The .productions Domain: Naming the Business of Making
The .productions 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. That same contract date applies to the sibling extension .properties, and the two zones were entered in the root a week apart. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 14,083 registrations.
Film and television production companies, the production arms of advertising agencies, music and audio studios, event and stage producers and independent content makers populate the zone. The plural describes an ongoing body of work rather than a single project, which suits a company more naturally than a one-off title. Test candidates in .productions domain search and compare a broader option on the .media page.
The .productions and .properties agreements were both signed on 5 December 2013, belong to the same registry and carry the same set of commitments. The two zones nonetheless serve entirely separate industries and differ in size. The practical lesson is worth carrying into any choice: two extensions sharing a registry are not therefore alternatives to each other. When you pick one, look at the expectation the word creates in a visitor, not at who operates it.
.PRODUCTIONS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 6 February 2014
- Eligibility None — the agreement commits to open registration
- Zone size 14,083 registrations, 10,660 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .productions domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.productions 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
$14.99 /year -
Transfer
$40.29 /year -
Renewal
$43.39 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .productions 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.
.productions Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .productions 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 .productions 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 .productions 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 .productions 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
.productions Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.productions Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .productions domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.productions Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .productions Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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You need not. The open registration commitment forbids the registry from applying an identity-based eligibility limit, so no company record, producer credential or industry membership can be requested. An independent content maker registers on exactly the same terms as a corporate studio. Try candidates in .productions domain search.
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Usually not. A plural implies an ongoing body of work, and used as the address of one film or one event it creates an expectation the site cannot meet. For a single production, taking the project name as the label and choosing a plainer extension reads more consistently. See the broader alternative on the .media page.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 14,083 registrations with 10,660 present in the zone file, a share of about 76 per cent. A long descriptive word holds little appeal for speculative buyers, so the zone consists mostly of people actually using their names. If the name you want is taken, whois search shows who holds the record.
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On pages hosting video, load time decides the first impression, so serve heavy files through a video service rather than straight off your own server. Where the rights are not yours, keep the scope of your licence in writing. If an enquiry or quote form exists, the page needs a certificate; see the SSL certificate page.
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Use the company name. The extension already states what you do, so repeating the trade in the label lengthens the address for nothing and makes it harder to pass on by voice. Where your company name is very common, adding a city or a speciality restores distinctiveness. Try variants together in bulk domain name search.
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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. A practical tip for video-heavy sites: export a copy of your DNS records first, because media sub-domains are the entries most often overlooked. Begin at the domain transfer page.
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