New generic extensionSince 2014
.legal domain registration
An extension that says at first sight its owner works in law: for a law office or legal adviser who wants an address that shows the profession before the name is read.
Score card
.legal 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
- 5 out of 5
- Local meaning
- 1 out of 5
Overview
What is .legal
The word legal means “to do with the law,” and the extension’s name sets its field beyond doubt: legal practice, legal advice and any work tied to law, contracts and rights. .legal entered the internet’s root in 2014 as a new generic extension; it is run by Binky Moon, LLC and supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing.
Visitors read .legal as a statement of profession: whoever holds this address is a lawyer, a law office or a body working in law. So it suits those who actually practice, and misleads people if someone who doesn’t practice holds it; anyone who writes about the law without practicing it finds a clearer address in another extension.
Its price with us is fixed, the first year and every renewal, but much higher than .com’s. Many people know it less well than .com, so the safer course is to register your office’s name in both; and since it doesn’t say which country you practice in, your city’s name before it tells your clients in Qatar that you’re close by.
- Type
- New generic extension (new gTLD)
- In the root since
- November 20, 2014
- Name’s origin
- legal, to do with the law
- 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 .legal the best fit?
Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .legal says in each, and which extension completes it.
A law office
Excellent · The first choice
It states your profession before visitors read your name, and makes the office’s address on cards and letters clear at a glance.
Register it with.legal.com
An independent legal adviser
Good · A good fit
Your name with .legal presents your work from the address itself, and .pro completes it as a general professional address in your name.
Register it with.legal.pro
Legal services in Qatar
Good · A good fit with .com
Your city’s name before .legal tells your client you’re close by, and .com catches those who type your office’s name out of habit; register both and point one to the other.
Register it with.com.legal
A legal education site
Good · A careful fit
It suits if its writer practices; if not, .info is more honest, since visitors read .legal as an office offering a service.
Register it with.legal.info
A legal translation office
Good · A good fit
It says your work is translating contracts and legal documents; add .com for those looking for a general translation office.
Register it with.legal.com
A general trading company
Consider another · Consider .com
If law isn’t your work, .legal suggests a profession that isn’t yours and misleads your customer before they read what you sell.
Register it with.com.company
What it does for you
What you gain when you register it
Your profession in the address
Before visitors open the site they know they’re facing legal work, not a store or a general blog.
Email that presents your office
info@mizan-alwakrah.legal tells whoever receives it that the message comes from an office working in law.
One professional identity
The site, the email and the business card carry the same address, so clients know your office wherever they see it.
A free name, more easily
Short words taken in .com years ago you may find free here.
And where its value shows
On the office sign
Says the profession before the name.
In formal letters
Email read as a law office’s address.
In search results
A link that shows its field before the click.
On the business card
A short address beside the professional title.
Pros and cons
What you should know before you register
Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.
Pros
- 01Names its field in one word everyone understands
- 02Suits lawyers and legal advisory offices
- 03A fixed price with us, the first year and every renewal
- 04Short names are easier to find than in .com
- 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing
Cons
- 01Much more expensive than .com
- 02Less familiar than .com to many people
- 03Read as a claim to practice the profession, so it misleads if you don’t
- 04Doesn’t say which country you practice in
Rules
Registration terms for .legal
What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- Documents
- None required, but you agree to follow the laws that govern the field
- 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.
- 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 your specialty part of the nameAn office for family law or contracts is recognized faster when its specialty shows in the address.
- 2The office’s name, not one lawyer’sIf the office has partners, its name still fits when the team changes.
- 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 .legal
- .comThe most trusted, for your office’s name first.$17 first year
- .solutionsFor an office offering advice as solutions for companies.$21 first year
- .groupFor an office with many partners.$32 first year
- .proSays you’re a professional.$10 first year
- .expertFor an adviser offering expertise.$21 first year
- .taxFor practice that joins law and tax.$28 first year
FAQ5 questions
Frequently asked questions about .legal
Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.
Contact support$84 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. But it’s one of the extensions ICANN binds with special safeguards: at registration you agree to follow the laws that govern its field, data and consumer protection among them.
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 .legal 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--.
Get your standout domain at unbeatable prices
Start now and choose the perfect domain for your business or brand, with full control and round-the-clock technical support in one place.
- .com domain per year
- $17
- Lowest first-year price (.pics)
- $3
- extensions in the price list
- 128