Upcoming TLDs / .hire
Can you register a .hire domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .hire would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
To hire is to take someone on to do a piece of work, or to take something for temporary use, as with equipment, vehicles, venues, and tools.
to engage the services of (someone) for wages or other payment; to engage the temporary use of at a set price; rent.
"Hire" means to engage a person, service, or resource in exchange for payment, whether by employing someone for work or by renting or contracting something for temporary use.
Who applied for .hire
Intercap Registry Inc.
KY, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The proposed .hire top-level domain represents hiring in both its ordinary senses - taking someone on to do a piece of work, and taking something for temporary use, as with equipment, vehicles, venues, costumes, and tools.
Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
We hold this truth at the center of our mission: content is valuable. When you publish online—whatever you publish—you are adding something to the world, and that contribution deserves a home you control. Owning your domain means you're not at the whims of an ever-changing algorithm; it's a claim of ownership, independence, and authenticity. Every top-level domain we operate is built on that principle: a meaningful, memorable namespace that marks your corner of the internet as unmistakably your own, in essays, images, music, videos, storefronts, and whatever comes next.
Registry Services, LLC
US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
1. Mission and Purpose of the Applied-for gTLD
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 .hire 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 .hire and its registry announces launch dates.