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New generic extensionSince 2014

.website domain registration

One word that says what it is: a website. For anyone who wants an address that needs no explaining, and doesn’t mind a longer word than .site.

Score card

.website 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
2 out of 5
Price stability
2 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .website

.website entered the internet’s root in 2014, and its name is the word website. Everyone knows the word, so no one asks what it means, and it says what your visitor sees in front of them: this is a site, for a company, a shop, a person or a project.

It asks for no documents, and it supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing. Because it is longer than .site and .com, short words are more available in it, and you will usually find your name in it as you want it, with no digits or hyphens you’d have to explain to your customer.

But the first-year offer doesn’t last: renewal costs much more. Its length makes it heavier on a sign and in speech, and some people type .com out of habit, so register your name there too if you find it free.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
May 22, 2014
Name’s origin
website
Responsible body
Radix Technologies Inc.
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Supported (IDN)

Who it suits

For your field: is .website the best fit?

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

  • A web design company

    Excellent · The first choice

    The extension says your trade itself: you build websites, and your name ends in one.

    Register it with.website.digital

  • A printer or design studio

    Good · A good fit

    Your portfolio under a word every customer understands; .art for those who present their work as art.

    Register it with.website.art

  • A company’s introduction site

    Good · A good fit

    It says this is your official site; .com for those who type it out of habit.

    Register it with.website.com

  • A local business in Lebanon

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .website is a clear address that introduces your business, and .com is for the customer who types it out of habit.

    Register it with.com.website

  • A personal project

    Good · A good fit

    Your name with a word everyone understands; .me is shorter and warmer.

    Register it with.website.me

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .store

    Buyers want to know you sell; .store or .shop says so more clearly.

    Register it with.store.shop

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • It says what it is

    website is a word everyone knows, so your visitor doesn’t need to ask.

  • Your short name is free

    Short words are more available in it than in .com.

  • A low-cost start

    A first-year offer lets you start, then decide.

  • Email in your business’s name

    hello@matbaat-beirut.website is an address that tells your customer who they’re writing to.

And where its value shows

In price quotes

A link to your work beside the price.

On the business card

An address that needs no explaining.

In search results

A familiar word at the end of the link.

In your email signature

Your site’s link under your name.

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 knows
  • 02Neutral, it fits any business
  • 03Short words are more available in it
  • 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 .site and .com to type and to say
  • 03Says nothing about your field or your country
  • 04Some mail filters are stricter with cheap new extensions

Rules

Registration terms for .website

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. 1Try it on the sign before you registerWrite the name and the extension in full and see whether they read from afar.
  2. 2Register .site if it’s freeIt says the same in a shorter word, so don’t leave it to someone else.
  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 .website

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .website

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

Contact support

  • $11 for the first year with an offer, then $32 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 .website 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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