Upcoming TLDs / .private
Can you register a .private domain?
Source: ICANN 2026 round applications, checked October 27, 2026. Not in the IANA root zone as of October 26, 2026.
What .private would mean
In their own words, from the public part of each application (question 118):
“Private” generally means non-public, personal, confidential, restricted, or intended for a particular individual, group, or organization. Depending on context, it may also refer to privacy, discretion, private ownership, communications, or access.
An ordinary English term associated with non-public, personal, limited-access, or separate matters.
Who applied for .private
Endpoint Domains
Endpoint Domains, Inc., US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
The mission of .PRIVATE is to provide an accessible namespace for individuals, businesses, organizations, communities, projects, and other entities that identify with or wish to be associated with the concept of privacy, discretion, exclusivity, personal use, restricted access, or private enterprise. The purpose of .PRIVATE is to enable registrants to establish distinctive online identities through domain names that reflect the concept represented by the applied-for string. To achieve this purpose, ENDPOINT DOMAINS, INC. will make .PRIVATE available for registration through accredited …
Corporate Tools Registry
Registered Agents Inc, US, stage: Pre-Evaluation Processing
Registered Agents Inc's mission for .private is to provide a stable, open, general-use namespace for lawful personal, organizational, private-sector, limited-audience, and other uses associated with the ordinary meaning of "private." Intended registrants include individuals, businesses, organizations, and service providers; intended users are the people and systems that locate and interact with those registrants online. To carry out this purpose, Registered Agents Inc will distribute registrations through ICANN-accredited registrars under published, non-exclusive policies; support standard …
Application RAI2657T-T86562 on ICANN · registeredagentsinc.com
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 .private 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 .private and its registry announces launch dates.