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New generic extensionSince 2014

.host domain registration

The extension of hosting in a short word: for a company that hosts websites or rents out servers, and for anyone providing infrastructure others rely on.

Score card

.host 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
5 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .host

.host entered the internet’s root in 2014, and its name is the word host: the machine or the company that hosts websites and services. Closest to it are hosting companies, server rental firms and anyone running the infrastructure that other people’s sites run on.

It asks for no documents, and it supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing. Because it is a specialist extension and its price isn’t low, few of its words are taken, so you find in it the short name someone else took in .com, and it says your trade in one word.

The first-year offer eases the start, but renewal costs much more, and it is among the higher renewals we sell; so count its cost over years. Outside tech, people may read the word as hospitality rather than servers, so don’t rely on it alone for a general customer.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
22 May 2014
Name’s origin
host, a server that hosts
Responsible body
Radix Technologies Inc.
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .host the best fit?

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

  • A web hosting company

    Excellent · The first choice

    The name says your trade in a short word, and .com for those who look for you out of habit.

    Register it with.host.com

  • Server rental or data center

    Excellent · The first choice

    host is the server’s own name in the trade’s language, so your technical customer gets it at once.

    Register it with.host.cloud

  • A service provider in the UAE

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .host says what you offer, and your city’s name before it tells your customer your support is close by; .com for those who type it out of habit.

    Register it with.com.host

  • Game or app servers

    Good · A good fit

    The server’s own address under a short name players and users remember.

    Register it with.host.app

  • A restaurant or hotel

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word does mean hospitality, but among domains it suggests servers; .com or .place is clearer to your guests.

    Register it with.com.place

  • A blog or personal site

    Consider another · Consider .me

    The renewal is high for a personal site, and it says nothing about you; .me or .blog suits better.

    Register it with.me.blog

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your trade in one word

    host tells your technical customer that you host and run things before they read your offers.

  • The short name is free

    A specialist extension, so few of its words are taken.

  • An address for every server

    Every server and service under one name, such as panel.khawadim-dubai.host.

  • Support email in your name

    support@khawadim-dubai.host reassures your customer they’re writing to whoever hosts their site.

And where its value shows

In the control panel

The sign-in link carries your company’s name.

In DNS settings

Your servers’ names say who you are.

In hosting offers

A name that says what you sell.

In alert messages

Server alerts from an address your customer knows.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says your trade in a short word
  • 02A specialist extension, its short names still free
  • 03A first-year offer with us
  • 04Open to everyone, with no conditions or documents
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Renewal costs much more than the first year
  • 02Its renewal is among the higher ones we sell
  • 03Outside tech, it may read as hospitality
  • 04Says nothing about your country

Rules

Registration terms for .host

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. 1Count the renewal over years before you registerThe first-year offer doesn’t show the high renewal, so count it from the start.
  2. 2Name your name servers after your domainWhen your customer opens their domain’s settings, they see your company’s name, not a stranger’s.
  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 .host

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .host

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  • $50 for the first year with an offer, then $123 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 .host 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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