The internet's namespace for builders.
.dot is a fresh top-level domain for engineers, indie hackers, and technical brands. Reserve your name during Sunrise, the Early Access Period, or General Availability.
A short, sharp namespace for the technical web.
.com is crowded. Vanity TLDs feel toy. .dot is built to be the default home for software, infrastructure, and the people who build them.
Built for builders
A namespace that reads like code. yourname.dot is short, technical, and unmistakably yours.
Fast resolution
Backed by an enterprise-grade DNS infrastructure with global anycast and DNSSEC by default.
Trusted from day one
Trademark protections, sunrise enforcement, and rapid abuse response keep the namespace clean.
Version your identity
Use subdomains for environments, regions, or branches: api.acme.dot, eu.acme.dot, beta.acme.dot.
Universally accepted
Recognized by every major browser, mail client, and certificate authority on day one.
Made for the modern stack
Edge-friendly, CDN-ready, and short enough to look great in your CLI prompts and terminal logs.
For people who ship.
.dot is designed for engineers and the products they build. If your work shows up in a terminal, a repo, or a deploy log — this namespace is for you.
Indie developers
Ship side projects under a name that says "engineer made this."
Open-source maintainers
Give your project a home that matches its repo identity.
Early-stage startups
A short, technical brand for products that ship code.
Enterprise engineering
Carve out a separate namespace for internal tools and APIs.
Infrastructure & DevTools
A naming convention engineers will actually want to type.
Technical brands
Stand out from the .com noise with a name that signals craft.
Names that read like infrastructure.
A glimpse at the namespace. Premium reservations and developer-friendly names will be available across launch phases.
Five phases, one launch.
We follow ICANN's standard launch program so trademark holders, early adopters, and the broader community each get a fair window.
Sunrise Notice
Trademark holders are notified via the ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) ahead of the Sunrise Period.
Sunrise
TMCH-validated trademark holders may register exact-match .dot domains before they are released to the public.
Early Access Period (EAP)
Premium-priced first-come, first-served registration. The fee decreases each day for 7 days.
Trademark Claims
Anyone registering a domain matching a TMCH-listed mark receives a notice and the trademark holder is alerted.
General Availability
.dot domains are available to everyone at standard registration pricing through accredited registrars worldwide.
Sunrise Notice
30 daysTrademark holders are notified via the ICANN Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) ahead of the Sunrise Period.
Sunrise
30 daysTMCH-validated trademark holders may register exact-match .dot domains before they are released to the public.
Early Access Period (EAP)
7 daysPremium-priced first-come, first-served registration. The fee decreases each day for 7 days.
Trademark Claims
30 daysAnyone registering a domain matching a TMCH-listed mark receives a notice and the trademark holder is alerted.
General Availability
From launch · ongoing.dot domains are available to everyone at standard registration pricing through accredited registrars worldwide.
Exact dates announced soon. Subscribe via your registrar to receive launch notifications.
A new price every day.
EAP runs for 7 days. Names start at $10,000 and halve each day through Day 4 — down to $1,250 — then step to $1,000, $500, and $250 across Days 5–7. First-come, first-served. No auction.
Register .dot through accredited registrars worldwide.
ICANN-accredited registrars sign the Registry-Registrar Agreement (RRA) to offer .dot. The list will keep growing through launch.
Are you a registrar? Sign the RRA to add .dot to your TLD catalog.
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