.shopping Domain: An Address for the Act of Buying
The .shopping registry agreement is dated 31 March 2016 and the root zone entry followed on 8 June 2016. Binky Moon, LLC holds the contract; the string was originally delegated to Over Keep, LLC. Measured on 13 August 2026, the zone contains 11,274 registrations, of which 7,486 appear in the zone file — roughly two names in every three are pointed somewhere.
This zone names the activity rather than a single storefront. Comparison sites, deal and voucher platforms, buying guides, personal shopping services and multi-vendor marketplaces gravitate here. No eligibility rule applies and no document is requested at registration. Test candidates on the .shopping domain search page, or look at .shop if your site is the seller rather than the guide.
This agreement contains no voluntary commitment section at all — only accredited-registrar use, an abuse clause in the registration agreement, periodic security analysis and a transparency obligation. The sibling extension .shoes, under the very same operator, does carry an open-registration commitment. The difference comes from the application round and the original applicant's own statement, not from the company. Read a zone's rules from its own agreement, never from the operator's name.
.SHOPPING Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone entry 8 June 2016
- Eligibility None; the agreement also carries no voluntary commitments
- Zone size 11,274 names, 7,486 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .shopping domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.shopping 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
$29.90 /year -
Renewal
$33.65 /year -
Restore
$124.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .shopping 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.
.shopping Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .shopping 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 .shopping 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 .shopping 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 .shopping 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
.shopping Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.shopping Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .shopping domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.shopping Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .shopping Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The difference is one of role. A .shopping address names the activity and sits naturally with comparison engines, buying guides, voucher services and marketplaces that stand between buyer and seller. .shop points at the seller. The two zones belong to different registry operators and differ sharply in size. Decision rule: if you take the order, pick the second; if you shape the decision, pick the first.
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No. The agreement carries neither an eligibility condition nor a voluntary commitment section, so only the general rules apply. No trade register extract, professional credential or membership record is requested, and nothing is verified at the moment of registration. That makes acquisition simple, but it also means the address itself proves nothing to a visitor — your content still has to earn the trust.
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As measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds 11,274 registrations, with 7,486 of them appearing in the zone file, a ratio close to two thirds. The remaining third has been registered but not yet attached to a site. That pattern is typical of mid-sized zones and carries two implications: single-word roots are largely gone, while two-word combinations still leave a lot of room.
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Pick a root that tells visitors what they will find. A category name, an audience or a verb all work well, and pairing your brand with the category is a durable pattern. A very generic word looks short but fails to distinguish you in search results. To test several ideas at once, use bulk domain search rather than checking them one by one.
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Yes. Remove the transfer lock, request the authorisation code from your current provider and file the request with the gaining one. For voucher and comparison sites the delicate part is links: export a copy of your redirect rules and affiliate parameters before you start, so nothing silently breaks mid-move. Run the process from the domain transfer page.
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