.online Domain Search
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Country
United Arab Emirates
Pricing
$1-50/yr
Registrations
3.5-5M
Launched
2015
.online by the numbers
About 200k new .online domains are registered every month, which is 2.5% of every domain registered across all extensions, up 10% on the same months of 2025. A .online name registered this year averages 11.5 characters, 13% contain a hyphen and 11.5% contain a digit. 98.5% of them are registered for a single year. Namecheap registers 16.5% of new .online domains, and the five largest registrars take 57% between them. About 400k .online domains come up for renewal in May 2027, the busiest month ahead.
200k
New registrations a month
Average across 2026
up 10%
Versus the same months in 2025
2.5%
Of all new domains registered
Across every extension
May 2027
Busiest renewal month ahead
About 400k come up
Show the monthly figures
| Month | New .online registrations |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | About 180k |
| February 2025 | About 170k |
| March 2025 | About 200k |
| April 2025 | About 180k |
| May 2025 | About 190k |
| June 2025 | About 170k |
| July 2025 | About 190k |
| August 2025 | About 220k |
| September 2025 | About 190k |
| October 2025 | About 160k |
| November 2025 | About 190k |
| December 2025 | About 130k |
| January 2026 | About 120k |
| February 2026 | About 190k |
| March 2026 | About 190k |
| April 2026 | About 210k |
| May 2026 | About 220k |
| June 2026 | About 210k |
| July 2026 | About 240k |
What a new .online name looks like
The typical .online registered this year is 11.5 characters long.
How long people register for
Where they get registered
The five largest registrars take 57% of new .online registrations between them.
What happens to them
Measured across 2025.
Estimates rounded from our own WHOIS observations. Last measured September 2026.
Why choose .online?
Reads as ordinary English, so the name explains itself without a pitch.
Fits any sector, which makes it a practical fallback when the .com is gone.
Very strong availability, including short and one-word names.
Often discounted to a dollar or two for the first year, so trying an idea costs almost nothing.
Backed by one of the largest new-extension registries, with a decade of operating history.
Supports DNSSEC through most registrars for added DNS integrity protection.
History
.online was won at auction by a consortium of Radix, Tucows and Namecheap and launched in August 2015, where it had the largest opening of any new extension to that point, more than 38,000 registrations in the first day. It passed a million domains in 2018 and remains the largest extension in Radix's portfolio.
Timeline
Usage and applications
.online works as a plain-English suffix in almost any sector: a business, a service or a publication that is, simply, online. That breadth is its strength and its weakness: it fits everywhere and belongs nowhere in particular, so it has not produced a recognisable flagship site the way .app or .ai have. Our WHOIS observations show a genuine split in how it is used: it has one of the higher hyphen rates of any large extension, which points at descriptive multi-word names, and around one in ten new registrations points at a parking or for-sale page.
Registration
Requirements
Open to anyone worldwide with no restrictions
Registry
Radix FZC
Key milestones
Is .online a good alternative when the .com is taken?
It is one of the most practical, because it reads as ordinary English rather than as a category claim. 'yourname.online' needs no explanation, which is not true of most newer extensions.
Why do .online domains cost a dollar in the first year and far more to renew?
Registrars use deep first-year discounts to win registrations, and the renewal reflects the real wholesale price. On .online that gap is among the widest of any extension, check the renewal figure before you commit.
Are there well-known websites on .online?
No major one, and it is worth being straight about that. The extension is widely registered but has not produced a flagship site, so you will not be joining a recognisable club the way you would on .ai or .app.
What kinds of names get registered on .online?
Descriptive, multi-word ones, mostly. Our WHOIS observations show .online has one of the highest hyphen rates of any large extension, which is the signature of people joining words together to describe a business.
How many .online domains are actually in use?
Fewer than are registered. Around one in ten new .online domains we observe points at a parking or for-sale page rather than a live site, a higher share than .com, though far below the extensions built for speculation.
Who operates the .online registry?
Radix, which won it at auction in 2014 alongside Tucows and Namecheap. Radix runs one of the largest new-extension portfolios, including .site, .store and .tech.
Does .online hurt my search rankings?
No. Extensions carry no ranking weight. The practical question is whether visitors will remember and trust the name, which depends far more on the word in front of the dot.
Can anyone register a .online domain?
Yes. There are no residency, business or documentation requirements anywhere in the world.
How long should I register a .online domain for?
If the first year is heavily discounted and the renewal is not, registering several years up front at the promotional rate is rarely possible, the discount usually applies to year one only. Our records show almost all new .online registrations are taken for a single year.
Is .online better than .site or .store?
They come from the same registry and cost similar amounts, so it is a question of fit. .store says you sell things, .site says almost nothing, and .online sits in between, broad enough for any sector, specific enough to read as deliberate.