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New generic extensionSince 2015

.group domain registration

An extension for whoever brings more than one body under one name: a group of companies or branches, or a team and a community working together, in a short word everyone understands.

Score card

.group 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
5 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .group

group is an English word for a collection of people or things. In business it means companies brought together by one owner or one name, and in daily life any gathering: a team, a club or friends who share an interest. A name in it says there’s more than one person or company behind it.

.group entered the internet’s root in 2015, 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. Its word is short, so long company names stay readable with it on a card, a sign or a building’s front.

What to know: .group is a new extension, less widespread than .com, and some people may think it’s for a chat group or hobbyists rather than a company. If your group is made of companies, write its full name before the dot, and add .com if it’s free.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
July 30, 2015
Name’s origin
group
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 .group the best fit?

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

  • A group of companies

    Excellent · The first choice

    One name that gathers the subsidiaries, with each company then at its own address under it.

    Register it with.group.com

  • A company with branches in Egypt

    Good · A good fit

    .group says the name is bigger than one branch, and each branch in Cairo or Alexandria gets a subdomain under it.

    Register it with.group.company

  • A team or sports club

    Good · A good fit

    It says you’re a group, not one person; if you want the word team itself, .team is closer.

    Register it with.group.team

  • A volunteer group or initiative

    Good · A good fit with .org

    It gathers volunteers under one name, and .org says you don’t work for profit.

    Register it with.org.group

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .shop

    The customer is looking for a place to buy from, not a group; .shop is clearer to them.

    Register it with.shop.com

  • A personal site

    Consider another · Consider .me

    The word group suggests more than one person; your name alone needs .me or .name.

    Register it with.me.name

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name that gathers everyone

    majd-cairo.group is one address under which the group’s companies and branches stand.

  • A name the size of the group

    When your business grows to more than one company, the parent name still has room for them all.

  • One email for the group

    info@majd-cairo.group gathers the companies’ correspondence under one signature.

  • The group’s name, free

    Your group’s name in .com may be someone else’s; here it’s easier to find it in full.

And where its value shows

In the group’s profile

A name that gathers its companies in one line.

On the branch buildings

One address for every city.

In major contracts

The signature of a body, not a person.

On the careers pages

Applicants know they’re joining a group.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says there’s more than one company behind the name
  • 02A short word everyone understands
  • 03A fixed price for the first year and every renewal
  • 04Fits companies, teams and communities alike
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Less trusted and less widespread than .com
  • 02Some people may take it for a chat group or hobbyists
  • 03Some customers type .com out of habit

Rules

Registration terms for .group

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. 1Give each subsidiary a subdomainbuild.majd-cairo.group keeps the companies under the group’s name without new names.
  2. 2Don’t repeat the word group before the dotmajd-cairo.group is enough; majd-group.group is a repetition that lengthens the name.
  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.

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FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .group

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  • $32 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 .group 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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