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WHAT IS A .VEGAS DOMAIN

.vegas Domain: A City Extension With No Conditions

The .vegas extension entered the root zone on 20 March 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 16 January 2014 and the registry operator is Dot Vegas, Inc., based in Las Vegas. Hotels and event venues, wedding planners, restaurants, show and concert projects, estate agents and service providers doing business with the city all take names here. The zone held 14,135 registrations on 14 August 2026.

Most city extensions ask for some local connection, but this one is different: in its registration policy the registry states plainly that anyone, anywhere in the world is eligible and that no nexus requirement attaches to registrations. That keeps the address reachable from outside the city too. Compare your candidate roots on the .vegas domain search page.

Carrying a city name is not being in the city

The registration policy leaves eligibility explicitly open, but that does not change what a visitor assumes: an address carrying a city name suggests service in that city. The way to prevent a misunderstanding is not to hide the address but to state your service area plainly on the page. The policy also contains a prohibition that is easy to miss: a holder may not sell, license or transfer third level names to third parties. If your business model rests on renting out subdomains, this zone is not the right place.

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.VEGAS Domain at a Glance

  • Registry operator Dot Vegas, Inc. (Las Vegas, USA)
  • Root zone entry 20 March 2014
  • Eligibility None; the policy states expressly that no nexus requirement applies
  • Policy restriction Selling third level names to third parties is prohibited
  • Zone size 14,135 registrations (14 August 2026)
  • Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vegas domain
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

Related Domain Extensions

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.vegas 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.

  • Transfer

    $69.99 /year
  • Renewal

    $76.99 /year
  • Restore

    $179.61
  • Late Renewal

    $15.40

Included With Every .vegas Domain

  • 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.

  • Domain lock

    While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.

  • Domain forwarding

    Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.

  • Free WHOIS privacy

    Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.

.vegas Domain Lifecycle

Active registration term 1 - 10 years You choose it at registration
Renewal window 20 days After expiry, with a late renewal fee
Redemption period 30 days After deletion, with a restore fee
Last day to act Day 50 After this day there is no way back

What happens day by day after it expires

Day 0 is the domain's expiry date

In short: your .vegas 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.

What happens day by day after it expires Lifecycle diagram for .vegas, left to right: the name starts out available; once registered, the site and e-mail work; day 0 is the expiry date and the domain goes on Client Hold; for the first 20 days renewal at the normal price stays open; on day 20 the registration is deleted and a 30-day redemption period begins; on day 50 redemption closes and a 5-day pending delete window starts; on day 55 the name is open to anyone again. The site and e-mail stay down from day 0 through day 55. Renewal possible Renewal possible (late fee) Restore possible (for a fee) Nothing works Open to anyone Available Registered 1 - 10 years Renewal Window 20 days Redemption Period 30 days Pending delete 5 days Open to anyone EXPIRED Day 0 Expiry date Day 20 Domain deleted Day 50 Restore closes Day 55 Name released Website and e-mail work Website and e-mail are down — Client Hold
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Domain Is Available (Available)

Open-ended

A .vegas 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)

1 - 10 years

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)

Day 0 – 20

On its expiry date your .vegas 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 $15.40 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.

Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)

Day 20 – 50

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)

Day 50 – 55

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)

After day 55

On day 55 the name .vegas 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

.vegas Domain Specifications and Registration Rules

Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.

.vegas Domain Registration

  • Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vegas domain
  • Character Length 3 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers

.vegas Domain Support

  • IDN Support Yes
  • Transfer Support Yes
  • Late Renewal Support Yes

Frequently Asked Questions About .vegas Domains

The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.

  • It can. The registry's registration policy leaves eligibility expressly open and states that no nexus requirement applies; no address, company registration or trading document is requested. Among city extensions that is a distinguishing feature, because many in the same class check a local connection at registration or at renewal. Commercial honesty is a separate matter, though: if you have no physical presence in the city, say so on the page.

  • The difference shows up at the moment of registration. Extensions that ask for a local connection require an address, a postal code or a company record from the applicant, and the condition may continue at renewal; a name that fails it can be suspended. No such mechanism exists here, so there is no waiting between registering and publishing. The decision rule: this zone suits you if you want a fast, unobstructed launch, and does not if you want local standing to be verified.

  • Roots that pair the type of event with the type of venue read most clearly: terms such as wedding, concert, expo or summit form a complete phrase together with the extension. Roots containing a date look strong in the first year and become a burden afterwards, so avoid writing the year. With 14,135 registrations in the zone, two-word combinations remain widely available. Try the shortlist together through bulk domain name search.

  • You cannot. The registration policy expressly prohibits a holder from offering, selling, licensing or transferring third level names to any third party. A platform that hands your users their own names would therefore breach the policy in this zone. Using subdomains for your own team falls outside the prohibition, which concerns distributing names to third parties. If your model rests on that, choose a different extension.

  • Transfers fall under ICANN's Transfer Policy and the process runs exactly as it does for other top-level domains: you obtain the authorisation code from your current registrar, remove the transfer lock and start the request at the new one. A sixty-day waiting rule applies to recently registered names. Since the extension performs no additional eligibility check, no extra document is requested during a transfer; the steps are on the domain transfer page.

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