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New generic extensionSince 2014

.exchange domain registration

The extension of exchange: for a market where people swap belongings, clothes or skills, and for every platform that brings those who give and those who take to one place.

Score card

.exchange 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
3 out of 5
Global reach
1 out of 5
Price stability
3 out of 5
Short names available
5 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .exchange

exchange is an English word for swapping one thing for another, and it also means a stock exchange and a currency exchange office. It suits barter platforms and second-hand swaps, markets that bring buyer and seller together, and groups that swap novels, skills or languages among their members, in one city or online.

.exchange entered the internet’s root in 2014, is run by Binky Moon, LLC, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. With us its price starts with a first-year offer, and renewal costs clearly more, so don’t base your project’s numbers on its first-year price alone.

Because the word carries more than one meaning, a visitor may take it for a money changer or a trading platform; so make the name before it say what you exchange. It is a rarely seen extension, so register your name in .com too if you find it free, and point it to your platform.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
17 April 2014
Name’s origin
exchange, swap
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 .exchange the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .exchange says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • A barter platform

    Excellent · The first choice

    The very word for what people do on your platform: they give and they take.

    Register it with.exchange.com

  • A second-hand market in the UAE

    Good · A good fit

    .exchange says people swap, and your city’s name before the dot tells its people the market is theirs.

    Register it with.exchange.com

  • A novel or language swap

    Good · A good fit

    It brings together those who give and those who take; .community says you’re one group.

    Register it with.exchange.community

  • A business-to-business market

    Good · A good fit

    It brings company buyers and sellers together; .trade says it’s commerce.

    Register it with.exchange.trade

  • A store selling to people

    Consider another · Consider .shop

    The customer comes to buy, not to swap; .shop or .store is clearer to them.

    Register it with.shop.store

  • A personal site or blog

    Consider another · Consider .me

    The word exchange confuses a visitor who came to read about you.

    Register it with.me.blog

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • The name says what happens

    tabadul-dubai.exchange tells the visitor they came to give and to take.

  • A market that brings both sides

    One address where whoever has something meets whoever needs it.

  • Email for new listings

    listings@tabadul-dubai.exchange is the address for new swap listings; subscribers know what’s inside.

  • Few names taken

    A specialized extension, so your platform’s name is easier to find here than in .com.

And where its value shows

In neighborhood groups

A link passed between neighbors.

On second-hand listings

Readers know it’s for swapping.

At fairs and markets

A market’s card, not a shop’s.

In subscriber emails

New listings from a known address.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01Says in one word that people swap with you
  • 02Fits barter platforms and open markets
  • 03Few names taken in it
  • 04A first-year offer
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01A visitor may take it for a money changer or a trading platform
  • 02Renewal costs clearly more than the first year
  • 03Rarely seen, and less trusted than .com

Rules

Registration terms for .exchange

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required, but you agree to follow the laws that govern the field
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.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Say what you swap before the dotA name that says novels or furniture keeps the money-changer idea away from your platform.
  2. 2Register the name in .com too.exchange says swap, and your neighbor types .com out of habit, so they don’t lose their way to your market.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 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 .exchange

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Frequently asked questions about .exchange

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  • $25 for the first year with an offer, then $48 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. But it’s one of the extensions ICANN binds with special safeguards: at registration you agree to follow the laws that govern its field, data and consumer protection among them.

  • 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 .exchange 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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