New generic extensionSince 2014
.link domain registration
The extension of the link: short, at a fixed price among our lowest, for a page gathering your links, a short link you hand out, or a simple site pointing to your offer.
Score card
.link 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 .link
.link entered the internet’s root in 2014, and its name is the word link, the thing you click that takes you somewhere else. A short word everyone knows, it suits a page that gathers your accounts and your work in one place, short links for a campaign, or a simple site that points to another.
It asks for no documents and supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t accept names in Arabic. Its price with us is among the lowest of the extensions we sell, and it is the same for the first year and every renewal, so you know its cost every year with no surprise.
But some mail filters and security tools are stricter with cheap new extensions, and some people hesitate before clicking a link whose extension they don’t know. So make it a link that leads to your main site, not your email address or your checkout page.
- Type
- New generic extension (new gTLD)
- In the root since
- January 9, 2014
- Name’s origin
- link
- Responsible body
- Nova Registry Ltd.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Names in Arabic
- Not supported
Who it suits
For your field: is .link the best fit?
Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .link says in each, and which extension completes it.
A creator’s link page
Excellent · The first choice
One short link on all your accounts that gathers your songs, your clips and your concerts.
Register it with.link.me
Short links for a campaign
Good · A good fit
A short link that’s printed and said; but make it lead to your main site.
Register it with.link.com
A simple low-cost site
Good · A good fit
Its price is among our lowest and fixed every year, for a project that needs no more than a page.
Register it with.link.site
A local business in Kuwait
Good · A good fit with .com
A short link for your accounts, and .com as your main address for your customer in your city.
Register it with.com.link
A store or checkout page
Consider another · Consider .com
Buyers hesitate at a link whose extension they don’t know; .com or .store reassures them more.
Register it with.com.store
Main business email
Consider another · Consider .com
Some filters are stricter with cheap new extensions; .com or .net is safer for your email.
Register it with.com.net
What it does for you
What you gain when you register it
One link for everything
oud-kuwait.link gathers your accounts and your work at a short address.
Among the lowest cost
Its price is among our lowest, and the same for the first year and every renewal.
The short name is free
Short words are easier to find in it than in .com.
Light on any post
A four-letter word that fits in any bio or comment.
And where its value shows
In your profile bio
One link that leads to everything.
On the concert poster
A short link typed into a phone quickly.
On radio and podcasts
Said once and typed with no spelling out.
In a WhatsApp message
A short link, sent and opened easily.
Pros and cons
What you should know before you register
Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.
Pros
- 01Short: a four-letter word
- 02Its price is among our lowest
- 03A fixed price every year
- 04Short words are easier to find in it than in .com
- 05Open to everyone, with no conditions or documents
- 06Supports DNSSEC signing
Cons
- 01Doesn’t accept names in Arabic
- 02Some mail filters and security tools are stricter with it
- 03Some people may hesitate before clicking
- 04Says nothing about your field or your country
Rules
Registration terms for .link
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.
- 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
- 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
- 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
- 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
- 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
- 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.
Tips
Before you register
- 1Make it lead to your main siteA short link is a gateway, and what reassures the visitor is what they find after it.
- 2Don’t put your main email on itUse .com or .net for email, and .link for links.
- 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
- 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
- 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
- 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 .link
- .comThe most widespread, if your name is free.$17 first year
- .clickFor a short campaign link.$18 first year
- .oneShort, at the same price every year.$13 first year
- .meFor a short personal page.$36 first year
- .siteFor a simple site with a clear name.$13 first year
- .xyzShort and neutral, with a first-year offer.$5 first year
FAQ5 questions
Frequently asked questions about .link
Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.
Contact support$13 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 .link, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.
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