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New generic extensionSince 2014

.zone domain registration

The extension of zones: for a gaming hall, a sports corner or a hobby space, for anyone who wants to say they have a space set aside for one thing their visitors love.

Score card

.zone 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 .zone

The word zone means an area with limits and a purpose. .zone entered the internet’s root in 2014 and is run by Binky Moon, LLC. It is a short word common in the names of gaming halls, sports clubs and kids’ spaces, so young people especially get it without explaining.

.zone suits video game halls, fitness gyms, kids’ spaces, and sites gathering content on one topic, like a zone for reviews or lessons. At alaab-abudhabi.zone, visitors know they’ve reached the place where they play with their friends in Abu Dhabi.

With us the first year comes with an offer, and the renewal costs clearly more. The word is light and youthful, so it doesn’t suit a formal office or a clinic; and it’s less familiar than .com, so your visitor may type .com out of habit, so register the same name in .com too if it’s free.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
9 January 2014
Name’s origin
zone
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 .zone the best fit?

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

  • A gaming hall

    Excellent · The first choice

    Times, prices and tournaments, under a word players are used to seeing on gaming halls’ signs.

    Register it with.zone.com

  • A fitness gym

    Good · A good fit

    Says you have a space for training; .coach for the trainer’s page.

    Register it with.zone.coach

  • A kids’ corner in the UAE

    Good · A good fit with .place

    A light word parents understand; the neighborhood or city name before it tells them the place is near them.

    Register it with.place.zone

  • A single-topic content site

    Good · A good fit

    A zone for reviews or lessons in one field; the topic’s name before it says what’s inside.

    Register it with.zone.blog

  • A company or formal office

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word is young and light; formal clients trust a familiar extension more on a contract.

    Register it with.com.net

  • A clinic or health center

    Consider another · Consider .clinic

    Patients look for reassurance, not fun; .clinic says that.

    Register it with.clinic.healthcare

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A youthful spirit

    A word players and athletes are used to; it says the place is for fun and action.

  • Email in the hall’s name

    info@alaab-abudhabi.zone for reservations and tournaments, saying who sent the message.

  • Short and easy

    A short word, written and said with no spelling out.

  • A cheaper start

    The first year comes with an offer, so you can try the name before committing to it.

And where its value shows

On the hall’s sign

Read along with the place’s name.

In a tournament ad

The sign-up link for players.

On social media profiles

A short address in the bio line.

On the membership card

Players come back to it for times.

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 familiar to young people
  • 02Says you have a space for one thing
  • 03A first-year offer
  • 04Short names are easier to find in it than in .com
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Light, so it doesn’t suit formal businesses
  • 02Renewal costs clearly more than the first year
  • 03Less familiar than .com
  • 04Says nothing about your country

Rules

Registration terms for .zone

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. 1Name what’s in the zonealaab-abudhabi.zone says what visitors find and where; zone alone says nothing.
  2. 2Register the same name in .com if it’s freeWhoever forgets the extension types .com, so let it lead to you.
  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 .zone

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .zone

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

Contact support

  • $21 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 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 .zone 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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