The .place Domain: For Venues, Locations and Positions
The .place domain reached the root zone on 5 June 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 24 April 2014, with Binky Moon, LLC of the Identity Digital group as contracting party. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 13,111 registrations and 10,324 of them appeared in the zone file — a share of 79 per cent, among the highest in this group.
The word can describe a physical venue, an abstract location or a position in a ranking, and the zone reflects all three: cafés and event spaces, coworking sites, property listing services, local guides and community platforms sit side by side. Which sense you mean is settled by the label in front of the dot. Test candidates in .place domain search and weigh a property-focused alternative on the .properties page.
The open registration commitment here is more than a plain "anyone may register". The text records that the string is a dictionary term and bars the registry from reserving names for people whose identity matches only the most common usage of that term, adding that lawful holders of minority usages must not be shut out. For a word carrying several meanings that is an unusual protection to find written into a contract: a competition ranking, an art project or a wayfinding service registers here on the same footing as a café.
.PLACE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 5 June 2014
- Eligibility None — the agreement commits to open registration
- Zone size 13,111 registrations, 10,324 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .place domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.place 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
$35.50 /year -
Renewal
$39.05 /year -
Restore
$109.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.81
Included With Every .place 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.
.place Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .place 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 .place 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 .place 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 $7.81 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 .place 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
.place Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.place Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .place domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.place Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .place Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes, and that is among the zone's most settled uses. A short address built on the venue name reads the same on a sign, on a menu and in a map listing, and a visitor knows what to expect before clicking. Adding a district name also helps in local search. Try candidates in .place domain search.
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No such condition exists, and the agreement would not permit one. The open registration commitment forbids the registry from applying an identity-based limit, and the text goes further by expressly protecting the word's minority senses. An online community, a ranking project or an art initiative can register here just as readily as a venue.
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On 13 August 2026, 10,324 of 13,111 registrations appeared in the zone file, a share of 79 per cent. The zone is small, so speculative buying pressure stayed low and registrations came mostly from people who actually use their names. The decision rule: if the name you want is taken, it is probably in genuine use and waiting for expiry is a poor plan. Check the holder via whois search.
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Since the extension alone does not say what you do, the label has to carry that job. Write only a venue name and a visitor cannot tell whether a café or a property listing waits behind it. Adding a category word or a verb makes the address descriptive and searchable at once. Compare the property side on the .properties page.
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A booking form collects a name, a phone number and often card details, so without a certificate that data travels in the clear. The browser also shows a warning on such pages, and the warning is enough to make people abandon a reservation halfway. For a venue site that is lost revenue directly. Review the options on the SSL certificate page.
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An unlocked name, a valid authorisation code and a working contact address on the record are enough. No eligibility check specific to this extension applies and no documents are collected. One caution for venue sites: where your map and directory listings point at the domain, verify after the move that those entries still resolve correctly. Begin at the domain transfer page.
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