.quick

Is .quick a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?

Nobody has applied for .quick in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. Starlight (Namecheap) named .quick as a backup string for its .mod application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Link Freedom Group named .quick as a backup string for its .easy application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.

Category: Brand
on the record since Aug 15, 2026 · updated Oct 7, 2026
◈AI score
30/ 100
Usable but limited

A catchy word for speed-themed names, but few serious businesses would make .quick their main web address.

assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 15, 2026
AI score 30 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
who it’s for

startups and services selling speed as the pitch (delivery, payments, quotes, bookings), plus marketers wanting a punchy campaign or redirect domain rather than a permanent home

BrandCommercetechCulture
applicants
0 applications · 2 deactivated backups

Nobody has applied for .quick in its own right.

backups
Link Freedom GroupDeactivated backup
Aug 13, 2026

lfg.link ↗

In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “For the impatient.”

announced Aug 13, 2026 · abandoned Oct 7, 2026 · named as a backup for .easy, deactivated by ICANN Oct 7, 2026

Deactivated backup for .easyGenericICANN LFGL2683T-T57519Link Freedom Group ↗
Starlight (Namecheap)Deactivated backup

namecheap.com ↗

Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .mod application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

Deactivated backup for .modGenericICANN MEI2699T-T97630ICANN ↗
closest 2012 bets
3 of 1,408

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.

.faststrong parallel
delegated 2015 · live2,345 domains · May 2026

A near-synonymous single-word English adjective sold as a service-promise suffix rather than a category, betting that any business whose differentiator is speed will re-anchor its primary identity on the adverbial claim itself.

uncontested · scored 25* in 2012 · run by Amazon EU S.à r.l.

See .fast in Stats
.nowstrong parallel
delegated 2016 · live26,795 domains · May 2026

Same bet on an immediacy adverb with no industry attached: value comes entirely from the sentence the whole domain forms, so it must be sold horizontally across unrelated verticals instead of to one defined buyer pool.

6 applicants contested it · scored 28* in 2012 · run by Amazon EU S.à r.l.

See .now in Stats
.expressmoderate
delegated 2015 · live8,895 domains · May 2026

Also a speed-connoting generic word aimed at delivery, service and convenience operators, though it carries heavier retail/brand baggage and reads more like a noun-ish product tier than a pure open-ended modifier.

2 applicants contested it · scored 40* in 2012 · run by Sea Sunset, LLC

See .express in Stats

* A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year. Different scale from this page’s score, so the two are not comparable.

What a .quick domain is

.quick is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Brand category. Nobody has applied for .quick in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.

Is the .quick domain extension real yet?

.quick 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 .quick domain?

You can’t yet. A .quick 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 .quick was .fast, delegated on 5 December 2015.

Is .quick a real TLD?

Not yet. .quick is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .quick as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.

history
  1. Starlight (Namecheap) · first recordedOct 7, 2026
    ICANN
  2. Link Freedom Group · now deactivated backupOct 7, 2026

    Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .easy application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

    ICANN
  3. Link Freedom Group · now abandonedOct 7, 2026

    Announced, but on the ICANN Reveal Day list, 7 October 2026 only as a deactivated replacement (backup) string of its .easy application

    ICANN
  4. Link Freedom Group · first recordedAug 15, 2026
    Link Freedom Group
news & sources
ICANNICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026
Oct 7, 2026
“LFGL2683T-T57519 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · replacement string of .easy · Deactivated MEI2699T-T97630 · Mirfak Exploration, Inc. · replacement string of .mod · Deactivated”
ICANN
ICANNICANN Reveal Day list, 7 October 2026
Oct 7, 2026
ICANN
AnnouncementLFG namespace: published list of submitted gTLD applications
Aug 13, 2026
“.quick · Lifestyle · “For the impatient.””
Link Freedom Group
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