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New generic extensionSince 2014

.club domain registration

The extension of clubs and groups held together by one passion: a sport, reading or a hobby, for anyone who wants a name that says at first sight there are members behind it.

Score card

.club 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
3 out of 5
Price stability
5 out of 5
Short names available
3 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .club

The word club means a place where people gather around a sport, a hobby or a shared interest. .club entered the internet’s root in 2014 and is run by Registry Services, LLC; it is one of the new extensions whose meaning needs no explaining, since the word club is familiar in many languages.

.club suits any group with members: a sports club in your neighborhood, a reading club, a chess team or a circle of photography lovers. A café or a shop can use it too, to say its customers are more than customers: a group that keeps coming back.

With us its price is fixed for the first year and every renewal, and lower than most of our extensions. But note: the word club suggests membership and leisure, so it doesn’t suit a company that wants to look formal, or a clinic or a law office. Register the same name in .com too if it’s free, as some of your members will type it out of habit.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
January 9, 2014
Name’s origin
club
Responsible body
Registry Services, 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 .club the best fit?

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

  • A sports club

    Excellent · The first choice

    The name says what you are: training times, matches and memberships at an address every member remembers.

    Register it with.club.team

  • A reading or hobby club

    Excellent · The first choice

    For a group brought together by reading, photography or chess, .club comes closest to describing the meetings and the members.

    Register it with.club.community

  • A café with regulars

    Good · A good fit

    Says your customers have a place to come back to; register .com for anyone who searches for you by name alone.

    Register it with.club.com

  • A loyalty or membership program

    Good · A good fit

    Your members’ page, their points and their offers under a name that suggests belonging; your main site stays on .com.

    Register it with.club.com

  • A local club in Egypt

    Good · A good fit with .org

    Your city’s name before .club tells your members it’s their club, and .org says it’s a non-profit association; register both.

    Register it with.org.club

  • A company or formal office

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word club suggests leisure; a company needs a serious name a customer trusts on an invoice.

    Register it with.com.co

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name that gathers members

    One address every member knows, for dates, news and photos.

  • Email in the club’s name

    info@shatranj-alex.club tells the reader where the message came from before they open it.

  • Meaning without explaining

    The word club is understood in many languages, so you never have to explain your extension.

  • A price that doesn’t change

    The first year and the renewal cost the same, so the club’s budget gets no surprises.

And where its value shows

On the team shirt

A short name, read across the pitch.

In the members’ group chat

The schedule link, sent once and kept.

On the membership card

Tells its holder where they belong.

In an activity announcement

The reader understands they’re invited to join.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Its meaning is clear in many languages
  • 02Short and easy to say: “dot club”
  • 03A fixed price every year, lower than most of our extensions
  • 04Short names are easier to find in it than in .com
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Suggests leisure, so it doesn’t suit formal businesses
  • 02Less trusted than .com by some people and mail filters
  • 03Says nothing about your country
  • 04Your customer may type .com out of habit and reach someone else

Rules

Registration terms for .club

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 the club after its activity and its cityshatranj-alex.club says what you play and where, without one extra word.
  2. 2Put the join link on the first pageWhoever types a .club address expects to find how to become a member.
  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 .club

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .club

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Contact support

  • $26 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 .club 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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