.let

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

Commerce
applicants
  • ShortDotIn a catalog
on the record since Sep 8, 2026 · updated Sep 8, 2026
AI score
34/ 100
Usable but limited

A niche TLD for letting agents and landlords in UK/Irish/Commonwealth English markets where "to let" is the idiom, plus phrase-hack buyers (let.me, let.us) and developers who like the programming keyword.

assessed by claude-fable-5-1 · Sep 8, 2026
AI score 34 of 100. .com scores 96, .ai scores 84.
who it’s for

letting agents and landlords in UK/Irish/Commonwealth English markets where "to let" is the idiom, plus phrase-hack buyers (let.me, let.us) and developers who like the programming keyword

CommercetechCultureOther
applicants
1 on file
ShortDotIn a catalog

One of the 80 strings ShortDot published for the ICANN 2026 round. ShortDot states it has submitted 40 applications, but publishes the 80 strings without revealing which 40 are applications and which 40 are designated replacements. The submission claim is therefore applicant-level, not string-level: nothing in the source says ShortDot applied for THIS string. Catalogued, not announced.

closest 2012 bets
3 of 1,408

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.

.rentstrong parallel
delegated 2015 · live10,378 domains · May 2026

The same bet: a bare one-syllable transaction word for the rental side of property, whose value comes entirely from completing a phrase (to-let / for-rent) for landlords, letting agents and listing portals rather than from a brand or community owning it.

2 applicants contested it · scored 55* in 2012 · run by DERRent, LLC

.leasestrong parallel
delegated 2014 · live1,975 domains · May 2026

Also an unowned verb-noun naming the act of renting property, sold to the same agent/landlord/commercial-property registrant, and dependent on the same thing being true — that a transaction verb can carry a listings business's primary identity.

uncontested · scored 45* in 2012 · run by Victor Trail, LLC

.rentalsmoderate
delegated 2014 · live13,290 domains · May 2026

Same category and same buyer pool, but the plural is an inventory-and-portal word aimed at operators with stock to show, a heavier, more descriptive bet than the terse transaction verb .let is making.

uncontested · scored 45* in 2012 · run by Big Hollow,LLC

* A separate 2012-only read, time-locked to what was public that year. Different scale from this page’s score, so the two are not comparable.

history
  1. ShortDot · first recordedSep 8, 2026
    ShortDot (Ireland) Limited
news & sources
CatalogShortDot's 80 strings for the ICANN 2026 round
Sep 8, 2026
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
about ShortDot
NewsShortDot applies for 40 top level domains
Sep 8, 2026
The company just disclosed its 40 applications and 40 replacement strings.
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