.yoga Domain: An Address for Studios and Teachers
The .yoga extension entered the root zone on 15 August 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 29 May 2014 and the contracting party today is Registry Services, LLC. Studios, independent teachers, retreat organisers, online class platforms and equipment sellers all take names here. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 63,826 registrations.
There is no eligibility test. The public interest section of the agreement requires the operator to publish use and naming rules, make them binding through registrars, run a flagging channel open to the public and suspend names that break them. Try studio and city combinations on the .yoga domain search page.
Registering a domain creates no teaching credential and no certification. In teaching and health-adjacent services the obligations arise from the activity: professional rules in your country, insurance requirements and limits on health claims apply regardless of the address. That distinction has a practical consequence — if your site promises treatment or recovery, your basis is your documentation, never the ending. The decision rule: let the address state the subject, and let certificates, experience and references on the page demonstrate competence.
.YOGA Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator Registry Services, LLC
- Root zone entry 15 August 2014
- Registry agreement 29 May 2014
- Contractual duties Use rules, public flagging channel, suspension
- Zone size 63,826 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yoga domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yoga 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
$7.81
Included With Every .yoga 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.
.yoga Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .yoga 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 .yoga 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 .yoga 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 $7.81 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 .yoga 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
.yoga Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.yoga Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yoga domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yoga Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .yoga Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No, no certificate or document is required at registration.
The duties in the agreement fall on the registry operator rather than the registrant. In teaching and health-adjacent services, however, responsibility comes from the activity: professional rules, insurance and limits on health claims apply regardless of your address. The extension states the subject; the information on your page demonstrates competence.
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Combining the studio name with a city or district name usually performs best.
In local search people generally search alongside a location, so an address carrying both is remembered and sets expectations. If you teach online, adding the class type instead of a location is the better move. You can try several combinations at once on the bulk domain search page.
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The booking and payment flow must run over an encrypted connection.
Browsers warn on forms served without encryption, and a warning means an abandoned booking. Stating cancellation and refund terms plainly on the page also cuts disputes. Compare certificate types on our SSL certificate page and pick the one that matches your setup.
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The zone held 63,826 registrations on 14 August 2026, making it a mid-sized space.
Single-word generic terms may be gone, but studio names, teacher names and combinations with a city are readily available. If your root is a non-English word, testing a simplified spelling lowers the risk of typing errors. Checking candidates in bulk shortens the decision.
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The WHOIS server carrying the extension's own name runs on port 43 and answers.
A check on 14 August 2026 returned the registration date, the status codes and the sponsoring registrar. As expiry approaches, reading the status codes tells you whether the name sits in the renewal stage or in redemption. Run the lookup from our whois search page.
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