.vodka Domain: A Narrow, Unmistakable Product Zone
The .vodka extension entered the root zone on 28 February 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 19 December 2013 and the registry operator is Registry Services, LLC. Distilleries, importers, cocktail and bartending projects, tasting communities and product campaign sites all take names here. Because the name points at a single product category, it needs no explanation.
The zone is very small: 2,180 registrations on 14 August 2026. That means short, common roots remain largely open, and a brand name, a city or a production method can still be found. Test your candidates on the .vodka domain search page.
Producing, importing, selling and advertising alcoholic drinks is governed by the law of the country you operate in, and that duty arises from the activity, not from the domain. Some countries prohibit alcohol advertising outright, others require age verification or a warning notice. Check the rules of your target market before choosing the extension; the address itself grants no permission and no exemption. On the contractual side the registry commits to an acceptable use policy, and a name that is abused can be suspended.
.VODKA Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Registry Services, LLC
- Root zone entry 28 February 2014
- Agreement 19 December 2013
- Agreement commitment AUP, 60-day Trademark Sunrise, geographic and IGO name blocking
- Zone size 2,180 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vodka domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.vodka 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
$32.49 /year -
Transfer
$32.49 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Restore
$134.90 -
Late Renewal
$7.70
Included With Every .vodka 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.
.vodka Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .vodka 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 .vodka 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 .vodka 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 $7.70 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 .vodka 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
.vodka Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.vodka Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .vodka domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.vodka Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .vodka Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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The registry asks for no production or trading document at registration, and the agreement sets no identity-based eligibility condition. The real obligation lies elsewhere: selling and advertising alcoholic drinks is governed by the law of the country you operate in and the countries you sell into. Some markets prohibit advertising entirely, others require age verification and a warning notice. The extension changes none of that; it only says what you sell.
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Quite readily. At that size even common single-word roots can still be open, and a brand name, a city, a production method or a grain type is worth trying. The trade-off in a small zone is recognition: your visitor may have seen the extension less often. Make up for that by writing the address in full everywhere. Try candidates together through bulk domain name search.
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The contractual pattern is identical and the scale differs by more than a thousandfold. This zone holds 2,180 registrations against 2,934,295 in .vip. A shared registry operator brings shared policies and shared technical infrastructure, but not a shared market size. The decision rule: when comparing two extensions under one parent, look at zone size and audience rather than at the agreement.
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If the content focuses on this product directly, yes: the address states the subject in one word. If the content is about cocktails or bartending in general, the extension locks you to a single ingredient and the name becomes narrow as the subject widens. The decision rule: choose it if your publishing plan will still revolve around the same product in five years, and pick a more neutral address if the range will broaden.
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Age verification and the order flow that follows collect personal data: date of birth, address, payment details. On an unencrypted connection all of it stays readable in transit and the browser warns your visitor, and that warning ends the purchase exactly at the payment step. Installing a certificate is therefore the first task after registering the name; compare the options on the SSL certificate page.
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