Upcoming TLDs / .creator
Can you register a .creator domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .creator would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
Creator commonly refers to a broadly recognized term used across a wide range of contexts.
A creator is someone who makes original work - writing, design, music, film, software, or crafts - and, in current use, someone who makes and publishes content online.
"Creator" is an English word meaning a person or thing that brings something into existence; in contemporary usage, a person who produces original content, works, or products, especially online.
Who applied for .creator
Cold Fleet, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .CREATOR is to provide a namespace associated with the applied-for string. The .CREATOR gTLD is intended to serve a broad range of registrants and users, including individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with, relate to, or wish to be associated with the concept represented by the applied-for string.
Intercap Registry Inc.
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The proposed .creator top-level domain represents the making of original work - writing, design, music, film, software, crafts, and other things people and organizations produce and publish. The word describes an activity found across every field, from an individual sharing their works to a business presenting what it makes. "Creator" has also more recently become the everyday word for making and publishing content online.
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC
Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and purpose: The mission of .creator is to provide the creator economy with a namespace of its own. Intended registrants include individual creators across video, audio, writing, art, gaming and education; the platforms, tools and services built to serve them; talent agencies and creator networks; and brands engaging the creator economy. Intended users are the audiences, fans and customers creators serve, and the businesses that partner with them. Following delegation, the applicant will, as registry operator of the .creator TLD, conduct a phased launch, implement all ICANN-required …
What happens next
- April 30, 2026: Application window opened (done)
- August 12, 2026: Application window closed (done)
- October 7, 2026: Reveal Day: ICANN published every applied-for string (done)
- October 21, 2026: Replacement period ended (applicants could switch to a backup string) (done)
- November 17, 2026: String Confirmation Day: the final list of applied-for strings
- March 16, 2027: Community input and objections period ends
Dates from ICANN’s Reveal Day announcement, checked October 27, 2026. We re-check the applications every day and this page changes when they do.
When will .creator be available?
ICANN has not set a date. The final list of applied-for strings comes on String Confirmation Day (November 17, 2026), community input and objections run until March 16, 2027, and ICANN processes applications after a prioritization draw in 2027. Registration opens only after ICANN delegates .creator and its registry announces launch dates.