after ICANN's mandatory Trademark Claims period ends, providing notifications at no cost to the rights holder. Because brand names are routinely used as second-level labels in the parts trade, both services carry particular weight in this zone.
.PARTS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 6 February 2014
- Eligibility None — no dealer or manufacturer credential is requested
- Zone size 9,608 registrations, 7,373 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .parts domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.parts 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
$15.99 /year -
Transfer
$41.59 /year -
Renewal
$44.79 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
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.parts Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .parts 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 .parts 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 .parts 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 $6.73 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 .parts 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
.parts Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.parts Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .parts domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.parts Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .parts Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No credential is requested at any point. The agreement contains no identity-based eligibility test, so an independent workshop registers on the same terms as a multi-brand supplier. Using a manufacturer's trademark as your label is a separate legal question, however, and the registry's openness does not resolve it. Try .parts domain search.
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Proceed carefully. Placing a manufacturer's mark at the second level can imply an authorised relationship that does not exist and expose you to an infringement claim. The safer construction is usually your own trading name as the label, with the brands you support listed in the page content. Review an existing record through whois search.
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Their agreements were signed on the same day and both sit with the same legal entity, yet the businesses they describe are entirely separate. One names trade in physical components, the other a way of working built on human relationships. Because the spellings invite confusion, viewing both zones side by side in bulk domain search is worthwhile.
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The agreement defines two routes. The Domains Protected Marks List closes an exact match of your mark across all of the operator's extensions in one transaction. Claims Plus keeps producing notifications after ICANN's mandatory claims period ends and costs the rights holder nothing. A third route is registering critical spellings defensively, for which a bulk scan is the practical tool.
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On 13 August 2026 it held 9,608 registrations with 7,373 in the zone file. Because the zone stays small next to the large generic endings, a brand name, a city name or a product group combined with the word still returns results. Against that, the 77 per cent publication share indicates most taken labels are genuinely serving a site.
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A parts catalogue means many small records and heavy filtering, so separating database performance from image delivery pays off quickly. Serving product images from a separate host protects the rendering time of listing pages when filters run. Compare the available setups on the hosting page.
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