.battery
Is .battery a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody is chasing .battery, 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
Niche keyword for the battery boom; fine for storage and retail sites, but few serious companies would make it their main address.
battery and energy-storage companies, EV-charging and power-tech startups, and battery retailers wanting an exact-match keyword address rather than a brand-defining domain
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round. Their catalog line: “Stored power, ready when you need it.”
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.
Same bet: a single generic noun for a physical, replaceable manufactured component, where the natural registrants are makers, distributors, and retail/installer channels rather than a community or a profession, and the string's value rests on an existing aftermarket supply chain adopting it as its category address.
Same bet in shape — a generic energy-technology category noun whose registrant base is manufacturers, installers, and vendors selling into one hardware vertical — but it names a whole technology sector rather than a discrete product SKU, so the identity pull is somewhat broader and less component-like.
Same bet as a commodity-component category noun serving a fragmented manufacturer-plus-aftermarket-retailer base, though it is a generic plural covering all components rather than one named product, so it competes less as a specific industry's flag.
What a .battery domain is
.battery is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Commerce category. Nobody is chasing .battery today. The applicants that claimed it are out.
Is the .battery domain extension real yet?
.battery 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 .battery domain?
You can’t yet. A .battery 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 .battery was .tires, delegated on 18 December 2014.
Is .battery a real TLD?
Not yet. .battery is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant claimed .battery 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
“.battery · Energy & Mobility · “Stored power, ready when you need it.””Journey To The West Corporation
- Energy storage is a genuinely expanding sector over the next 5 years, which gives the string real topical relevance, but by analogy to comparable industry-noun gTLDs like .energy and .solar (flagged as analogy), such strings have tended toward modest volumes, keyword/SEO and defensive registrations, and only scattered primary-identity use rather than becoming a category default. The suffix reads awkwardly as an identity ('acme.battery') and established battery makers and storage firms overwhelmingly brand on legacy TLDs, so aftermarket depth would likely be thin outside a handful of generic keywords. I place it at the bottom of the 30-49 usable-but-limited band: above 10-29 because a growing real industry should sustain some genuine commercial use beyond vanity, but below 50-69 because adoption would need explaining and there is no sign of sustained primary-identity demand. Main market uncertainty: whether the storage/EV boom converts into actual identity adoption on niche TLDs or stays parked as keyword speculation. Applicant is a Beijing-based portfolio applicant with 323 submitted strings (verified), which suggests broad portfolio economics rather than a dedicated industry-backed launch; registration volumes and pricing are unknown.