The .quest Domain: Naming a Search, a Journey or a Mission
The .quest domain entered the root zone on 6 August 2015 under an ICANN agreement dated 26 March 2015, with XYZ.COM LLC of Las Vegas as registry operator. The word describes a purposeful search, and in gaming it doubles as the standard term for a mission. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 101,968 registrations, of which 54,324 were present in the zone file.
Game studios, online learning platforms, recruitment campaigns and awareness or fundraising projects all use the extension. No eligibility test applies; the agreement instead obliges the registry to run clear, published and non-discriminatory registration policies. Try your shortlist in .quest domain search before you commit to a launch name.
Of the 101,968 names registered on 13 August 2026, only 54,324 appeared in the zone file. If the name you want is taken, the odds that it points at a working site are roughly even. That sounds like an opening, but it rarely is: unpublished names get renewed on schedule and seldom drop. The productive move is not to wait for an expiry. Test your second and third choices in the same session and keep the one that reads best out loud.
.QUEST Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator XYZ.COM LLC (Las Vegas, USA)
- Root zone entry 6 August 2015
- Eligibility None — the agreement requires clear and non-discriminatory registration policies
- Zone size 101,968 registrations, 54,324 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .quest domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.quest 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
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Transfer
$15.69 /year -
Renewal
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Restore
$119.90
Included With Every .quest 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.
.quest Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .quest 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 .quest 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 .quest 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 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 .quest 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
.quest Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.quest Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .quest domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.quest Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .quest Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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A .quest domain fits projects that frame themselves as a search or a mission. Game studios use it for quest-driven titles, learning platforms for structured programmes, recruitment teams for hiring campaigns, and charities for a named fundraising push. Because the word carries a clear and positive meaning in English, the address usually needs no explanation when it appears on a poster or a slide. Start from the .quest search page.
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No eligibility requirement applies. The ICANN agreement asks the registry to publish clear and non-discriminatory registration policies rather than to filter registrants by identity, and it forbids restricting a generic-string extension to a single person or company. You do not need to work in games. Registering the name also confers no licence or accreditation of any kind: obligations attach to what you do, not to the address you use.
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Remove the registrar lock, request the authorisation code and start the transfer at the gaining registrar. With game and campaign names the usual snag is not technical: the record often sits in a publisher's or agency's account, and the approval message lands in that mailbox. Confirm that the address on file is one you control before you start. Run the process from the domain transfer page and inspect the record with whois search.
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Yes, both extensions are contracted to XYZ.COM LLC. That means they share the same corporate policies, but the strings have nothing to do with one another, and pricing, launch rules and reserved-name lists are handled per extension. Sitting under one roof also does not reserve your name in the sibling zone. To check both in a single pass, use bulk domain search.
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The 13 August 2026 measurement showed 101,968 registrations with 54,324 present in the zone file. That is a publication rate of about fifty-three per cent, so close to half the registered names have never gone live. Two conclusions follow. Short generic stems are largely gone, and being taken is not the same as being used. Two-word patterns built around your own brand are easier to find and easier to remember.
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