.ventures Domain: For Investment and New Business
The .ventures extension entered the root zone on 31 October 2013, among the first root entries of the new gTLD programme; its ICANN agreement is dated 27 August 2013 and the contracting party is Binky Moon, LLC, part of Identity Digital. Venture capital funds, incubators, angel networks, holding structures and companies running new business lines under a separate brand all take names here.
Because the word is plural it describes a collection of undertakings rather than a single business, which matches organisations built around a portfolio. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 29,129 registrations. Try a fund name, a founder's surname or an investment theme as the root and compare them on the .ventures domain search page.
.VENTURES Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 31 October 2013
- Eligibility None; the agreement forbids identity-based restriction
- Agreement commitment Protected marks list, WHOIS accuracy auditing, abuse monitoring
- Zone size 29,129 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ventures domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
Related Domain Extensions
Registering the same name on more than one extension keeps someone else from taking your brand.
.ventures 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
$19.40 /year -
Transfer
$59.79 /year -
Renewal
$64.39 /year -
Restore
$154.90 -
Late Renewal
$11.12
Included With Every .ventures 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.
.ventures Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .ventures 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 .ventures 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 .ventures 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 $11.12 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 .ventures 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
.ventures Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.ventures Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ventures domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.ventures Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .ventures Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It can. Because the public interest section of the agreement forbids the registry from limiting eligibility by identity, no fund registration, securities permission or trading licence is requested. A caution is still in order: offering investment services is a regulated activity, and that permission comes from the regulator in the country where you operate, not from a domain name. If you publish a page inviting investment, keep the legal notice and your authorisation details visible.
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Usually it is, and the reason is linguistic: the plural points at more than one undertaking, so for a single-product company the name promises a larger structure than exists. The decision rule: the plural reads correctly when your portfolio holds several businesses or investments; if you are building one product, an extension carrying your brand is more consistent. Choose the extension to match the range you have, not the one you aim for.
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A separate address makes sense when the programme has its own application calendar, its own mentors and its own alumni list. If it stays a section of the parent company, a subdomain is enough. Should you choose a separate address, link the two sites to each other, otherwise search engines see two unrelated entities. When testing candidates, try the organisation name and the programme name together; bulk domain name search does that in one step.
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There are two layers. The first is the protected marks list the registry undertakes to maintain: a rights holder can close their mark to registration across every extension the registry administers with a single entry. The second is defensive registration, which is only worth it for names where you see genuine risk. Start by seeing where you stand: check whether your brand name is already taken here with whois search.
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Partly. Opening early shows that the zone is settled, that registrars support it and that recognition has grown over time. On the other hand, twelve years means most short, common roots have been taken. The practical consequence: your chance of finding a single-word generic root is low, while a distinctive root built around your own brand name is still very likely to be free.
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