.logic
Is .logic a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.logic is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 8 October 2026. It is Starlight (Namecheap). XYZ named .logic as a backup string for its .resort application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. GoDaddy Registry named .logic as a backup string for its .stack application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
A clean, tech-flavored word with real branding appeal, but few projects would pick it as their main address without explaining why.
tech and AI startups wanting a reasoning-themed identity, plus companies with names ending in "-logic" seeking a domain hack, and puzzle/education projects
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .stack application, shown as deactivated: another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup
Named on the ICANN gTLD application list, 7 October 2026 as a replacement (backup) string of the applicant's .resort 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: an abstract, faintly technical English noun with no defined registrant pool, sold on connotation (rigor, systems, intelligence) as a brandable element rather than as a place a category of business obviously belongs.
Same bet in a softer register: an aspirational abstract noun companies bolt onto their identity for positioning, monetized off brand appeal rather than any community or vertical that would migrate to it.
Also a standalone abstract noun with no natural constituency whose value rests entirely on reading well inside a coined brand, though it skews aspirational-consumer where .logic skews technical-professional.
What a .logic domain is
.logic is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under AI & tech. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list.
Is the .logic domain extension real yet?
.logic 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 .logic domain?
You can’t yet. A .logic name can only be registered once the string is delegated (added to the DNS root) and its registry opens.
Is .logic a real TLD?
Not yet. .logic is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .logic is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Starlight (Namecheap) · noteDomain Name Wire
- XYZ · first recordedICANN
- GoDaddy Registry · first recordedICANN
- Starlight (Namecheap) · first recordedICANN
“HEI2661T-T50116 · Hadar Exploration, Inc · primary NA2631T-T25347 · Registry Services, LLC · replacement string of .stack · Deactivated XL2625T-T79776 · XYZ.COM LLC · replacement string of .resort · Deactivated”ICANN
“For us, moving into the registry side is a natural extension of what we have been building.”Domain Name Wire
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited), at its upper edge. It is not in the 50-69 band because there is no evidenced sustained demand for .logic as a primary identity — by analogy, abstract-noun gTLDs like .digital, .systems, and .solutions registered at volume on price with weak brand signal and thin aftermarkets, and .logic is structurally that class of string. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word carries genuine resonance for the AI/reasoning era, supports a real dot-word hack for the many tech companies whose names end in "-logic" (analogy: .ly-style hacks, which drove niche demand but rarely primary identities), and the applicant is a registry venture established by a major registrar, which by analogy to registrar-backed launches plausibly improves retail distribution and adoption. Main market uncertainty: whether AI-era branding shifts enough toward reasoning-themed namespaces over the next 5 years to make .logic a startup identity choice rather than a defensive or hack registration, given .ai and .com remain the gravitational defaults.