.yachts Domain: An Address for Yachting and Charter
The .yachts extension entered the root zone on 1 May 2014; its ICANN agreement is dated 9 January 2014 and the registry operator today is XYZ.COM LLC. Brokerage and charter companies, yacht clubs, marina operators, excursion services and maritime publications all take names here. On 14 August 2026 the zone held 130,930 registrations.
The ending is marketed around the industry, yet industry membership is not required: the operator's domain name policy states plainly that no eligibility restriction applies. The address therefore signals a subject rather than a credential. Try brand and vessel name combinations on the .yachts domain search page.
Charter and excursion work runs by season, while a domain is an annual commitment. That gap has two practical consequences. First, keep the site up out of season rather than taking it down: search engines eventually drop addresses they cannot reach, and recovering eats into the start of the next season. Second, the renewal date can collide with season preparation, so leaving auto-renewal on prevents the address from slipping into redemption during the week bookings open. The decision rule: plan the season calendar and the domain calendar together.
.YACHTS Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator XYZ.COM LLC
- Root zone entry 1 May 2014
- Registry agreement 9 January 2014
- Eligibility None; no industry membership required
- Zone size 130,930 registrations (14 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yachts domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yachts 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
$1.99 /year -
Transfer
$15.69 /year -
Renewal
$16.89 /year -
Restore
$119.90
Included With Every .yachts 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.
.yachts Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .yachts 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 .yachts 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 .yachts 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 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 .yachts 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
.yachts Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.yachts Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .yachts domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.yachts Domain Support
- IDN Support Yes
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .yachts Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The operator's domain name policy states plainly that no eligibility restriction applies.
The ending is marketed around the industry, but that is positioning: no membership, licence or document is required. A boat owner, a blogger or a shipyard supplier can hold a name just as easily. The signal the address sends is about subject matter: something related to boats will be found here.
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The most effective structure has the root name the region or the type of vessel.
A brand name alone carries little recognition for a new operation, while pairing it with a region or a service type makes the address explain itself and helps in local search. The booking page has to run over an encrypted connection; compare certificate options on our SSL certificate page.
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This zone has no internationalised domain name table.
The IANA repository of IDN tables lists no table for .yachts, which sets it apart from nearly every other extension in this group, where at least one table exists. The practical consequence: build the name from the basic letters of the Latin alphabet. If your root is a non-English word, testing its simplified spelling is the safest route.
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The name is not deleted at once; it moves through a renewal stage and then redemption.
During those stages the address can stop working without becoming available to others, and it can be recovered for an extra fee inside the redemption window. Seasonal businesses face a bigger risk here, because the renewal date often falls outside the season and slips past unnoticed. Checking status with whois search and keeping auto-renewal on is the safe route.
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Yes, it is a generic top-level domain and the standard transfer rules apply.
Remove the lock, request the authorisation code and start the move from the domain transfer page. A 60-day hold can apply to recently registered names. Not starting a transfer at the opening of the season is a good habit: the process takes a few days, and a confirmation email is easier to miss when everyone is busy.
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