.archi: A Short Address for Architectural Practice
.archi was delegated to the root zone on 20 March 2014, and the IANA record names Identity Digital Limited itself as sponsor — the parent company rather than portfolio entities such as Binky Moon or Dog Beach. The word comes from the international shorthand for architecture, so the address carries the same information without spelling the profession out.
Who benefits? Architecture practices, interior architects, landscape and urban design studios, and students publishing a portfolio. In this field the site already is a visual portfolio, so a short, readable address pays off directly whenever a project link gets shared. Whether the extension carries any eligibility condition could not be verified from a primary source. Try candidates with a domain name search.
.ARCHI Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Identity Digital Limited
- Delegated to the root zone 20 March 2014
- Origin of the name International shorthand for architecture
- Eligibility Could not be verified from a primary source
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .archi domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.archi Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$24.99 /year -
Transfer
$103.99 /year -
Renewal
$111.99 /year -
Restore
$199.90 -
Late Renewal
$15.36
Included With Every .archi Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.archi Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .archi domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .archi address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .archi domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a $15.36 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .archi returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.archi Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.archi Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .archi domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.archi Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .archi Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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We are not giving a definite answer, because we could not verify from a primary source whether the extension carries an accreditation requirement. Some profession-focused endings ask for credentials before registration and some do not; rather than guess which applies here, read the current registry terms your registrar passes on. Existing ownership shows up through a whois search.
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Because in this profession the link travels by hand. You share a project link in a competition entry, a tender document, an email and on a presentation cover; every time, the address gets read and often typed manually. A short address cuts typing errors and takes up less room in print. Letting the ending carry the meaning, instead of stacking extra words onto a long domain, says the same thing in fewer characters.
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In architecture portfolios the load comes from imagery, not page count. High-resolution renders and photographs uploaded without compression make pages heavy and they simply will not open on a mobile connection. Serving images in modern formats at appropriate sizes buys more than a server upgrade does. A site at this scale runs comfortably on shared hosting.
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The flow matches other generic extensions. Lift the transfer lock at your current provider, collect the authorisation code, open the request at the gaining registrar and approve the confirmation sent to the administrative address. A restriction can apply in the first 60 days. Since a live portfolio is involved, get the order right: note your DNS records before transferring so the site stays reachable afterwards. Steps are on the domain transfer page.
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Yes. A portfolio site looks like nothing but images, yet it almost always carries a contact form or a file download. More to the point, browsers flag addresses served without HTTPS, and a prospective client or jury member should not meet that warning first. Options are on the SSL certificate page, and the SSL checker confirms the installation.
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