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New generic extensionSince 2014

.business domain registration

An extension that says in one word that you run a business: for a small company or a new venture that wants a serious name when its .com is taken.

Score card

.business 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
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 .business

business is an English word for a commercial enterprise or venture, and one of the first words anyone entering the business world learns. So it suits whoever runs a business of any size, a workshop, an office or a small company, and wants their name to say they are serious about what they offer.

.business entered the internet’s root in 2014, 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. It is longer than .biz, which shortens the same word, but it reads in full without anyone asking what it means.

Its word is familiar but fairly long, and its spelling isn’t easy for everyone. It is general and doesn’t say what your field is, only that you are a serious business. So write it in full on your card, and register your name in .com if you find it, since that’s the first thing people type when they forget the extension.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
August 18, 2014
Name’s origin
business, enterprise
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 .business the best fit?

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

  • A local business directory

    Excellent · The first choice

    The word itself says what the site holds: the city’s businesses and their owners in one place.

    Register it with.business.com

  • A small or medium company

    Good · A good fit

    It says you’re a serious business, and you find in it the name someone else took before you in .com.

    Register it with.business.com

  • A local business in Iraq

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .business says you’re serious, and .com is the first thing your customer in Iraq types out of habit; register both.

    Register it with.com.business

  • A consultant or freelancer

    Good · A good fit

    Your name with .business says you work for yourself, seriously; for a personal touch, .pro is closer.

    Register it with.business.pro

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .store

    The customer is looking for a store, not a company; .store or .shop tells them so directly.

    Register it with.store.shop

  • A tech startup

    Consider another · Consider .tech

    Tech startups are known by .tech or .io more than by a general word like this.

    Register it with.tech.io

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name that says you’re serious

    ruwwad-baghdad.business reads as the address of an established business, not a passing page.

  • The name others took first

    Many names taken in .com years ago are still free here.

  • Email for work

    info@ruwwad-baghdad.business on invoices and quotes tells your customer they are dealing with a business.

  • A cost that doesn’t change

    You know what you’ll pay at every renewal as well as you know it today.

And where its value shows

On quotes and invoices

A name fit for an official document.

In the company profile

An address that matches what you offer.

At fairs and meetings

A business card with a serious name.

In the email signature

A professional address, written once and kept.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says clearly that you run a business
  • 02A fixed price for the first year and every renewal
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04Fits any commercial activity, with no specialty to box you in
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01A long word, and its spelling isn’t easy for everyone
  • 02Less trusted and less widespread than .com
  • 03General, it doesn’t say what your field is
  • 04Some people may confuse it with .biz

Rules

Registration terms for .business

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. 1Write it in full, don’t shorten itbusiness, not biz: the second is another extension, where the name may be someone else’s.
  2. 2Register .biz with itThe abbreviation and the full word, so whoever types either reaches 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 .business

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .business

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  • $56 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 .business 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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