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New generic extensionSince 2013

.holdings domain registration

The holding company’s extension: for whoever owns and manages stakes in other companies, and wants a name that tells an investor or partner so before they read a word about it.

Score card

.holdings 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
5 out of 5
Short names available
5 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .holdings

holdings is an English word for possessions and stakes, and in business it appears in the names of holding companies: a company that owns stakes in other companies and manages them. So its audience is narrow and specific: holding companies, investment management offices, and families that gather their businesses under one name.

.holdings entered the internet’s root in 2013, is run by Binky Moon, LLC, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. With us its price is the same for the first year and every renewal, but it is higher than .group and .company, so it’s an extension for those who know why they choose it.

Because it is specialized, most people don’t know what its word means, and an ordinary customer may pause at it. It suits whoever addresses investors, partners and banks; the subsidiaries that sell to the public need extensions closer to them, which the customer understands without asking what they mean.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
31 October 2013
Name’s origin
holdings, a holding company
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 .holdings the best fit?

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

  • A holding company

    Excellent · The first choice

    The same word that’s in your company’s name, so an investor knows what you are before opening the site.

    Register it with.holdings.com

  • A family’s several businesses

    Good · A good fit

    The family’s name with .holdings gathers its businesses under one umbrella; .group is an alternative closer to people.

    Register it with.holdings.group

  • A holding company in the UAE

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .holdings for investors and banks, and .com for your partners and customers in the UAE, who type it out of habit.

    Register it with.holdings.com

  • Investment management

    Good · A good fit

    It says you own and manage; if your work is managing other people’s money, .investments is clearer.

    Register it with.holdings.investments

  • A company selling to people

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The ordinary customer doesn’t know the word; .com or .store is closer to them.

    Register it with.com.store

  • A small startup

    Consider another · Consider .company

    .holdings suggests a size you haven’t reached yet; .company or .co is truer to your start.

    Register it with.company.co

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name with a holding company’s weight

    manar-dubai.holdings tells a partner they’re facing a body that owns and manages.

  • Few names taken

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

  • Email for investors

    investors@manar-dubai.holdings is an address fit for an annual report or a letter to a bank.

  • A cost you know ahead

    One price every year, so you know the name’s cost at every coming renewal.

And where its value shows

In investor reports

A name fit for a financial document.

In letters to banks

The address of a body, not a person.

On the company profile

Says what you are before any explaining.

In partner meetings

A card that’s read seriously.

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 you’re a holding company
  • 02Few names taken in it
  • 03A fixed price for the first year and every renewal
  • 04Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Most people don’t know what its word means
  • 02Its price is higher than .group and .company
  • 03Rarely seen, so a visitor may type .com out of habit
  • 04Doesn’t fit a company that sells directly to the public

Rules

Registration terms for .holdings

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.

  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. 1.holdings for the parent, its own extension per subsidiaryA company that sells to the public needs .com or .store, not the parent’s name.
  2. 2Register the name in .group tooThe word closer to people, sending its visitors to your same site.
  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 .holdings

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .holdings

Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.

Contact support

  • $76 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.

  • 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 .holdings 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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