.jin
Is .jin a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .jin in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. XYZ named .jin as the replacement string of its .journey application.
A short string that reads as 'gold' or a surname in Chinese; demand would be regional and price-driven, with little brand pull.
people and businesses carrying the surname Jin or using 'jin' (gold, 金) in Chinese and Korean contexts, plus short-string collectors and a thin vanity tail (gin, gaming handles)
No applications recorded for this TLD yet.
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 romanized CJK syllable in ASCII that reads as both a common surname and a everyday word, sold as an open namespace to anyone who recognizes the sound rather than the spelling.
Same bet: a bare pinyin monosyllable launched as a general-purpose registry, wagering that a Chinese meaning survives transliteration into Latin characters well enough for strangers to put their primary identity on it.
Same bet in the surname direction — a three-letter string that is a family name shared by millions, run as a personal-identity namespace where the registry sells belonging to a name rather than a category.
What a .jin domain is
.jin is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. Nobody has applied for .jin in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .jin domain extension real yet?
.jin 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 .jin domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .jin name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .jin was .wang, delegated on 3 January 2014.
Is .jin a real TLD?
Not yet. .jin is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .jin as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- XYZ · first recordedICANN
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow), at its upper edge. The string's strength is semantic: 'jin' is the pinyin for gold (金), a common surname in China and Korea, and a historically resonant word, and three-letter strings carry some collector appeal. Its weakness is that the meaning is ambiguous across markets (gold, surname, dynasty, a homophone for gin in English) and the natural buyer base is regional. Not the band above (30-49) because, by analogy, pinyin-meaning strings have produced volume mainly when sold on price through Chinese registrar channels with local licensing in place; whether .jin would get that distribution is unknown, and without it the registrations are a trickle of surname and vanity names with a thin aftermarket. Not the band below (1-9) because a real, identifiable buyer group exists (Jin-surnamed individuals, gold- and finance-flavoured businesses in Chinese-language markets, short-string collectors), so some sustained demand is likely rather than none. Applicant fact, stated neutrally from the record: XYZ.COM LLC applied for .jin as a replacement string for its primary application .journey, as a standard (not brand, community or geographic) application; the record shows no contention and no category tag. By analogy with other pinyin or East-Asian-meaning gTLDs (flagged as analogy), adoption tends to be price-led and concentrated in one region, with weak primary-identity use outside it. Main market uncertainty: whether Chinese-market distribution and licensing for the string materialise, which would decide between a narrow surname/vanity namespace and a price-driven volume TLD.