.soy Domain: A Short, Personal and Unrestricted Extension
The .soy registry agreement is dated 23 January 2014 and the zone entered the root on 20 March 2014. The registry operator is Charleston Road Registry Inc., Google's domain arm. In Spanish the word is a first-person verb form, which makes it well suited to addresses that state an identity directly. As measured on 13 August 2026, the zone holds 2,483 registrations.
The operator lists the extension among its open and unrestricted top-level domains. Its registration policy says so in as many words: there are no special restrictions on registration for .soy domains. The only condition concerns two-character letter-letter labels. Test candidates on the .soy domain search page, or compare neighbouring options through domain search.
The same registry's .dev, .app, .foo and .boo extensions sit on the browsers' HSTS preload list, which means a site without a certificate simply will not open in those zones. The same query for .soy returns not on the list, and its registration policy imposes no HTTPS requirement either. Being operated by Google therefore carries no automatic security regime; verify the rule per extension.
.SOY Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Charleston Road Registry Inc.
- Root zone entry 20 March 2014
- Eligibility None; the registry states there are no special restrictions
- HTTPS regime Not on the HSTS preload list
- Zone size 2,483 names (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .soy domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.soy 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
$32.70 /year -
Transfer
$32.99 /year -
Renewal
$35.99 /year -
Restore
$240.00 -
Late Renewal
$7.21
Included With Every .soy 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.
.soy Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .soy 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 .soy 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 .soy 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 $7.21 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 .soy 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
.soy Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.soy Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .soy domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.soy Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .soy Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The registry's own policy answers that in one line: there are no special restrictions on registration for .soy domains. No identity, sector, language or geography condition is defined. The single condition in the policy concerns holders of two-character letter-letter labels, who represent that they will not imply affiliation with a government or country-code manager. Test candidates on the .soy search page.
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Yes: there is no browser-level HTTPS requirement here. The same registry's .dev and .app extensions are on the HSTS preload list, where a site without a certificate simply will not load; the same query shows this zone is not on that list. Treat a certificate as mandatory anyway, since browsers warn visitors on insecure pages. See the SSL certificate page.
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That is purely an audience question. For Spanish-speaking readers the word forms a complete statement, and the name plus extension read as one phrase. For audiences reading other languages that reading never forms, and the address stays a short string with no added meaning. Decision rule: if the extension's meaning does not work in your target language, its advantage disappears.
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On 13 August 2026 the zone held 2,483 registrations, placing it among the smallest covered in this programme. Two consequences follow. On the upside, your chance of finding a short single-word name is high. On the downside, recognition is low and visitors may mistype the address on first hearing. It works better as a campaign or personal address than as a company's primary one.
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Yes, transfers follow the standard gTLD process. Release the lock, obtain the authorisation code and file at the gaining registrar. One practical note fits this zone: not every registrar supports the extension, so confirm support on the receiving side before you begin. Start the process from the domain transfer page.
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