TLD Radar

.fix

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

.fix is contested: 6 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are Identity Digital, GoDaddy Registry, Innovation Service, Aruba, ShortDot and Radix. XYZ Registry named .fix as a backup string for its .park application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Intercap named .fix as a backup string for its .hire application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.

Generic applications · Commerce · on the record since Aug 27, 2026, updated Oct 7, 2026
◈AI score
40/ 100
Usable but limited

A punchy verb domain for repair services and developer tools, but most serious businesses will treat it as an extra, not their main address.

assessed by claude-fable-5 · Aug 27, 2026
AI score 40 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.

For comparison, .com scores 96 and .ai scores 84 on the same rubric.

applicants
6 applications · 2 deactivated backups

Who is applying, and how much each already runs

Eight of the 8 are tied to a registry that runs TLDs today. Identity Digital, XYZ Registry and GoDaddy Registry filed 432 applications between them across the round.

Applications the company filed across the round · the figure on the right is the names its registries run today

  1. Identity Digital backup .kernel216
  2. XYZ Registry139
  3. GoDaddy Registry77
  4. Intercap71
  5. Radix46
  6. ShortDot40
  7. Aruba20
  8. Innovation Service10

Applications are counted by company, across its legal entities, from ICANN’s list. Names are from the registries’ May 2026 reports to ICANN. “None on record” means no public source in our record ties the company to a registry operator that runs TLDs today.

backups
  • IntercapDeactivated backupintercap.inc ↗

    Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .hire application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

    Deactivated backup for .hireGenericICANN IRI2679T-T99888ICANN ↗
  • XYZ RegistryDeactivated backupxyz.xyz ↗

    Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .park application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup

    Deactivated backup for .parkGenericICANN XL2625T-T66829ICANN ↗
closest 2012 strings
3 of 1,408

The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today

The closest 2012 string, .repair, held 8,922 names, May 2026. .help held 219,489; .support held 43,412. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.

  1. .repairstrong parallel8,922 names, May 2026live since 2013 · uncontested in 2012 · scored 40* in 2012 · Lone Sunset, LLCSee .repair in Stats

    Same bet exactly: an open generic service-verb/noun sold to independent tradespeople and repair shops who need a descriptive second-level identity, where value depends on millions of small local operators choosing a category word over .com.

  2. .helpmoderate219,489 names, May 2026live since 2014 · 3 applications in 2012 · scored 40* in 2012 · Uniregistry, Corp.See .help in Stats

    Same bet shape — a short, punchy English verb-as-utility aimed at support and service-desk use, monetized as a memorable call-to-action string rather than a category directory, though its buyer skews to software/customer support rather than trades.

  3. .supportmoderate43,412 names, May 2026live since 2013 · uncontested in 2012 · scored 38* in 2012 · Grand Orchard, LLCSee .support in Stats

    Also a generic service word whose registrants put their remedy-for-a-problem identity on it (helpdesks, service arms of brands), betting the same way that customers will type the action they need — but it is a longer, more corporate-noun version of the same wager.

Names are from the registries’ monthly reports to ICANN. Each name opens the TLD’s stats page: how it grew, who sells it, and the 2026 strings compared with it. * A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year, on a different scale from this page’s score.

who it’s for

home-repair and trade businesses, gig-economy service marketplaces, and developer or IT tooling brands who want a short action-word identity (including bug.fix / hot.fix style name hacks)

What a .fix domain is

.fix is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Commerce category. 6 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.

Is the .fix domain extension real yet?

.fix is not yet a domain extension you can register: nothing resolves under it, and no registrar sells names in it. It is a string applicants have put forward in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, the process that decides whether it becomes one.

When can you buy a .fix domain?

You can’t yet. A .fix 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 .fix was .repair, delegated on 28 December 2013.

Is .fix a real TLD?

Not yet. .fix is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .fix is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.

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