.ski Domain: An Extension Dedicated to the Ski Community
The .ski registry agreement was signed on 9 April 2015 and the zone entered the root on 14 May 2015. The official record lists the contract type as "Base, Community (Spec 12), Non-Sponsored", which makes this a community extension. The string was first delegated to STARTING DOT LIMITED, passed to Afilias Limited in 2019, and now sits with Identity Digital Limited as the contracting party.
The community section of the agreement dedicates the zone to the ski community: snow skiers and the related organisations worldwide. Resorts, schools, clubs, equipment brands, guides and federations use this address. No membership card or identity document is requested at the point of registration. Test your ideas on the .ski domain search page.
The operator asks for no paperwork, yet the agreement imposes two real duties. The first concerns content: criminal, unlawful, offensive, racist, discriminatory or pornographic material is barred, and the registry audits registered names at least once a year; a breach brings a notice with a deadline, and failure to comply can end in takedown. The second concerns naming: strings pointing to doping, illicit gambling or counterfeit ticketing, or damaging the reputation of the sport, may not be registered.
.SKI Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Identity Digital Limited
- Contract type Base, Community (Spec 12), Non-Sponsored
- Root zone entry 14 May 2015
- Use condition Content and naming rules; audits at least once a year
- Zone size 7,475 names, 6,357 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ski domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.ski 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
$32.90 /year -
Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
$159.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
Included With Every .ski 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.
.ski Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .ski 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 .ski 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 .ski 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 $11.12 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 .ski 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
.ski Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.ski Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ski domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.ski Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .ski Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No eligibility check runs at registration: no membership card, no business registration. That does not make this an ordinary generic zone, though. The agreement dedicates the extension to the ski community and imposes rules that bind both use and name selection. For a project unrelated to skiing another extension is the safer choice. Test candidates on the .ski search page.
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The agreement lists four categories: names breaching ethical or criminal law principles, names infringing the rights of others, names in clear contradiction with the core values of skiing and sport, and names that inherently harm the image of the sport. The third category is spelled out: doping, illicit gambling, and illicit or counterfeit ticketing. Separately, federation names, competition and venue names and top-ranked athletes' names sit on a reserved list.
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The agreement frames auditing as an obligation rather than an option: the operator must run continuing or recurring audits of registered names, at its own discretion or on evidence, but in any case at least once a year. Where non-compliance appears, a notice sets a timeframe to put things right; if that period passes without remedy, the name may be taken down. The rule therefore comes with an enforcement chain attached.
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It may well be, because the list covers ski resort and ski area owners and operators along with industry associations, reserving those names for the entities themselves. That is usually good news for you: third parties cannot take the name. To have it allocated to you, apply through your registrar to the registry. The complete reserved list is published on the registry operator's website.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 7,475 registrations with 6,357 of them in the zone file, a ratio near eighty-five percent. That sits at the high end of the zones covered in this programme, and it matches a pattern: zones carrying a use condition show fewer parked names. The practical consequence is that when a name you want is taken, it is very likely genuinely in use.
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Yes, transfers follow the ordinary gTLD rules. Release the lock, obtain the authorisation code and file at the gaining registrar. One practical caution fits this zone: at seasonal businesses the name is often registered to an agency or a former employee, so confirm the registrant details through whois search first, then start from the transfer page.
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