.get
Is .get a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.get is contested: 5 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. They are XServer, Intercap, Identity Digital, ShortDot and Link Freedom Group. .top (Zhongze) named .get as a backup string for its .key application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
Who is applying, and what they run today
Three of the five already run TLDs, 19.36M names between them. Link Freedom Group and XServer run none.
Will names sell?
Catchy for download links and promos, but the backwards word order keeps it from being a serious project's main address.
Last round the AI scored the 2012 strings blind to their fate. Strings it scored 60 or more hold a median 27,168 names today; those under 30, a median of 30. .get’s closest 2012 strings hold .buy 2, .click 873K and .now 27K.
The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today
The closest 2012 string, .buy, held 2 names, June 2026. .click held 873,213; .now held 27,481. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: a one-syllable everyday English action verb sold as a call-to-action namespace where the value sits in the phrase (buy.x / get.x) rather than in any category meaning, so it only works if registrants adopt verb-phrase branding instead of noun-category branding.
Also a generic action verb pitched as an open retail CTA/short-link string whose whole thesis is cheap, memorable imperative phrasing for links and campaigns, not a vertical audience that would put its primary identity on it.
Same class of ultra-short, semantically empty English utility word bet on as a universal marketing/CTA modifier, though it is an adverb completing a phrase rather than a verb heading one, so the phrase-construction burden falls on the second-level differently.
Where they meet elsewhere
Identity Digital and Link Freedom Group face each other in 68 contests this round, .get included.
- Identity Digital × Link Freedom Group
- Identity Digital × Intercap
- Link Freedom Group × Intercap
- Identity Digital × ShortDot
- Link Freedom Group × ShortDot
marketers, app publishers, and growth teams wanting short call-to-action redirect domains for downloads and promos, plus developers drawn to the HTTP-verb pun
What a .get domain is
.get is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Commerce category. 5 applications for it are on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .get domain extension real yet?
.get 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 .get domain?
You can’t yet. A .get 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 .get was .buy, delegated on 5 December 2015.
Is .get a real TLD?
Not yet. .get is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .get is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- .top (Zhongze) · first recordedICANN
- 3 applicants · first recordedICANN
- 2 applicants · now confirmedICANN
- ShortDot · now announced
- ShortDot · first recordedShortDot (Ireland) Limited
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
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A2619T-T76756 · Berth Order, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-96 IRI2679T-T36278 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-96 LFGL2683T-T54628 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-96 LL2624T-T70470 · LeapSense Limited · replacement string of .key · Deactivated NA2626T-T22589 · ShortDot (Ireland) Limited · primary · contention set 2026-96 XI2694T-T41185 · XRegistry Incorporated · primary · contention set 2026-96
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A2619T-T76756 · Berth Order, LLC · primary · contention set 2026-96 IRI2679T-T36278 · Intercap Registry Inc. · primary · contention set 2026-96 LFGL2683T-T54628 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary · contention set 2026-96 NA2626T-T22589 · ShortDot (Ireland) Limited · primary · contention set 2026-96 XI2694T-T41185 · XRegistry Incorporated · primary · contention set 2026-96
“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
“.get · Lifestyle · “Cross it off, move ahead.””Link Freedom Group
- Band: usable but limited (30-49). The string is a short, universally understood English verb, which gives it genuine surface appeal for call-to-action uses: download pages, promo redirects, lead capture. The structural problem is word order: English puts the verb first, so 'shoes.get' reads backwards, and left-of-dot phrases fight the natural reading; by analogy (flagged as analogy), verb-right-of-dot TLDs in prior rounds have tended to settle into redirect and campaign duty rather than primary identities, and generic short-word TLDs sold on price have shown volume without brand signal or a deep aftermarket. There is a secondary developer-culture angle (the HTTP GET verb) that could drive hobby and tooling registrations, but that is analogy-based and historically shallow for similar puns. It is not in the 50-69 band because no category is visible where a .get address would be a defensible primary identity over the next 5 years rather than a pointer to a real site; it is above the 10-29 band because the word is common, unambiguous, and has recurring practical use in marketing funnels, which supports sustained if unglamorous demand. Applicant context: the applicant filed a very large portfolio in the round, which is stated neutrally; a portfolio-scale operator suggests price-driven volume positioning is plausible, consistent with the lower half of this band. Main market uncertainty: whether campaign/redirect demand from marketers is recurring and renewal-backed or one-off and churny, which decides whether this sits near the top or bottom of its band.