.door
Is .door a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .door in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. XYZ Registry named .door as the backup string of its .firm application.
A short, plain word with a small trade behind it and some metaphor appeal; usable, but few would pick it as a main address.
door and entryway manufacturers, installers, home-improvement and property-services firms, plus brands using "door" as a gateway or entry metaphor (open.door, next.door style hacks)
Nobody has applied for .door in its own right.
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 exactly: a singular, unglamorous generic noun for a building component, whose natural registrants are manufacturers, distributors and local fit-and-install trades rather than any brand or community, so it only works if a fragmented low-margin supply trade will pay to re-identify itself.
Also a single generic home/building product-category noun sold through makers, showrooms and installers, betting that an entire product vertical adopts a category namespace it has no exclusive claim to.
Same shape of bet — a plain replacement-product category noun aimed at manufacturers plus a mass of local fitters and retailers — differing only in that its buyer pool is automotive aftermarket rather than building trades, and that the plural form pushes it toward retail listings.
What a .door domain is
.door is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Commerce category. Nobody has applied for .door in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .door domain extension real yet?
.door 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 .door domain?
You can’t yet. A .door 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 .door was .glass, delegated on 28 December 2013.
Is .door a real TLD?
Not yet. .door is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .door as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- XYZ Registry · first recordedICANN
“XL2625T-T17932 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .firm”ICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited). .door is a common, short English noun with two demand sources: a real but small trade (door and garage-door makers, installers, locksmith-adjacent and home-improvement services) and a metaphorical sense (entry point, gateway, opportunity) that lends itself to memorable phrase registrations. By analogy (flagged as analogy) with existing home-and-trade generics such as .house, .homes, .kitchen, .lighting and .plumbing, strings like this have produced steady but modest registration volume, mostly from small local businesses and speculative phrase registrations, with little evidence of serious projects adopting them as primary identity or of a meaningful aftermarket. It is not in the 50-69 band because there is no category in which a .door address is a recognised default and demand would need explaining to nearly every buyer; it is not in the 10-29 band because the word is broadly understood, inoffensive, short, and backed by a genuine trade plus phrase-hack appeal, so volume registrations on price are plausible rather than purely event-driven or joke demand. The applicant on the record is XYZ.COM LLC, applying for .door as a replacement string for its primary .firm application; the operator runs a portfolio of generic TLDs with broad registrar distribution, which by analogy (flagged) tends to support volume availability but not premium brand signal. Main market uncertainty: whether the metaphorical gateway sense attracts startups and consumer brands at any real rate, or whether demand stays confined to the door trade and short-lived phrase registrations.