.solar Domain: A Precise Address for the Solar Trade
The .solar registry agreement is dated 7 November 2013 and the zone entered the root on 19 December 2013. Binky Moon, LLC is the contracting operator; the string was originally delegated to Ruby Town, LLC. As measured on 13 August 2026, the zone holds 12,317 registrations, of which 9,409 appear in the zone file — three names in four resolving to something.
Panel manufacturers, installation and maintenance firms, project developers, energy consultants, roofing contractors and cooperatives all use this zone. No eligibility rule applies: no industry credential, no authorised-dealer record, no engineering licence. Test candidates on the .solar domain search page before you settle on a shortlist.
This extension and .solutions signed their agreements on the same day and entered the root on the same day. Yet the .solutions zone today is roughly twelve times larger. The lesson is that size follows from how many different jobs a word can describe, not from the launch date. A narrow, precise word builds a small zone — and inside that zone your name reads far more clearly.
.SOLAR Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone entry 19 December 2013
- Eligibility None; the agreement bars identity-based limits
- Zone size 12,317 names, 9,409 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .solar domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.solar 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
$8.99 /year -
Transfer
$64.99 /year -
Renewal
$69.99 /year -
Restore
$159.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.70
Included With Every .solar 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.
.solar Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .solar 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 .solar 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 .solar 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 $11.70 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 .solar 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
.solar Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.solar Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .solar domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.solar Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .solar Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The agreement bars identity-based eligibility criteria, so the operator cannot request an industry credential, an authorised-dealer record or an engineering licence. Note the flip side, though: the permits you need for installation, grid connection and project approval arise from the activity itself, never from the address. The extension authorises nothing. Test candidates on the .solar search page.
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This trade is largely regional, so putting a city or province into the root solves availability and helps in search at the same time. A second reliable pattern adds the application type: roof, agricultural, industrial. If your brand name is free, take it and reserve the city variant for redirection. Bulk search tests that whole list in a single step.
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Not necessarily. On 13 August 2026 the zone held 12,317 registrations with 9,409 of them live, so the ratio is high and the zone is genuinely active. The concrete advantage of a small zone is that short, precise names remain findable. The drawback is limited general recognition: you may need to repeat the address once when dictating it. For local trade that costs nothing.
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Because the word is narrow. Both zones signed on the same day and entered the root on the same day, but .solutions describes work almost any sector performs, while .solar describes exactly one. That is also why it is useful: a narrow word interests fewer people and tells them something far more precise. Compare the two on the .solutions page.
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Release the transfer lock, obtain the authorisation code and file at the gaining registrar. In installation businesses the address is usually tied to quotation forms and the mailboxes field crews rely on, so export your MX and verification records before you begin. Start from the domain transfer page and confirm the result with whois search.
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