.amp

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

AI & tech
applicants
  • ShortDotIn a catalog
on the record since Sep 8, 2026 · updated Sep 8, 2026
AI score
34/ 100
Usable but limited

A niche TLD for audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp).

assessed by claude-fable-5-1 · Sep 8, 2026
AI score 34 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
who it’s for

audio-gear and music-creator projects, electrical/EV-charging and energy startups, and 'amplify'-themed marketing brands looking for a short suffix, plus domain-hack collectors (c.amp, st.amp, ch.amp)

techCultureCommerceBrand
applicants
1 on file
ShortDotIn a catalog

One of the 80 strings ShortDot published for the ICANN 2026 round. ShortDot states it has submitted 40 applications, but publishes the 80 strings without revealing which 40 are applications and which 40 are designated replacements. The submission claim is therefore applicant-level, not string-level: nothing in the source says ShortDot applied for THIS string. Catalogued, not announced.

closest 2012 bets
2 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.

.audiomoderate
delegated 2014 · live5,890 domains · May 2026

Same bet in a wider register: a plain trade word for the sound-equipment world offered so any maker, retailer or studio can hang its primary identity on the category itself rather than on a brand.

2 applicants contested it · scored 40* in 2012 · run by Uniregistry, Corp.

.zipweak
delegated 2014 · live14,578 domains · May 2026

Structurally the same wager on a short, high-energy everyday word carrying a second technical meaning — value comes from the punch and brevity of the string, not from any one industry that would organize itself under it.

uncontested · scored 35* in 2012 · run by Charleston Road Registry Inc.

* 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.

history
  1. ShortDot · first recordedSep 8, 2026
    ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
news & sources
CatalogShortDot's 80 strings for the ICANN 2026 round
Sep 8, 2026
ShortDot (Ireland) Limited has submitted 40 applications to ICANN's 2026 New gTLD Program. The 80 strings shown include applied-for and designated replacement strings across ShortDot's 40 ICANN applications, presented without revealing their status or pairing.
ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
about ShortDot
NewsShortDot applies for 40 top level domains
Sep 8, 2026
The company just disclosed its 40 applications and 40 replacement strings.
Domain Name Wire
Considering a name on .amp?Appraise a name on this TLD →

This record is corrected in the open. See the changelog and methodology.