.study Domain: A Heavily Used Zone for Learning Resources
The .study zone entered the root on 19 February 2015; its ICANN agreement is dated 11 December 2014 and the contracting party is Registry Services, LLC, trading as GoDaddy Registry. Language schools, exam preparation courses, online lesson platforms and projects publishing learning material all use the zone.
What stands out here is occupancy. Of the 16,994 registrations measured on 13 August 2026, some 15,430 appear in the zone file, so nine names in ten are genuinely live. No eligibility condition or education accreditation is requested. Compare combinations of subject, level and city on the .study domain search page.
The operator's Registration Policy of March 2026 ties support for internationalised names directly to the IANA IDN Tables repository: support applies for a given extension as described in that repository. No table is published there for .study, so names may consist only of the letters a to z, digits and hyphens. If you were planning a name with accented or non-Latin characters, design the ASCII form from the outset.
.STUDY Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry)
- Root zone entry 19 February 2015
- Eligibility None; no education accreditation requested
- Agreement No voluntary commitment list; the registry general policy applies
- Zone size 16,994 registrations, 15,430 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .study domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
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.study 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
$38.99 /year -
Transfer
$38.99 /year -
Renewal
$41.99 /year -
Restore
$264.90 -
Late Renewal
$9.08
Included With Every .study 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.
.study Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .study 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 .study 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 .study 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 $9.08 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 .study 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
.study Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.study Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .study domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.study Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .study Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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You cannot. The operator's policy ties support for internationalised characters to the IANA IDN Tables repository, and no table is published there for this extension. Names may therefore contain only the letters a to z, digits and hyphens. If you had an accented name in mind, design the plain form instead; choosing a spelling that survives being read aloud helps visitors type the address correctly.
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You can. The agreement for this extension carries no voluntary commitment list, and the operator asks for no accreditation, diploma or institutional certificate. Private tutors, exam preparation groups, projects publishing lecture notes and internal corporate training teams all appear in the zone together. All that is asked of you is accurate information and use consistent with the purpose of the extension.
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Measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds 16,994 registrations with 15,430 in the zone file, a rate above ninety percent. The high figure means that if the name you like is taken, a working site sits behind it and waiting for expiry is unproductive. On the other hand the zone is small, so subject and level combinations remain wide; test a few variants together with bulk domain name search.
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Yes. The policy requires your details to be accurate and updated within fourteen days of any change. If the operator believes your information is incomplete or incorrect it may contact you and allow fourteen calendar days for a reply; where that window passes unanswered the name can be suspended or terminated. Verify your record from time to time using whois search.
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Yes, the standard gTLD transfer applies: lift the lock, obtain the authorisation code, open the request with the gaining provider. Term starts and exam weeks run heavy in education, so scheduling the move outside enrolment season avoids losing traffic. Note too that on a change of owner the acquiring party must satisfy the terms independently. Run the process from the domain transfer page.
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