The .plus Domain: A Short Word That Sits Beside a Name
The .plus domain entered the root zone on 12 March 2015 under an ICANN agreement dated 5 February 2015, with Binky Moon, LLC of the Identity Digital group as contracting party. It carries the youngest agreement among the Binky Moon extensions examined here, the others belonging to the 2013 and 2014 generations. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 56,076 registrations.
The word names no sector on its own; it points at an extended version of a product, a membership tier or an add-on package attached to a service. The zone therefore mixes subscription services, software editions, health and fitness packages and retail campaign sites. Test candidates in .plus domain search and compare a similarly short alternative on the .one page.
This extension does one job: it signals something beyond the standard. A visitor reading the address arrives expecting more than the base version. The practical consequence is that where you use it as a tier name, the landing page must show what the tier contains in a single comparison. Otherwise the address makes a promise the page does not keep, and the visitor leaves before working out the difference. The registry does not police that consistency; the agreement sets no usage rule specific to this extension.
.PLUS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 12 March 2015
- Eligibility None — the agreement commits to open registration
- Zone size 56,076 registrations, 36,666 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .plus domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.plus 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
$15.49 /year -
Transfer
$54.89 /year -
Renewal
$58.79 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .plus 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.
.plus Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .plus 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 .plus 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 .plus 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 .plus 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
.plus Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.plus Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .plus domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.plus Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .plus Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It fits when you are naming a second layer beside a main product: a subscription tier, an extended edition, an add-on package or a membership programme. If you sell a single product with no tiers above it, the extension sets up a promise with nothing behind it. Compare short alternatives on the .one page.
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None is. The open registration commitment in the agreement forbids the registry from applying an identity-based eligibility limit, so an individual, an association and a company all register on the same terms. No document, statement of activity or trademark record is collected. Try candidates in .plus domain search.
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No. Registering a domain creates no trademark right and does not widen a right you already hold; it allocates that string to you within this zone and nothing more. Trademark protection comes from a registry office and follows a separate process. That said, registering early is a sensible practical step if you want to stop someone else taking your tier name.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 56,076 registrations with 36,666 present in the zone file, a share of about 65 per cent. Because the word is short and general, single-word labels should be treated as largely exhausted. Combining it with your brand name produces something both available and meaningful. Check a holder through whois search.
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Every page carrying a member login or a payment step needs a certificate, because passwords and card details pass through it. Beyond that, showing the difference between tiers in one comparison table cuts support requests directly, since most questions about a paid tier are really questions about what it includes. Options are listed 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 all you need. No extra eligibility check runs and no documents are collected. If you are moving a tier address, note your redirect rules down beforehand: when a redirect to the main site breaks, the loss shows up in revenue rather than in a log. Begin at the domain transfer page.
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