.style Domain: A Short Address for Aesthetic Work
The .style zone entered the root on 29 January 2015; its ICANN agreement is dated 4 December 2014 and the contracting party is Binky Moon, LLC. The agreement treats the string as a dictionary term, so it is reserved for no single trade: fashion, interior architecture, hairdressing and graphic design all share the word.
That sharing is useful when you pick a name. Because the word alone does not say what you do, the root has to say it; putting a discipline or a city beside your brand lets a visitor know they are in the right place before the page renders. No document or trade registration is requested at any stage, and registration is first come, first served. Compare candidates on the .style domain search page.
.STYLE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone entry 29 January 2015
- Eligibility None; the agreement carries an open registration commitment
- Zone size 15,086 registrations, 11,477 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .style domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.style 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
$23.49 /year -
Transfer
$38.99 /year -
Renewal
$41.99 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .style 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.
.style Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .style 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 .style 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 .style 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 $6.73 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 .style 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
.style Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.style Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .style domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.style Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .style Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, there is no sector split. The agreement treats the string as a dictionary term and forbids the operator from imposing identity-based eligibility criteria. Hair and barber salons, interior architecture practices, graphic design teams, furniture brands and personal style consultants all sit together in the zone. The association with fashion is a marketing impression rather than a rule.
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The root does that work. Because the extension stays open to every sense of the word, a bare generic root will mislead visitors. The practical rule: if your brand is not yet well known, place your trade or your city beside it. Name plus city works for a salon, brand plus discipline works for a design team. Try your shortlist in one pass with bulk domain name search.
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Measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds 15,086 registrations, of which 11,477 appear in the zone file, close to seventy-six percent. That describes a mid-sized zone in genuine use: three names in four are published. A smaller zone means short, memorable roots are still within reach, so check the singular and plural forms of your word together.
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No. The operator publishes no eligibility form specific to this extension; the only member of its portfolio that demands corporate status paperwork is a different one. All that is expected of you is accurate, current contact information. Once the name is yours and you want to secure it, continue from the SSL certificate page.
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The standard gTLD route applies: lift the transfer lock, request the authorisation code, then open the request with the gaining provider. Design and beauty businesses run hard through season changes, so keeping the move away from a collection or campaign window makes life easier. Run the process from the domain transfer page and verify it afterwards with whois search.
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