The .plumbing Domain: An Address That Names the Trade
The .plumbing domain has been delegated in the root zone since 14 November 2013 under an ICANN agreement dated 10 September 2013, with Binky Moon, LLC of the Identity Digital group as contracting party. The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 2,526 registrations in the zone, and 2,446 of them (97 per cent) appear in the zone file.
Sole traders, firms installing water and heating systems, emergency call-out services and suppliers of pipes and fittings make up the registrant base. Because the work is largely local and often urgent, an address that can be dictated over the phone is a practical requirement rather than a nicety. Test candidates in .plumbing domain search and weigh a close alternative on the .contractors page. No trade certificate or registration is requested.
The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 2,446 of 2,526 registrations in the zone file, a share of 97 per cent. Being listed in the zone file means the name points to name servers. The decision rule follows: if the short name you want is taken, waiting for an expiry is a poor plan. Combinations built on a town or district name are the more descriptive address for a local trade anyway.
.PLUMBING Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 14 November 2013
- Eligibility None — the agreement commits to open registration
- Zone size 2,526 registrations, 2,446 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 28 October 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .plumbing domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.plumbing 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
$12.90 /year -
Transfer
$72.79 /year -
Renewal
$78.39 /year -
Restore
$154.90 -
Late Renewal Surcharge
+$10.39 on top of the renewal fee
Included With Every .plumbing 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.
.plumbing Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .plumbing 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 .plumbing 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 .plumbing 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 $10.39 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 .plumbing 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
.plumbing Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.plumbing Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .plumbing domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 13 servers
.plumbing Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .plumbing Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No document is requested at registration. The open registration commitment in the agreement forbids the registry from applying an identity-based eligibility limit, so no trade certificate, chamber registration or competence card can be demanded. The licences that plumbing work requires arise from the job you do, never from the address you registered. Try candidates in .plumbing domain search.
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Put the town or district into the label, because customers search by location and the address then matches the query directly. Keep it short and avoid hyphens: this trade runs on phone calls and van signage, and a hyphen disappears the moment someone reads the address aloud. To try several district variants together, use bulk domain name search.
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Not a serious one. The nTLDstats page accessed on 28 October 2026 shows 2,526 registrations with 2,446 in the zone file; with so few names registered, short descriptive labels are worth trying. The trade-off is recognition: the extension will not feel as familiar as .com to every caller, so always write the address out in full on printed material.
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Keep the phone number at the top of every page and make it tappable, because someone with a burst pipe does not browse a menu. State your service area and working hours plainly, since that is the most common reason a job falls through. If you take requests through a form, serve the page over a certificate, as addresses and numbers pass through it. See the SSL certificate page.
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Look at the range of work you take on. If you only fit water and heating systems, the narrow extension strengthens the address and the customer knows what to expect. If you also handle electrics, renovations or general building work, a broader extension avoids boxing you into one trade. Make the comparison on the .contractors page.
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The name must be unlocked, you need the authorisation code from your current registrar, and the contact address on the record has to work. No extra eligibility review applies and no paperwork is collected for this extension. If an agency built your site, the record may stand in the agency's name, so check who holds it via whois search first.
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