.jet
Is .jet a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.jet is contested: 2 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are XYZ Registry and Link Freedom Group. Starlight (Namecheap) named .jet as a backup string for two of its applications: .trek and .path. ICANN deactivated those backups, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. ShortDot named .jet as a backup string for its .tag application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A punchy word for aviation, travel, and speed-themed brands, but few serious companies would make it their main address.
private-aviation and charter operators, travel and mobility startups, and consumer brands that want a speed or luxury-motion connotation in the name itself; secondarily, domain investors betting on short evocative dictionary strings.
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Powering what moves you.”
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.
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .path application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .trek application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
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: a luxury-vehicle category noun whose registrant pool is a small, high-margin set of brokers, charter operators and dealers selling access to an expensive asset, so it wins on prestige-per-name rather than volume.
Same bet in service shape: a short, colloquial noun for chartered premium transport where the primary identity holders are operators and booking brokers, not the vehicle's manufacturers.
Same structural bet of a plain vehicle-category noun sold to dealers, brokers and service businesses around the craft, though it targets a mass-market owner base rather than .jet's thin ultra-premium tier.
What a .jet domain is
.jet is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Culture category. 2 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .jet domain extension real yet?
.jet is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .jet domain?
You can’t yet. A .jet 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 .jet was .yachts, delegated on 22 May 2014.
Is .jet a real TLD?
Not yet. .jet is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .jet is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Starlight (Namecheap) · first recordedICANN
- Starlight (Namecheap) · first recordedICANN
- ShortDot · now deactivated backupICANN
- ShortDot · now abandonedICANN
- XYZ Registry · first recordedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now confirmedICANN
- ShortDot · now announced
- ShortDot · first recordedShortDot (Ireland) Limited
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“LFGL2683T-T94852 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-125 XL2625T-T17178 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-125”ICANN
“LFGL2683T-T94852 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-125 NA2626T-T55140 · ShortDot (Ireland) Limited · replacement string of .tag · Deactivated PEI2617T-T23468 · Pollux Exploration, Inc. · replacement string of .path · Deactivated REI2641T-T12658 · Regulus Exploration, Inc. · replacement string of .trek · Deactivated XL2625T-T17178 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-125”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
“.jet · Lifestyle · “Powering what moves you.””Link Freedom Group
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The string is short, pronounceable, and a real dictionary word with two genuine hooks: the aviation/charter vertical (private jets, jet cards, fractional ownership) and a broader speed/luxury-motion connotation that lifestyle and mobility brands could borrow, which matches the applicant's published 'Lifestyle' categorization and 'Powering what moves you.' tagline. It is not in the 50-69 band because, by analogy, travel- and aviation-adjacent TLDs have tended to struggle as primary identities: restricted aviation namespaces and generic travel strings have historically seen shallow adoption relative to their vertical's size (analogy, not a measured claim), and the private-aviation vertical that fits .jet best is small in company count, so sustained registration demand and a real aftermarket are unlikely to develop; adoption would need explaining in almost every case. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word is not a joke or an event-driven fad: it names a durable, high-spend industry and a persistent branding motif, so steady low-volume registrations from charter brokers, jet-card sellers, and speed-branded consumer products are plausible over the next 5 years, with occasional right-of-the-dot brand matches (e.g., a name ending in 'jet') giving it more end-use fit than a pure vanity string. Applicant facts are stated neutrally: the string was announced by Link Freedom Group, which filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round and published its list ahead of Reveal Day; a large-portfolio applicant suggests a registry-volume rather than single-brand strategy, which mildly supports general availability but says nothing about vertical marketing depth. Volume and pricing figures for comparable strings are unknown. Main market uncertainty: whether luxury-aviation and mobility brands, a category that leans heavily on prestige signaling, will treat a new-gTLD identity as credible or as a downgrade from a .com, since prestige verticals may be the most .com-conservative segment (analogy from luxury-brand naming behavior, flagged as such).