Generic extension
.talk domain name
What you need to know about .talk: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .talk
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 9 years
- Domain name length
- 2–63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- 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 .talk?
Good to know when registering
- .talk launched with a sunrise period from 26 August 2025 to 25 September 2025. During this period, trademark holders with a trademark in the Trademark Clearinghouse were the first to be able to register.
- This was followed by an early access period from 25 September to 5 October 2025 inclusive, with a new phase each day. The fees for applications during this period were non-refundable.
- Since 6 October 2025, .talk has been open for general registration. A claims period applied at the start of general registration, during which trademarks recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse were checked.
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