.autopart
Is .autopart a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody is chasing .autopart, as of 7 October 2026. One applicant claimed it and is out. We keep the entry on the record either way.
- Journey To The West
A narrow niche name in awkward singular form; auto-parts sellers default to .com, so serious use and resale value look thin.
auto-parts retailers, aftermarket e-commerce sellers, and distributors wanting a keyword microsite; plus domain speculators betting on automotive keywords
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “The components behind every vehicle on the road.”
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.
Identical bet: an unowned generic component-commerce noun sold to the distributors, catalogs and retailers of physical parts, whose value depends entirely on a fragmented supply trade choosing a category word over its own brand.
Same bet one aisle over — a generic automotive-aftermarket product-category noun whose registrants would be the same independent retailers, wholesalers and fitment shops, with the same dependence on an aftermarket that already lives on manufacturer brands.
Same kind of string (broad generic industry noun aimed at the whole car economy) and same open-registry commerce logic, but it targets vehicle sellers and marketers rather than the narrower component-supply trade the target must convert.
What a .autopart domain is
.autopart is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Commerce. Nobody is chasing .autopart today. The applicants that claimed it are out.
Is the .autopart domain extension real yet?
.autopart is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. Nobody has applied for it on the public record; the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round is the process that would decide whether it becomes one.
When can you buy a .autopart domain?
You can’t yet. A .autopart name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .autopart was .parts, delegated on 11 February 2014.
Is .autopart a real TLD?
Not yet. .autopart is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant claimed .autopart and is no longer in it. We keep the entry, and every entry on this page links to its source.
- Journey To The West · now abandonedICANN
- Journey To The West · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“.autopart · Energy & Mobility · “The components behind every vehicle on the road.””Journey To The West Corporation
- I place .autopart in the 10-29 band (vanity/narrow). The singular form fights natural usage — the industry says 'auto parts' — and the space is already covered by broader existing strings such as .auto, .autos, .cars, and .parts, which by analogy have seen mostly price-driven or defensive registration rather than primary-identity adoption by serious sellers (analogy, no figures asserted). It is not in the 30-49 band because even volume-on-price demand is doubtful when plural and broader alternatives exist and the incumbent default for parts commerce is .com; it is above the 1-9 band because a large real-world auto-parts e-commerce industry could plausibly use it for campaign or SEO microsites. The applicant is a large-portfolio applicant (323 submitted strings per the verified facts), which I read neutrally as a registry-led rather than industry-led application, informing adoption likelihood only. Main market uncertainty: whether aggressive low pricing could pull meaningful volume from long-tail parts sellers over the next 5 years.