.website Domain: An Address That States What It Is
The .website extension entered the root zone on 22 May 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 3 April 2014 and the registry operator is Radix Technologies Inc. The string means exactly what it says, and the operator runs it inside the same portfolio as .online, .store, .tech and .site — a general purpose address with no industry boundary.
The agreement sets no eligibility condition and its application commitments section is blank. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 451,783 registrations, so common one-word roots are largely taken while brand-plus-word combinations remain findable. Compare candidate addresses on the .website domain search page.
The ending names a format rather than a sector: this is a site. It therefore works best where the root already says who you are — a personal name, a brand or a project title. The decision rule: if your root carries meaning, .website adds a label to it; if the root is generic, the whole address stays generic and nobody remembers it. A common agency pattern is to gather client showcase pages under one memorable root.
.WEBSITE Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Radix Technologies Inc.
- Root zone entry 22 May 2014
- Registry agreement 3 April 2014
- Eligibility None; application commitments section left blank
- Zone size 451,783 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .website domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.website 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
$29.20 /year -
Transfer
$29.22 /year -
Renewal
$32.14 /year -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$6.42
Included With Every .website 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.
.website Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .website 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 .website 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 .website 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 $6.42 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 .website 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
.website Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.website Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .website domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.website Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .website Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No; search engines do not treat the extension itself as a ranking factor.
Rankings follow content, technical health and link profile. The effect of an ending is on the human side: a readable, memorable address earns more clicks. The real decision therefore happens in the root. If your root names your brand or your topic, the length of the ending causes no harm; if the root is vague, no extension repairs that.
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Both sit in the same registry portfolio and say the same thing; length and tone are the difference.
.site is shorter and faster to type; .website is the full word, so it survives being read aloud with less risk of confusion. On printed material and in conversation the full word helps, while a long root pairs better with the shorter ending. You can weigh both in one pass with bulk domain search.
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Yes, especially when your own name is the root.
A first-name-plus-surname root is usually gone in the classic extensions, yet the same root can still be free here. Read aloud, the address states both who you are and what it is. Because you can also run email on the same domain, a portfolio gains a professional finish. Before you register, check that the root matches the usernames you already hold on social platforms.
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Yes, it is a generic top-level domain and the standard transfer rules apply.
Once the name is unlocked and you hold the authorisation code, start the move from the domain transfer page. A 60-day hold can apply to names registered or moved very recently. The name keeps working throughout; moving your DNS records to the new provider beforehand removes any risk of downtime entirely.
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Yes, subdomains are entirely under your own DNS control.
Beneath the root you register you can create as many as you need — blog, shop, api and so on. It is the simplest way to separate several services from a single registration, and search engines treat subdomains as separate addresses. On the setup side each subdomain needs its own certificate or a wildcard certificate; see the options on our SSL certificate page.
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