.park
Is .park a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.park is contested: 4 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 8 October 2026. They are XYZ Registry, Registrar In A Box, GoDaddy Registry and Identity Digital. NextGEN TLDs named .park as a backup string for two of its applications: .auth and .ultra. ICANN deactivated those backups, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Vant Nexus named .park as a backup string for its .island application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Link Freedom Group named .park as a backup string for its .cap application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A pleasant everyday word with scattered uses, parking apps, city parks, outdoor brands, but few serious projects would lead with it.
parking and mobility startups, municipal parks and recreation departments, outdoor-lifestyle and campground brands, and real-estate developments that use 'park' in their name (office parks, RV parks, trailer parks)
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Touch grass.”
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .ultra 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 .island 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 .auth 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: an everyday physical-outdoor-space noun sold as an open generic, where value rests on suffix charm and broad small-business/hobbyist appeal rather than on an organized industry that must have the string.
Same bet with a nearly identical registrant pool - operators of physical destination facilities (campgrounds, RV parks, retreats) plus metaphorical branding uses - a short common noun that has to earn its keep from scattered SMB operators, not a defined vertical.
Same bet as a short, compoundable common noun for a piece of ground whose commercial use is mostly playful X.land branding plus real-estate/development uses, i.e. value from flexibility rather than from a constituency that owns the word.
What a .park domain is
.park is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Places category. 4 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .park domain extension real yet?
.park 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 .park domain?
You can’t yet. A .park 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 .park was .garden, delegated on 13 December 2014.
Is .park a real TLD?
Not yet. .park is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .park is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- NextGEN TLDs · fact correctedICANN
- NextGEN TLDs · first recordedICANN
- Vant Nexus · first recordedICANN
- NextGEN TLDs · first recordedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now deactivated backupICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now abandonedICANN
- XYZ Registry · first recordedICANN
- Registrar In A Box · first recordedICANN
- GoDaddy Registry · first recordedICANN
- Identity Digital · first recordedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“FCL2632T-T76002 · Fore Course, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 NA2631T-T52749 · Registry Services, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 RIAB2562-T60289 · Registrar In a Box 1 LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 XL2625T-T66829 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178”ICANN
“FCL2632T-T76002 · Fore Course, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 LFGL2683T-T20815 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · replacement string of .cap · Deactivated NA2631T-T52749 · Registry Services, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 NTG2671T-T13787 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .ultra · Deactivated NTG2671T-T26730 · NextGEN TLDs GmbH · replacement string of .auth · Deactivated RIAB2562-T60289 · Registrar In a Box 1 LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178 VNTL2649T-T68087 · VANT NEXUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC · replacement string of .island · Deactivated XL2625T-T66829 · XYZ.COM LLC · primary · contention set 2026-178”ICANN
“.park · Lifestyle · “Touch grass.””Link Freedom Group
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. It sits above the 10-29 vanity band because 'park' is a common noun with genuinely distinct commercial constituencies: the parking-mobility sector, municipal and national parks, and the many venues and developments whose names literally end in 'park', so name.park reads as a natural sentence-completion rather than a gimmick. It falls below the 50-69 strong-niche band because none of those constituencies shows signs of converging on a shared naming convention: cities overwhelmingly stay on their established civic domains, parking companies brand around their app names, and property developments treat the web address as an afterthought, so demand is likely to stay scattered and price-driven rather than identity-driven over the next 5 years. By analogy (flagged as analogy), single-word activity and place TLDs from the earlier new-gTLD wave tended to settle into low-volume registration bases with thin aftermarkets and only occasional primary-identity use, and .park has no obvious mechanism to break that pattern. The applicant, Link Freedom Group, filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round and lists this one under 'Lifestyle' with the tagline 'Touch grass.', which suggests a broad-portfolio consumer positioning rather than a targeted industry play; that positioning makes coordinated category adoption less likely, though a portfolio operator can still sustain retail distribution. Main market uncertainty: whether the parking-mobility industry, the one constituency with real money and a naming problem, adopts brand.park as a convention or keeps branding around app names on mainstream TLDs.