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New generic extensionSince 2015

.plus domain registration

The extension of more and extra: for a premium subscription or a fuller version of a service, and for any name that reads better when the word plus follows it.

Score card

.plus 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
2 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .plus

plus is an English word for added, and it follows the names of services to say there’s something extra in them: a premium subscription, a fuller version, or features only subscribers get. It suits members’ clubs and subscriptions, and brands that want a name read as a higher tier.

.plus entered the internet’s root in 2015, is run by Binky Moon, LLC, and supports DNSSEC signing and names in Arabic letters. With us its price starts with a first-year offer, then renewal costs several times as much, so count its cost over years before you build a subscription on it.

It doesn’t name a particular field; it adds to what comes before it, so its strength lies in the name ahead of it. nadi-doha.plus reads as a premium club membership, while a meaningless name before it stays meaningless. It is less widespread than .com, so register your name there too if you find it.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
March 12, 2015
Name’s origin
plus, extra
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 .plus the best fit?

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

  • A premium subscription or membership

    Excellent · The first choice

    The word that means the higher tier, in the subscription’s own address.

    Register it with.plus.com

  • A sports or social club

    Good · A good fit

    An address for members’ membership; .club says you’re a club.

    Register it with.plus.club

  • A service in Qatar

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .plus for the premium version, and .com for the service name your customers in Qatar know.

    Register it with.com.plus

  • An app or digital platform

    Good · A good fit

    Your app’s plus version at its own address; .app for your main app.

    Register it with.app.plus

  • An association or official body

    Consider another · Consider .org

    The word plus suggests a paid subscription, not a body that serves everyone.

    Register it with.org.community

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .store

    The customer is looking for what’s for sale, and .plus doesn’t tell them that.

    Register it with.store.com

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • A name that says a higher tier

    nadi-doha.plus reads as a premium membership before the visitor opens the page.

  • It completes any name

    It adds to the name before it in any field, without boxing you into one.

  • Email for members

    members@nadi-doha.plus is the address for members’ emails; subscribers know it’s for them.

  • A short name, still free

    Short names are easier to find here than in .com.

And where its value shows

On membership cards

A membership read from its address.

On the subscription page

The visitor knows it’s the higher tier.

In members’ emails

An address subscribers know is theirs.

In offer ads

A word that promises more.

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 meaning extra and premium
  • 02Fits any field, completing the name before it
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04A first-year offer
  • 05Supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Renewal costs several times the first year
  • 02Doesn’t name a particular field
  • 03Less trusted and less widespread than .com

Rules

Registration terms for .plus

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. 1Keep it for the premium versionYour service’s name in .com, and the premium subscription under .plus.
  2. 2Say it as a word, not a signIn audio ads say “dot plus”, since the + sign can’t be written in addresses.
  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 .plus

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .plus

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  • $21 for the first year with an offer, then $64 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 .plus 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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