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New generic extensionSince 2014

.gift domain registration

The extension of gifts: for a shop that sells, wraps and delivers them, and for anyone whose name should say they have something to give for a holiday or an occasion.

Score card

.gift 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 .gift

gift is a short English word for a present, and many understand it without translation. It suits gift, flower and chocolate shops, whoever makes handmade gifts or prepares occasion baskets, and gift card stores. A name in it tells the visitor they came to choose something for someone else.

.gift entered the internet’s root in 2014, is run by Uniregistry, Corp., and supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t support names in Arabic letters. With us its price is the same for the first year and every renewal, and it is among the lowest of the new extensions we sell, so its cost doesn’t weigh on a small shop.

It is a fairly new extension, less widespread than .com, and gifts are seasonal in many shops. So if your shop sells other things all year round, keep .gift for the gifts page in seasons and on occasions, and keep your shop’s permanent name in .com or .store.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
January 9, 2014
Name’s origin
gift
Responsible body
Uniregistry, Corp.
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Not supported

Who it suits

For your field: is .gift the best fit?

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

  • A gift and flower shop

    Excellent · The first choice

    It tells your customer they’re where they’ll find a gift, before they open the page.

    Register it with.gift.com

  • Handmade gifts

    Good · A good fit

    It shows your craft as a gift; .shop for selling the rest of the year.

    Register it with.gift.shop

  • A gift shop in Kuwait

    Good · A good fit with .delivery

    .gift says what you sell, and .delivery tells your customer in Kuwait the gift will reach its recipient.

    Register it with.gift.delivery

  • A store with holiday seasons

    Good · A good fit with .store

    .store for your store all year, and .gift for the gifts page at the holidays.

    Register it with.store.gift

  • A company or professional office

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word gift suggests a store, not a body that offers a service or expertise.

    Register it with.com.company

  • A charity raising donations

    Consider another · Consider .org

    A visitor may take it for a gift shop, not a body raising donations.

    Register it with.org.community

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • The name says what you sell

    hadaya-kuwait.gift tells the visitor they’ll find a gift before they see the shelves.

  • A short word

    It keeps the whole name light on the gift card and the wrapping paper.

  • Email for orders

    orders@hadaya-kuwait.gift is where the customer sends their gift order and its date.

  • A low, fixed price

    Among the lowest of our new extensions, with renewal at the same price as the first year.

And where its value shows

On the gift card

The recipient knows where it came from.

On the wrapping paper

A short name that doesn’t crowd the design.

In holiday ads

A link that says gift before the click.

In occasion messages

A reminder of the shop before every holiday.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01A short word many understand: gift
  • 02A low price, fixed every year
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04Supports DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Doesn’t support names in Arabic letters
  • 02Less trusted and less widespread than .com
  • 03Ties you to gifts if what you sell grows

Rules

Registration terms for .gift

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. 1.store for the shop, .gift for its giftsIf you sell more than gifts, give each its own address.
  2. 2Get the site ready before the seasonsRegister the name and launch its page well before the holidays, not in their week.
  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 .gift

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .gift

Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.

Contact support

  • $25 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 .gift, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.

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