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New generic extensionSince 2013

.guru domain registration

The extension of the expert who teaches: for a tutor, a consultant or a content creator explaining what they master, for anyone who wants a name that says people come to them to learn.

Score card

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

Overview

What is .guru

The word guru comes from Sanskrit, where it means teacher; in English it came to mean an accomplished expert people turn to. .guru entered the internet’s root in 2013 and is run by Binky Moon, LLC; it is a short word that’s easy to say in most languages.

.guru suits private tutors, consultants and content creators who explain a field they master, from math to coding to cooking to accounting. A name like ustaz-nabil.guru says at first sight that Ustaz Nabil is the one his students and their parents turn to in his subject.

With us the first year comes with a big offer, and the renewal costs several times as much. The word is a little playful, so some formal clients may not see it as serious, and those who don’t know English may not know its meaning. If your students are in Kuwait, register your name in .com too, as that is what parents type when they forget the extension.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
October 31, 2013
Name’s origin
guru (teacher, expert)
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 .guru the best fit?

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

  • A private tutor

    Excellent · The first choice

    Students look for someone to explain things; the name says you’re that person.

    Register it with.guru.me

  • An educational content creator

    Excellent · The first choice

    Your channel and lessons under a short name that says you’re the expert in your field.

    Register it with.guru.com

  • An independent consultant

    Good · A good fit

    Says you’re an expert; .expert is more formal if your client is a company.

    Register it with.guru.expert

  • A coding or tech trainer

    Good · A good fit

    A word tech people are used to for an expert; .tech says the field.

    Register it with.guru.tech

  • A company or formal office

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word is a little playful; formal clients trust a familiar extension more on a contract.

    Register it with.com.co

  • An institute or school

    Consider another · Consider .academy

    An educational institution is bigger than one expert; .academy or .school says so.

    Register it with.academy.school

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your name is your expertise

    ustaz-nabil.guru says who you are and what you’re known for in one address.

  • Email that reassures parents

    info@ustaz-nabil.guru looks more serious to a parent than a free email address.

  • Short and easy to say

    A short word, said and written with no spelling out.

  • A cheaper start

    The first year comes with a big offer, so you can try before committing.

And where its value shows

On the lesson sheet

Students keep it with their homework.

In the students’ group chat

The link to lessons and times.

In your bio line

Under your name on your profiles.

In the email signature

Says what you’ve mastered.

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 that’s easy to say
  • 02Says you’re an expert people turn to
  • 03A big first-year offer
  • 04Short names are easier to find in it than in .com
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Renewal costs several times the first year
  • 02A playfulness that doesn’t suit formal businesses
  • 03Those who don’t know English may not know its meaning
  • 04Less familiar than .com

Rules

Registration terms for .guru

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. 1Your title or subject with your nameustaz-nabil.guru says you’re a teacher before a student reads your subject.
  2. 2Register .expert for your formal clientsThe first for students and audiences, the second for contracts and companies.
  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 .guru

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .guru

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Contact support

  • $8 for the first year with an offer, then $52 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 .guru 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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