.invite
Is .invite a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.invite is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. It is Intercap. Identity Digital named .invite as a backup string for its .clear application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A fun, self-explaining word for event and sign-up pages, but few projects would make it their main address.
event hosts, wedding and party planners, and apps running referral or invite-link programs who want a short, self-explaining address for a single invitation or sign-up page
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .clear application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
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 almost exactly: a short, identity-free English action word covering one social micro-moment, sold as a memorable link for an event rather than as anyone's permanent brand or industry home.
Also a plain English verb bought as a coordination utility — a word people use in a URL to do a thing, not to declare who they are — though it leans toward platform/product usage rather than a consumer occasion.
A generic, cheap, mass-registration consumer word tied to gatherings whose value rests on casual one-off use at volume, the same economics as .invite, but it reads as an occasion noun a nightlife or supplies business could own rather than a pure action word.
What a .invite domain is
.invite is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .invite domain extension real yet?
.invite 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 .invite domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .invite name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .invite was .rsvp, delegated on 30 August 2014.
Is .invite a real TLD?
Not yet. .invite is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .invite is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow). The string reads instantly and pairs well with a name (sara-and-tom.invite, beta.invite), so some genuine use is likely for one-off event pages and referral or waitlist links. But that use is inherently event-driven and short-lived: an invitation page is retired after the event, so renewals and primary-identity use stay thin. By analogy (inference): the closest earlier strings, invitation- and event-flavoured TLDs such as .rsvp, .party and .wedding from the 2012 round, settled into small, low-renewal namespaces with little aftermarket, and .invite has the same shape. Not the band above (30-49) because registrations are unlikely to reach volume except on price promotions and the TLD carries almost no brand credibility for a business's main site; not the band below (1-9) because the word has a clear, real use case and will attract real registrations from hosts and app teams. Applicant facts, stated neutrally from the record: one confirmed standard application (Intercap Registry Inc.), one deactivated application from Identity Digital whose primary string was .clear, and a deactivated .only application naming this string as primary; contention count on the record is 1. Main market uncertainty: whether software products adopt .invite as a durable surface for referral and community invite links (a recurring, renewing use) rather than only consumers buying it for one event; that would push it toward the next band.