.amp
Is .amp a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .amp in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. ShortDot named .amp as the backup string of its .fam application.
A niche TLD for audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp).
audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp)
Nobody has applied for .amp in its own right.
One of the 80 strings ShortDot published for the ICANN 2026 round. ShortDot states it has submitted 40 applications, but publishes the 80 strings without revealing which 40 are applications and which 40 are designated replacements. The submission claim is therefore applicant-level, not string-level: nothing in the source says ShortDot applied for THIS string. Catalogued, not announced.
The 2012 applications making the most similar bet. Chosen by AI from every string in that round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet in a wider register: a plain trade word for the sound-equipment world offered so any maker, retailer or studio can hang its primary identity on the category itself rather than on a brand.
Structurally the same wager on a short, high-energy everyday word carrying a second technical meaning — value comes from the punch and brevity of the string, not from any one industry that would organize itself under it.
What a .amp domain is
.amp is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our AI & tech category. Nobody has applied for .amp in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .amp domain extension real yet?
.amp is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. Nobody has applied for it on the public record; the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round is the process that would decide whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .amp domain?
You can’t yet. A .amp name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .amp was .audio, delegated on 15 May 2014.
Is .amp a real TLD?
Not yet. .amp is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .amp as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- ShortDot · now replacementICANN
- ShortDot · now announced
- ShortDot · first recordedShortDot (Ireland) Limited
“NA2626T-T51374 · ShortDot (Ireland) Limited · replacement string of .fam”ICANN
“ShortDot (Ireland) Limited has submitted 40 applications to ICANN's 2026 New gTLD Program. The 80 strings shown include applied-for and designated replacement strings across ShortDot's 40 ICANN applications, presented without revealing their status or pairing.”ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited). The string is short and carries several genuine meanings — amplifier/audio gear, ampere/electrical and EV charging, the verb sense 'amp up/amplify', and residual association with the AMP web-page framework — so registrations at volume are plausible, especially at the low price points the operator's recorded portfolio (.icu, .cyou, .bond, .cfd, .sbs) suggests by analogy. It is not in the 50-69 band because no category treats .amp as a primary identity: audio and music brands overwhelmingly stay on legacy TLDs, and by analogy with .audio and .energy (both delegated in the 2012 round with modest, explanation-needed uptake), semantic-niche gTLDs without a community anchor tend not to build a sustained aftermarket. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word is a real, positive, multi-industry dictionary term rather than a joke or event string, and domain hacks ending in -amp (camp, stamp, champ, lamp, ramp) give it a real if shallow secondary use. Main market uncertainty: whether the operator positions .amp as a curated mid-price audio/energy namespace or as a promo-priced volume TLD — by analogy with other low-price 2012-round strings, the latter tends to attract abuse registrations that erode brand signal and depress resale value.