.long
Is .long a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .long in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. Juming named .long as a backup string for its .zen application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup. Link Freedom Group named .long as a backup string for its .view application. ICANN deactivated it, because another applicant applied for the same string or named it as a backup.
Nobody has applied for .long in its own right.
Will names sell?
A crypto-slang novelty domain for traders 'going long'; fun for memes and campaigns, but few serious projects would build on it.
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. .long’s closest 2012 strings hold .fast 2K, .hot 1K and .cool 23K.
The nearest 2012 strings, and how many names each holds today
The closest 2012 string, .fast, held 2,447 names, June 2026. .hot held 1,185; .cool held 23,197. Chosen by AI from every string in the 2012 round, without being told what happened to any of them.
Same bet: a bare descriptive English adjective with no category behind it, sold as an open registry where the value comes from completing a phrase to the left of the dot rather than from any industry that would put its primary identity on the string.
Also a short, meaning-flexible adjective launched as a speculative expressive namespace, though it carries more marketing heat and consumer-media pull than a neutral dimensional word like the target.
Another one-syllable adjective with no defined registrant class, betting that generic-word availability and wordplay will carry volume, but leaning on an attitude claim the target does not make.
crypto traders, degen/meme projects, and trading-adjacent brands who want a wink at 'going long'; secondarily wordplay buyers (anything.long) and possibly longevity-themed projects outside the applicant's stated crypto positioning
What a .long domain is
.long is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, in our Crypto category. Nobody has applied for .long in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .long domain extension real yet?
.long 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 .long domain?
You can’t yet. A .long 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 .long was .fast, delegated on 5 December 2015.
Is .long a real TLD?
Not yet. .long is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .long as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Juming · first recordedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now deactivated backupICANN
- Link Freedom Group · now abandonedICANN
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“LFGL2683T-T68958 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · replacement string of .view · Deactivated TL2645T-T30242 · TechEdge Limited · replacement string of .zen · Deactivated”ICANN
“.long · Crypto & Web3 · “Built for the distance.””Link Freedom Group
- Band chosen: vanity/joke/narrow (10-29). The string is a common English word whose primary hook, per the applicant's own categorization (Crypto & Web3, tagline 'Built for the distance.'), is trading slang for a bullish position. That gives it genuine meme resonance inside crypto culture and a plausible burst of speculative and campaign registrations around bull cycles, but it reads as a punchline rather than an identity: an exchange, protocol, or fund is unlikely to make something.long its primary address when established crypto-adjacent namespaces already serve that role. By analogy (flagged as analogy), slang and joke-adjacent word TLDs have tended to see cyclical, event-driven registration spikes with weak renewal persistence and thin aftermarkets, and crypto-themed TLDs specifically have tended to track token-market sentiment rather than build durable primary-identity use. It is not in the 30-49 band because there is no evident volume or price-driven registration base beyond the meme angle, and the brand signal it sends to a serious buyer is jokey rather than credible. It is not in the 1-9 band because 'long' is a real, universally understood word with a live cultural hook in a large, spend-happy community, plus secondary wordplay value (phrases ending in 'long', and a possible longevity-sector reading), so a realistic if shallow market exists over the next 5 years. Main market uncertainty: whether crypto trading culture actually adopts a TLD as its meme surface at all, versus keeping that energy on social handles and token tickers; adoption behavior there is unproven for this string. Applicant facts noted neutrally: Link Freedom Group filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round, the largest applicant of the round, and published its list ahead of Reveal Day (press-corroborated by Domain Name Wire, 2026-08-13); a large-portfolio applicant suggests broad namespace speculation rather than a dedicated single-string marketing push, which tempers expected adoption investment. All volume, renewal, and pricing figures for this and analogous TLDs are unknown to me here.