.show Domain: An Address for Productions and Showcases
The .show registry agreement was signed on 5 March 2015 and the zone joined the root on 9 April 2015. Binky Moon, LLC is the contracting operator; the string first went to Snow Beach, LLC and moved across in the 2018 portfolio transfer. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 25,143 registrations, of which 18,685 appeared in the zone file — close to three quarters resolving to something.
Because the word covers both a production and the act of showing, the audience here is unusually wide: theatre and musical companies, broadcast and streaming formats, podcasts, trade fair and exhibition organisers, artist portfolios and product launch pages. No eligibility rule applies and no paperwork is requested. Test your ideas on the .show domain search page.
The public interest section binds the operator to audit registration data on a statistically significant basis, to reserve the right to cancel a name whose contact details prove inaccurate, to offer trademark owners a standing block across the portfolio, and to extend trademark claims notices beyond the standard window. Production titles attract imitation, which makes these instruments genuinely useful in this particular zone.
.SHOW Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone entry 9 April 2015
- Eligibility None; the agreement bars identity-based limits
- Zone size 25,143 names, 18,685 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .show domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.show 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
$12.99 /year -
Transfer
$44.19 /year -
Renewal
$47.59 /year -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .show 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.
.show Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .show 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 .show 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 .show 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 .show 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
.show Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.show Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .show domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.show Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .show Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, anyone may register. The agreement forbids identity-based eligibility criteria, so a broadcaster, a performer, an event organiser and an independent creator all apply on the same terms. The word's second meaning supports that breadth: showing something works just as well for product launches and portfolio sites. Try your ideas on the .show search page.
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Yes. The operator offers rights holders a standing block on their mark across its portfolio and an extended trademark claims notice beyond the standard window. It also audits registration data on a statistically significant basis and reserves the right to cancel names carrying inaccurate contact details. Since programme titles attract imitation, those instruments carry real weight here. Ask your registrar for the current terms.
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Either works, but plan differently. For a one-season production, keep the name short and redirect it to an archive page afterwards. For a lasting brand, keep season numbers, years and platform names out of the address, because those age within two seasons. The rule is simple: if a date lives inside the name, the name expires with the date, whatever the registration term says.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 25,143 registrations with 18,685 of them live, which tells you short single-word roots are largely gone. Production titles are inherently distinctive, though, so two and three-word combinations still leave plenty of room. Test the full title, the abbreviation and the spoken form together — bulk search does that in one pass.
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Release the transfer lock, request the authorisation code and open the request at the gaining registrar. One specific caution applies here: broadcast and event sites are usually wired into ticketing platforms and streaming services, so schedule the move well away from a premiere or an on-sale date. Start the process from the domain transfer page, then confirm the result through whois search.
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