The .reise Domain: German-Language Travel, One Journey
The .reise domain entered the root zone on 15 May 2014 under an ICANN agreement dated 13 March 2014. Its first registry operator was dotreise GmbH of Germany, and the agreement was assigned on 4 May 2015; the contracting party today is Binky Moon, LLC of the Identity Digital group. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 1,087 registrations with 848 in the zone file.
In German the word names a single journey, which is why the extension reads best for one route, one tour brand or one named trip. The zone is the smallest in its group, yet seventy-eight per cent of it resolves. Compare the plural on the .reisen page, and test candidates in .reise domain search before choosing.
The public interest commitment in this extension's ICANN agreement repeats three undertakings carried over from the original application: only travel-related entities may register a name, published content must connect to the German-speaking travel industry or its customers, and disputes fall to a German-speaking jurisdiction. None of the five amendments made after the 2015 assignment touched that section. The operator running the extension today, however, publishes no separate eligibility policy for it. A commitment written into a contract and a document requested at checkout are not the same thing, and a project with no German-speaking audience may still be a poor fit here.
.REISE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital); originally dotreise GmbH
- Root zone entry 15 May 2014
- Agreement assigned 4 May 2015
- Zone size 1,087 registrations, 848 in the zone file (nTLDstats, 13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .reise domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.reise 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
$96.50 /year -
Transfer
$96.50 /year -
Renewal
$106.15 /year -
Restore
$209.90 -
Late Renewal
$21.23
Included With Every .reise 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.
.reise Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .reise 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 .reise 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 .reise 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 $21.23 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 .reise 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
.reise Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.reise Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .reise domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.reise Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .reise Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The contract says so; the operator's published policy does not restate it as a checkout requirement. The public interest commitment in the ICANN agreement opens the name only to travel-related entities and expects content connected to the German-speaking travel industry. The registry running the extension today publishes no separate eligibility policy for it. Decide knowing the gap between the two. Search candidates on the .reise search page.
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Linguistically it is singular against plural: one journey against journeys. Contractually the gap is far wider. The .reise agreement carries a sector-bound commitment, while the .reisen agreement expressly promises open registration and protects the word's less common meanings. Both extensions belong to the same company today, yet they did not sign the same text. Compare them on the .reisen page.
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Usually not. The word is German, so the address means nothing to a visitor who does not read the language, and the contractual commitment ties published content to the German-speaking travel industry. If you sell into Germany, Austria and Switzerland the extension sits naturally; if your audience reads English, another string will communicate faster. The .holiday page shows one alternative worth weighing.
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The 13 August 2026 measurement recorded 1,087 registrations, well below comparable extensions. The reason is a deliberately narrow audience: the string addresses one language area and one industry. Small is not the same as failing, though. Seventy-eight per cent of those names appear in the zone file, so the zone is compact but genuinely in use, which means good short names can still be available.
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Remove the lock, obtain the authorisation code and start the request at the gaining registrar. With travel brands the recurring problem is that the record stays behind in a former tour operator's or web agency's account. Before you begin, confirm you can read mail sent to the address on file, and check how many days remain before expiry. Run the process from the domain transfer page.
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