.tattoo Domain: A Name Space of Its Own for Tattoo Art
The .tattoo registry agreement is dated 30 August 2013 and the zone entered the root on 8 November 2013, which places it among the earliest members of the new extension wave. The operator today is Registry Services, LLC, trading as GoDaddy Registry.
Studios, independent artists, needle and ink suppliers, convention organisers and portfolio sites all sit together in the zone. No eligibility condition or trade certificate is required; the operator asks only that you are the genuine beneficiary of the registration and use the name in keeping with the purpose of the extension. Check whether your artist name is free on the .tattoo domain search page.
The portfolio-wide Registration Policy published by GoDaddy Registry listed thirty-six extensions in its June 2022 version, and .tattoo was not among them. The March 2026 version raises the list to forty-two and names the extension explicitly. In practice that means accuracy of your details, updating them within fourteen days of a change, and the requirement that a buyer independently satisfies the terms on transfer, are now written down for this zone too.
.TATTOO Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry)
- Root zone entry 8 November 2013
- Eligibility None; no trade certificate or studio registration requested
- Policy version The March 2026 Registration Policy names the extension explicitly
- Zone size 10,786 registrations, 7,596 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .tattoo domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.tattoo 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
$39.90 /year -
Transfer
$42.52 /year -
Renewal
$42.92 /year -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$8.58
Included With Every .tattoo 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.
.tattoo Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .tattoo 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 .tattoo 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 .tattoo 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 $8.58 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 .tattoo 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
.tattoo Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.tattoo Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .tattoo domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.tattoo Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .tattoo Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes. The agreement for this extension carries no voluntary commitment list, and the operator asks for no trade certificate, studio registration or qualification. A freelance artist, a guest artist and a ten-chair studio all apply on identical terms. The only expectations are accurate, current contact details and using the name in a way consistent with the purpose of the extension.
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It is, because the address states your craft on its own. For an artist found mostly through social platforms, a short address that reads on a business card, a needle box or a shop window outlasts a long profile link. The decision rule: if your name is short and understood when spoken, this extension works well; if it is long and has to be spelled letter by letter, try an abbreviation instead.
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Measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds 10,786 registrations, of which 7,596 appear in the zone file, roughly seventy percent. Three names in ten therefore never went live. That is moderate occupancy and still leaves room for short names. Sweep patterns combining artist name, city and style word together through bulk domain name search.
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Yes. The operator's Registration Policy of March 2026 names this extension explicitly and requires your information to be accurate and updated within fourteen days of any change. It may also contact you during the life of the name to seek clarification; a request left unanswered can end in suspension or termination. Verify your registration record from time to time with whois search.
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Both are possible. Changing registrar is the standard gTLD transfer: lift the lock, obtain the authorisation code, open the request with the gaining provider. For a change of ownership, the policy requires the acquiring party to satisfy the terms independently. If a studio partnership is changing, schedule the handover in a quiet week rather than close to the contract date, and run it from the domain transfer page.
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