.storage Domain: A Small Zone Dedicated to the Storage Trade
The .storage registry agreement is dated 22 December 2014 and the zone entered the root on 10 December 2015, delegated to Self Storage Company LLC. XYZ.COM LLC is the contracting party today. As measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds just 719 registrations, of which 626 appear in the zone file — a publication rate near eighty-seven percent.
The registry presents the extension as an address space brought to market for the storage industry. Self-storage operators, cold stores, archive and document retention services, logistics warehouses and data retention providers all use it. No eligibility rule applies. Test candidates on the .storage domain search page before you settle on a name.
At 719 names this ranks among the four smallest zones covered here. Yet eighty-seven percent of those registrations appear in the zone file, meaning almost every one points at a live site. Reading the two figures together gives a clean decision rule: parked names barely exist here, so your chance of finding a free name is good — but when one is taken, waiting for it to expire is pointless.
.STORAGE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator XYZ.COM LLC
- Root zone entry 10 December 2015
- Eligibility None; the agreement carries no eligibility clause
- Zone size 719 names, 626 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .storage domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.storage 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
$640.00 /year -
Transfer
$649.99 /year -
Renewal
$703.99 /year -
Restore
$1.099.90 -
Late Renewal
$140.80
Included With Every .storage 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.
.storage Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .storage 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 .storage 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 .storage 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 $140.80 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 .storage 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
.storage Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.storage Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .storage domain
- Character Length 3 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.storage Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .storage Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No: the agreement contains no eligibility clause and no document is requested at registration. The registry markets the extension to the storage industry without turning that into a condition. Thematic fit still matters for legibility, though, since a visitor reading the extension expects storage. Test candidates on the .storage search page before committing.
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The zone serves a narrow trade and held only 719 registrations on 13 August 2026. Reading that as a weakness would mislead, because 626 of those names appear in the zone file — almost all of them point at a real site. The concrete benefit of a small zone is that venue names and city combinations are largely still free for the taking.
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Yes, because the word covers both physical and digital storage — but you must draw the distinction in the second-level name. Physical operators read correctly when they pair the extension with a city or a site name; data providers do so with a technology or service word. Choose a generic root with no context and visitors cannot tell which kind of storage you mean.
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The zone's small size improves your odds, but weigh two points. First, very short generic words in this operator's portfolio are frequently offered on separate terms, so confirm the status with your registrar. Second, a one-word generic name does not distinguish you in search results. Adding a city or a service type usually produces a better practical outcome.
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Yes. Release the lock, obtain the authorisation code and file at the gaining registrar. In storage businesses the address usually feeds booking forms and customer correspondence, so export a copy of your MX records before the move begins. Start from the domain transfer page and confirm the outcome with whois search.
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