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New generic extensionSince 2015

.online domain registration

The extension of being online: a word everyone understands, for a business that wants to say it can now be reached on the internet, from a store to a service to a personal page.

Score card

.online 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
2 out of 5
Short names available
3 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .online

.online entered the internet’s root in 2015, and its name is the word online. Even people outside tech know the word, and it tells your visitor this business is on the internet: a store that sells, a service you can order, a lesson to follow, or a page that introduces its owner.

It asks for no documents, and it supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing. It is a broad extension that doesn’t tie you to a field, and it’s easy to find in it the short word someone else took in .com, with no digits or hyphens.

But its word is longer than .com, and the first-year offer doesn’t last: renewal costs much more, so count its cost over years. Some mail filters are stricter with cheap new extensions, so test that your email arrives before you rely on it.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
March 6, 2015
Name’s origin
online, on the internet
Responsible body
Radix Technologies Inc. SEZC
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .online the best fit?

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

  • An existing business going online

    Excellent · The first choice

    Your shop’s name as people know it, and a word that says you can now be reached online.

    Register it with.online.com

  • An online store

    Good · A good fit

    It says you sell online; .store says it more precisely.

    Register it with.online.store

  • Remote lessons or courses

    Good · A good fit

    The student knows from the name that the lesson is followed from home.

    Register it with.online.academy

  • A local business in Iraq

    Good · A good fit with .com

    Your shop’s and your city’s name before .online tell your customer they can find you on the internet; .com for those who type it out of habit.

    Register it with.com.online

  • A personal site

    Good · A good fit

    Your name with a word everyone understands; for a personal touch, .me is closer.

    Register it with.online.me

  • A large company or institution

    Consider another · Consider .com

    A large body needs the most trusted extensions; .com or .org suits it better.

    Register it with.com.org

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A word everyone understands

    People know online in every language, so your name needs no explaining.

  • Your short name is free

    The word someone else took in .com you’ll often find here.

  • A low-cost start

    A first-year offer lets you start before your business grows.

  • Email in your business’s name

    info@matjari-baghdad.online instead of a free address that doesn’t carry your business’s name.

And where its value shows

On the shopfront

Tells passers-by they’ll find you online too.

In local ads

A word everyone who reads understands.

On the shopping bag

An address that brings your customer back.

In order messages

Your business’s name in every message.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01A word everyone understands
  • 02Broad, it doesn’t tie you to a field
  • 03Short words are easier to find in it than in .com
  • 04A first-year offer with us
  • 05Open to everyone, with no conditions or documents
  • 06Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Renewal costs much more than the first year
  • 02Longer than .com to type and to say
  • 03Some mail filters are stricter with cheap new extensions
  • 04Says nothing about your country or your field

Rules

Registration terms for .online

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. 1Test that your email arrives before relying on itSend to different addresses and make sure your messages don’t land in spam.
  2. 2Use your shop’s name as people know itThe extension says you’re online, so keep the name familiar to your customer.
  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 .online

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .online

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  • $13 for the first year with an offer, then $53 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 .online 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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