New generic extensionSince 2014
.city domain registration
The city’s extension: for a city’s guide, news, markets or residents’ initiatives, for anyone who wants their city’s name in their address, to say they’re from it and for it.
Score card
.city in six cells
Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.
- Trust
- 3 out of 5
- Easy to remember
- 4 out of 5
- Global reach
- 2 out of 5
- Price stability
- 3 out of 5
- Short names available
- 4 out of 5
- Local meaning
- 1 out of 5
Overview
What is .city
The word city means a town or a city. .city entered the internet’s root in 2014 and is run by Binky Moon, LLC. It belongs to no particular city, so the name before it makes its meaning: abudhabi.city, sharjah.city or alain.city; visitors read the city’s name, then know the site is about it.
.city suits city guides and news sites, residents’ initiatives, and anyone gathering a city’s restaurants, craftspeople and events in one place. It also works for a local business that wants to say its city is part of its name, like a tourist office, or a transport company working within the city.
With us the first year comes with an offer, and the renewal costs clearly more. An address carrying a city’s name may suggest it’s the city’s official site, so write on your first page who you are. And since .city doesn’t name the country, say on your page that your city is in the UAE, as some city names are shared by more than one country.
- Type
- New generic extension (new gTLD)
- In the root since
- 3 July 2014
- Name’s origin
- city
- Responsible body
- Binky Moon, LLC
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Names in Arabic
- Supported (IDN)
Who it suits
For your field: is .city the best fit?
Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .city says in each, and which extension completes it.
A city guide
Excellent · The first choice
The city’s name, then .city: visitors know before opening the link they’ll find its restaurants, markets and news.
Register it with.city.guide
A city’s news
Good · A good fit
Says the news is local; .today says it’s today’s news.
Register it with.city.today
A city’s civic initiative
Good · A good fit with .org
The city’s name says whom the initiative serves, and .org says it’s a non-profit organization.
Register it with.org.city
A local tourist office
Good · A good fit
For anyone introducing visitors to their city; with .tours for the tours page.
Register it with.city.tours
A store selling nationwide
Consider another · Consider .store
One city’s name narrows a store that ships to every city.
Register it with.store.com
A personal blog
Consider another · Consider .blog
A city gathers its people’s voices, and your blog is your own; .blog or .me is closer to you.
Register it with.blog.me
What it does for you
What you gain when you register it
Your city’s name in your address
ahlan-abudhabi.city says at first sight the site is about Abu Dhabi and for its people.
An address that matches what people type
Someone searching for their city sees its name in your link and knows they’re in the right place.
A platform for its people
One place for its restaurants, craftspeople and events, known to everyone who lives there.
Email in the city’s name
info@ahlan-abudhabi.city for writing to visitors and advertisers.
And where its value shows
On a board in the town square
Passers-by read it and remember it.
In residents’ group chats
A link they know is about them.
In a printed tourist guide
The address completes the map.
In search results
The city’s name right in the link.
Pros and cons
What you should know before you register
Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.
Pros
- 01A short word everyone knows
- 02The city’s name before it says it all
- 03Works for any city in the UAE
- 04A first-year offer
- 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing
Cons
- 01Visitors may think it’s the city’s official site
- 02Renewal costs clearly more than the first year
- 03Ties you to one city
- 04Less familiar than .com
Rules
Registration terms for .city
What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- Documents
- None required
- Name length
- Up to 63 characters
- Characters
- a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
- Names in Arabic
- Supported (IDN)
- Registration term
- 1 to 10 years
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Privacy protection
- Optional, for a separate fee
- Transfer
- 60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term
Life cycle
From registration until the name is free again
What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.
- 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
- 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
- 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
- 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
- 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
- 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.
Tips
Before you register
- 1Spell the city as its people doal or el? With a hyphen or without? Pick the commonest, and register the other to redirect to it.
- 2Say who you are on your first pageSo visitors don’t take it for an official site, write who runs it and why.
- 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
- 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
- 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
- 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.
Nearby extensions
If your name is taken in .city
- .placeFor one particular place in the city.$38 first year
- .todayFor the city’s news every day.$10 first year
- .communityFor the city’s community.$41 first year
- .guideFor a guide that shows visitors around.$38 first year
- .toursFor tours around the city.$35 first year
- .comThe best known, for a name tied to no place.$17 first year
FAQ5 questions
Frequently asked questions about .city
Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.
Contact support$14 for the first year with an offer, then $35 for each renewal. Look at the renewal price before you register: it’s what you’ll pay every year after the first.
Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents or conditions; the contact details in the owner’s name just need to be accurate.
Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.
We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.
Yes. The body responsible for .city has an Arabic table in IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN), so the name is written in Arabic and stored in a form that begins with xn--.
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