Generic extension
.hot domain name
What you need to know about .hot: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .hot
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 10
- Renewable after expiry date
- 35 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: no
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .hot?
- During the sunrise period, the first introductory phase of .hot, you could only register if you had a trademark registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse.
Good to know when registering
- .hot launched in phases: first a sunrise period for trademark holders from 2 April 2025, followed by an early access phase from 12 to 16 May 2025 inclusive.
- From 19 May 2025, anyone can register a .hot domain name.
- Applications during the early access phase cost more and the fees were non-refundable, even if the registration didn't succeed.
- After the sunrise period, a claims period applied. If the name you want to register resembles a registered trademark, you'll receive a notice about it and must confirm it before the registration goes ahead.
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