.vision Domain: Strategy and Eyesight in One Word
The .vision extension entered the root zone on 6 February 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 5 December 2013 and the contracting party is Binky Moon, LLC, part of Identity Digital. Two separate fields share the zone: consulting, strategy, design and futures work on one side; opticians, eye care centres and vision technology on the other.
That double meaning causes no difficulty here, because the root draws the distinction and a visitor knows which field they are in as they read the name. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 14,956 registrations. Try your brand name or your specialism as the root and compare on the .vision domain search page.
.VISION Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital)
- Root zone entry 6 February 2014
- Eligibility None; the agreement forbids identity-based restriction
- Contractual protection Lawful users of a minority usage cannot be shut out
- Zone size 14,956 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vision domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.vision 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
$8.99 /year -
Transfer
$45.49 /year -
Renewal
$48.99 /year -
Restore
$129.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.73
Included With Every .vision 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.
.vision Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .vision 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 .vision 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 .vision 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 .vision 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
.vision Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.vision Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vision domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.vision Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .vision Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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It suits both, and that is no accident but a situation the agreement protects. The public interest section forbids the registry from reserving names only for those associated with the most common usage of the term. In practice the root decides: words such as eye, optic or lens tie the address to the health side, while strategy, design or futures tie it to consulting. If the root is neutral, the first screen takes over.
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The word carries a promise, and a promise unmet backfires. The address works strongly for a team doing strategy, brand or transformation work, because it says exactly what you sell. If you offer a general list of services, the same word rings hollow. The decision rule: if the first screen of your page can show a concrete method, case or outcome, the extension carries you; if it cannot, it adds to the load.
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Technically yes, editorially no. Both extensions entered the root on 6 February 2014, answer to the same registry operator and carry the same contractual pattern, so policies, brand protection tools and infrastructure are shared. Their audiences are entirely separate. This is common among extensions under one parent: a shared agreement does not mean a shared market. You can review that zone on the .villas domain search page.
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Two things. First, authority: providing health services is governed by the law of your country and a domain name confers none of it, so publish the practitioner's name, specialism and institutional details on the page. Second, the appointment form: if you collect a name, a phone number and health information, an encrypted connection is mandatory. Compare certificate options on the SSL certificate page.
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Avoid constructions that repeat the extension inside the root; an address does not need to say the same thing twice. The second thing to avoid is very general abstract words, which are both likely to be taken and weak at telling you apart. Combinations built on a brand name, a specialism or a city perform better. Test the list in one pass with bulk domain name search.
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