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New generic extensionSince 2013

.email domain registration

The extension of email: for a short email address that says what it is, or for an email and newsletter service you offer to others.

Score card

.email 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 .email

.email entered the internet’s root in 2013, and its name is the word email. Everyone who has opened an inbox knows the word, and it suits those who offer email, newsletter and messaging services, and anyone who wants an email address that says what it is before it’s read.

It asks for no documents, and it supports names in Arabic and DNSSEC signing. Short words are easier to find in it than in .com, so you find a short address as you want it. It also works for a lasting personal address that stays with you if you change jobs or email providers.

But the first-year offer doesn’t last: renewal costs much more. Some mail filters are stricter with new extensions, and some forms online reject extensions they don’t recognize; so test your address before you print it on your cards.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
December 19, 2013
Name’s origin
email
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 .email the best fit?

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

  • An email or newsletter service

    Excellent · The first choice

    The extension says what you offer, so your customer knows from the link that it’s an email service.

    Register it with.email.com

  • A lasting personal email address

    Good · A good fit

    An address that stays with you if you change email providers; .me for your page.

    Register it with.email.me

  • An email marketing company

    Good · A good fit

    It says your main tool; .marketing says your trade.

    Register it with.email.marketing

  • A service provider in Saudi Arabia

    Good · A good fit with .com

    .email says what you offer, and .com is the main address your customer types out of habit.

    Register it with.com.email

  • Company email built on trust

    Consider another · Consider .com

    Some filters are stricter with new extensions; email for invoices and contracts is safer on .com or .net.

    Register it with.com.net

  • An online store

    Consider another · Consider .store

    Email is a means, not what you sell; .store or .com tells the buyer that.

    Register it with.store.com

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • An address that says what it is

    hello@barid-riyadh.email reads as email before it’s even read.

  • A short address is free

    Short words are easier to find in it than in .com.

  • An address that stays with you

    If you change email providers, your address stays as it is.

  • Your service’s links in its name

    The subscribe and unsubscribe pages under the service’s own name.

And where its value shows

In sign-up forms

A link that says it’s an email service.

In the newsletter footer

An address the reader knows.

On the business card

A short email address, typed quickly.

In the sending dashboard

Your service’s name on every page.

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 who uses email knows
  • 02Says what your service offers
  • 03Short words are easier to find in it than in .com
  • 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
  • 02Some mail filters are stricter with new extensions
  • 03Some forms online reject extensions they don’t recognize
  • 04Says nothing about your country

Rules

Registration terms for .email

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. 1Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC from day oneRecords that prove your email is yours, so it arrives instead of being rejected.
  2. 2Try the address in forms before printing itSign up with it on a few sites and make sure they accept 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 .email

FAQ5 questions

Frequently asked questions about .email

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  • $11 for the first year with an offer, then $42 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 .email 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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