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New generic extensionSince 2014

.cooking domain registration

The extension of the kitchen: for a cook sharing recipes, a cooking school, or a channel teaching home dishes, where the method matters more than the plate.

Score card

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

Overview

What is .cooking

.cooking comes from the English word cooking. It speaks to those who teach or write about cooking: recipe bloggers, cooking schools and their courses, kitchen channels, and those who sell its tools and supplies. It was added to the internet’s root in 2014, and IANA’s record names Registry Services, LLC as the body responsible for it.

It says “we cook,” not “we sell”: it is for the recipe and the lesson more than the table and the order, so it suits a teacher more than a restaurant looking for diners. With us its price is the same in the first year and at every renewal, and it supports DNSSEC signing.

But it takes no names in Arabic letters, so your kitchen’s name is written in Latin. It is among the less common extensions, so some people may take it for a typo the first time; give it in full wherever you post your recipes.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
February 28, 2014
Name’s origin
cooking
Responsible body
Registry Services, LLC
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Not supported

Who it suits

For your field: is .cooking the best fit?

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

  • A recipe blog

    Excellent · The first choice

    Your kitchen’s name then .cooking says what readers will find: tried recipes, step by step.

    Register it with.cooking.blog

  • A cooking school or classes

    Excellent · The first choice

    It says what you teach, and gathers lessons and dates under one name.

    Register it with.cooking.academy

  • A cooking channel

    Good · A good fit

    An address that gathers episodes and written recipes, away from the platforms’ shifts.

    Register it with.cooking.media

  • A home kitchen in Jordan

    Good · A good fit with .delivery

    .cooking says you cook, and your mansaf recipe on the page tells your customer in Jordan it tastes of home; add .delivery if you deliver.

    Register it with.cooking.delivery

  • A kitchenware store

    Good · A good fit with .store

    It tells buyers your tools are for cooking; .store says you’re a store.

    Register it with.store.cooking

  • A neighborhood restaurant

    Consider another · Consider .com

    A restaurant wants diners, not learners; .com is clearer to them.

    Register it with.com.delivery

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your recipes in one volume

    All you cook gathered under an address you own, which readers return to whenever they need it.

  • A name within reach

    As a specialized extension, short kitchen names in it are easier to find.

  • Email for your readers

    recipes@matbakh-amman.cooking receives readers’ questions and class requests.

  • Lesson and video together

    The clip on the platform, the written recipe at your address.

And where its value shows

Under a cooking video

A link to the written recipe.

On a class flyer

Says what you’ll learn.

In your profile bio

One link to every recipe.

In your cookbook

An address for new recipes after printing.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says you cook and teach
  • 02Short names far easier to find than in .com
  • 03A fixed price with us, the first year and every renewal
  • 04Supports DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Takes no names in Arabic letters
  • 02Among the less common extensions
  • 03Doesn’t suit a restaurant looking for diners

Rules

Registration terms for .cooking

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
Not supported
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 kitchen, not the dishA dish is one and recipes are many; pick a name that fits all you’ll cook.
  2. 2Pick .pizza or .coffee if you make one thingIf your work is a single item, its own extension says it more precisely.
  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 .cooking

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .cooking

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Contact support

  • $40 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.

  • No. IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN) holds no Arabic table for .cooking, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.

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