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New generic extensionSince 2014

.hosting domain registration

The trade’s full word: for a hosting company that wants a name needing no explanation, and accepts the cost of one of the most expensive extensions we sell.

Score card

.hosting 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 .hosting

.hosting entered the internet’s root in 2014, and its name is the word hosting: the service that keeps people’s websites, email and apps on servers running day and night. It is a one-trade extension that hardly suits anyone but those who offer this service.

It asks for no documents and supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t accept names in Arabic. Its price with us is the same for the first year and every renewal; but it is among the highest prices of the extensions we sell, which is why its short words are usually still free.

Because it is a fairly long word and rarely used, many people have never seen it; so make it the name of your hosting brand, and keep .com as the main address your customer knows and types without thinking.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
August 15, 2014
Name’s origin
hosting
Responsible body
XYZ.COM 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 .hosting the best fit?

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

  • A hosting company

    Excellent · The first choice

    The word says your whole trade, so your customer never asks what you sell.

    Register it with.hosting.com

  • A hosting provider in Oman

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .com is the main address your customer types, and .hosting is a brand for your service.

    Register it with.com.hosting

  • A server or cloud company

    Good · A good fit

    It says you host; .cloud says your service runs in the cloud.

    Register it with.hosting.cloud

  • A hosting reseller

    Consider another · Consider .host

    The same meaning in a shorter word, at a much lower cost.

    Register it with.host.com

  • A tech startup

    Consider another · Consider .tech

    Unless hosting is your product; otherwise .tech or .io is broader and costs less.

    Register it with.tech.io

  • Any business outside hosting

    Consider another · Consider .com

    The word ties you to one trade, and its cost doesn’t suit a business that doesn’t need it.

    Register it with.com.online

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • Your whole trade in the name

    hosting says what you sell with no abbreviation and no guessing.

  • Rare short names

    Its high cost keeps its short words usually free.

  • A fixed price

    The first year and every renewal cost the same with us, so there’s no surprise after a year.

  • Your brand protected

    Register your company’s name in it before a competitor who wants to stand between you and your customer.

And where its value shows

In hosting offers

The name says what’s in the offer.

In search ads

The very word your customer searches for.

In the control panel

The sign-in link under your service’s name.

At tech fairs

A name understood without a name badge.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

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

Pros

  • 01Says the hosting trade in a full word
  • 02Its short words are usually free
  • 03The same price with us every year
  • 04Open to everyone, with no conditions or documents
  • 05Supports DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Among the most expensive extensions we sell
  • 02Doesn’t accept names in Arabic
  • 03Rare, and many have never seen it
  • 04Suits only one trade

Rules

Registration terms for .hosting

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. 1Compare it with .host before you decideThe meaning is close, and the difference in cost is large.
  2. 2Make it a brand, not your only addressKeep .com as your main address, and point .hosting to it.
  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 .hosting

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .hosting

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  • $508 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 .hosting, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.

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