The .doctor Domain: Medical Practice and Health Care
.doctor entered the root zone on 14 July 2016, one of the later dates among the endings in this group, and the IANA record names Binky Moon, LLC as the sponsoring organisation. The nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026 counts 10,214 registrations, of which 8,423 appear in the zone file.
The word carries two meanings, and the label to the left settles which one applies: a physician and the holder of a doctorate share the same noun. The rule follows from that — if you provide care, put the speciality and the city in the label; if the subject is an academic identity, let the name and the field stand together. Try the candidates in a domain name search.
No diploma, speciality or professional register entry is verified on the registry side; among the policies Identity Digital publishes, a TLD-specific eligibility document exists for .ltd alone. Practising medicine depends on national law, and the duty follows from the work itself. Sites offering health guidance without a medical qualification need to say so plainly, or a visitor will read the address as an answer it never gave.
.DOCTOR Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Binky Moon, LLC
- Root zone record 14 July 2016
- Eligibility condition No verified restriction
- Registered names 10,214 (nTLDstats, 11 August 2026)
- Present in the zone file 8,423 names, about 82%
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .doctor domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.doctor 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
$16.99 /year -
Transfer
$116.99 /year -
Renewal
$125.99 /year -
Restore
$239.90 -
Late Renewal
$20.48
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.doctor Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .doctor 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 .doctor 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 .doctor 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 $20.48 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 .doctor 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
.doctor Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.doctor Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .doctor domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.doctor Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .doctor Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Anyone may; no diploma or register entry is requested.
Binky Moon, LLC asks for no medical credential, and within Identity Digital's published policies a TLD-specific eligibility document exists for .ltd alone. The right to practise comes from national law rather than from an address. Candidates can be tried in a domain name search.
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Both, and the label plus the page content decide which.
On a university page, a personal name joined to a research field reads as an academic identity. On a clinic page, a speciality and a city point to medical care instead. An address that leaves this open sets the wrong expectation, so the plainest fix is to say who you are on the first screen.
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Who wrote it, which sources it uses and when it was updated.
Wording that promises a specific outcome counts as a health claim in many countries and falls under separate rules. An appointment form collects health data, so the retention period and the responsible team belong in writing. An encrypted connection is mandatory; the SSL certificate page covers it.
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The zone holds 10,214 registrations with 8,423 in the zone file.
The figures are from the nTLDstats page accessed on 11 August 2026. A publication rate around 82% shows most registrants here went on to build something. Labels combining a speciality with a city remain widely available in this zone.
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Use .dental for dentistry and .doctor for other fields of medicine.
Patients search by the name of the branch, so an address carrying that word tells them they are in the right place before they click. Dental practices additionally split between the practice and the person. The comparison sits on the .dental domain page.
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Request the authorisation code from your current registrar.
Where booking and call traffic depend on the same address, downtime translates into lost patients, so schedule the move outside clinic hours. The domain must be unlocked and at least sixty days past registration. Verify it with a whois search, then continue at domain transfer.
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