.tech Domain: The Largest Zone for Technology Ventures
The .tech zone entered the root on 12 March 2015; its ICANN agreement is dated 30 January 2015 and the IANA record names Radix Technologies Inc., based in the Cayman Islands, as the contracting party. Technical operations run through Tucows in Toronto, which means the registry operator and the infrastructure provider are separate organisations.
The registry defines the extension for technology ventures outright and builds its positioning on the signal an address sends to investors, users and the market. There is no eligibility condition; nobody asks you to prove that you are a technology company. Test short, speakable candidates on the .tech domain search page.
As measured on 13 August 2026 the zone holds 797,486 registrations, more than three times the second largest zone in its group. Yet the zone file ratio stands at only sixty-nine and a half percent: three in ten registered names never went live. Read together, the two figures give a decision rule: short single-word roots really are exhausted, while product-plus-verb combinations remain open, and a name that shows as taken may have no working site behind it.
.TECH Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Radix Technologies Inc. (Cayman Islands)
- Root zone entry 12 March 2015
- Eligibility None; no proof of being a technology company requested
- Zone size 797,486 registrations, 554,487 published (13 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .tech domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.tech 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
$3.99 /year -
Transfer
$63.69 /year -
Renewal
$68.59 /year -
Restore
$199.90 -
Late Renewal
$10.01
Included With Every .tech 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.
.tech Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .tech 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 .tech 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 .tech 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 $10.01 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 .tech 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
.tech Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.tech Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .tech domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.tech Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .tech Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The agreement for this extension carries no voluntary commitment list, and the operator publishes no eligibility document specific to it. Its policies are written for the portfolio as a whole; all that is asked of you is compliance with ICANN consensus policies and not misusing the name. Neither a company registration nor a product description is requested at the point of application.
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You can, provided you set expectations correctly. Of 797,486 registrations, 554,487 appear in the zone file, so one name in three never went live. Single-word generic roots are gone, while product-plus-verb, brand-plus-module and abbreviation-plus-number combinations remain open. Sweep your shortlist in one pass on the bulk domain name search page.
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Because they are different jobs. The IANA record names Radix Technologies Inc. as the contracting party, while the technical contact is Tucows in Toronto. Contractual obligation sits with the registry operator, whereas day-to-day DNS and registration system operation runs on the infrastructure side. Knowing this distinction explains why two different organisation names in the record are not a contradiction.
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They are separate extensions under separate operators, and their zones differ by roughly twenty times in size. The short form is quicker to say aloud and suits a product-led venture; the longer form carries a more institutional tone and sits better with consultancies and engineering practices. Testing a candidate in both extensions usually makes the choice obvious.
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It is not; the standard gTLD route applies: lift the lock, obtain the authorisation code, open the request at the gaining provider. In early stage ventures the real risk is whose account holds the name, since it often sits with a founder personally. Move the registrant record into the company's name first, run the process from the domain transfer page, and confirm with whois search.
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