Upcoming TLDs / .goods
Can you register a .goods domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .goods would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
A plural noun describing merchandise or possessions
Goods commonly refers to items, products, or merchandise that may be bought, sold, or exchanged.
Goods are tangible or digital products, merchandise, commodities, or items of value that are created, distributed, exchanged, or consumed to satisfy personal or commercial needs. They include physical products, software, media, and downloadable content.
Who applied for .goods
Golden Mandarin Training Service Co., Ltd.
CN, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing, ICANN applicant support
The mission and purpose of .goods is to give retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and direct-to-consumer brands an open, generic namespace for selling physical products and merchandise, spanning everything from mass retail and wholesale distribution to artisan and handmade goods.
Mystic Hammer, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .GOODS is to provide a namespace associated with the concept of goods as items, products, or merchandise that may be bought, sold, or exchanged. The .GOODS 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.
Squarespace Registry LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
".GOODS" is proposed as an open namespace for the full world of products and merchandise, not just the selling of them. Commerce is the obvious use case, and it is a strong one: the trading of goods is among humanity's oldest activities and the digital economy has only expanded what "goods" means and where transactions happen. But this string is not confined to storefronts. Customer reviews, editorial rankings, curated collections, product discovery platforms, and digital showrooms are all, in their own way, about goods. So is software, media, and downloadable content. ".GOODS" does not …
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 .goods 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 .goods and its registry announces launch dates.