.make
Is .make a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.make is not contested. One applicant has said publicly that it applied to run it, and nobody else has, as of 15 August 2026. It is Link Freedom Group.
A catchy verb for makers and creators, but verb domains rarely anchor a serious project's main address; expect niche, campaign-style use.
maker-movement brands, DIY and craft communities, no-code and creator-tools startups, and marketers wanting a verb-forward campaign domain (something.make or make-prefixed brand hacks)
In LFG's published list of 300+ strings submitted before the ICANN window closed on 2026-08-12. Their catalog tagline: “Turn ideas into reality.”
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 exactly: a plain English creation verb sold as an open generic TLD where anyone who produces something fronts their identity on the act of producing it.
Different word type (initialism rather than verb) but the identical buyer thesis — the maker/hobbyist-creator population adopting a namespace that says what they do rather than who they are.
Same registry play of a one-syllable everyday verb-noun monetized as a broad open string whose value rests on ubiquity of the word, though it recruits professional-labor identity rather than creator identity.
What a .make domain is
.make is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Culture. One applicant has said publicly that it applied for .make.
Is the .make domain extension real yet?
.make 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 .make domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .make name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .make was .build, delegated on .
Is .make a real TLD?
Not yet. .make is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because an applicant said publicly that it applied for .make in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round. Every claim on this page links to its source.
- Link Freedom Group · first recordedLink Freedom Group
“.make · Lifestyle · “Turn ideas into reality.””Link Freedom Group
“LFG voluntarily published its full list of submissions ahead of ICANN’s official Reveal Day.”PR Newswire (Link Freedom Group)
“Top level domain registry Link Freedom Group (LFG) has disclosed more than 300 strings submitted as part of the ICANN new top level domain name program.”Domain Name Wire (Andrew Allemann)
- Band chosen: usable but limited (30-49), at 40. The string is a short, positive, universally understood English verb aligned with maker culture and the creator economy, which is a genuinely broad audience; the applicant's own catalog positions it as Lifestyle with the tagline 'Turn ideas into reality.'. By analogy (flagged as analogy), comparable verb and builder-adjacent strings such as .build, .works, and .design have mostly settled into niche or price-driven registration patterns rather than primary-identity defaults, and verb TLDs read awkwardly to the right of the dot for most brand names, which suppresses end-use utility. It is not in the band above (strong niche, 50-69) because there is no known sustained demand signal for this specific string and no clear community that treats a verb TLD as its default identity without explanation; adoption over the next 5 years would likely be campaign microsites, redirects, and defensive or speculative registrations rather than primary identities. It is not in the band below (10-29) because the maker/creator segment is real and durable, the word is brandable and versatile across crafts, hardware, software, and content creation, and a modest aftermarket for one-word left-side matches (we.make, things.make) is plausible. Applicant context, stated neutrally: the string was announced by Link Freedom Group, which filed more than 300 strings in the ICANN 2026 round and published its full list ahead of Reveal Day; a large-portfolio applicant suggests a volume registry model, which typically means broad availability and price-led adoption rather than curated category-building. Main market uncertainty: whether the maker/no-code creator segment will treat any verb TLD as a credible primary identity at all, or whether that demand stays permanently on .com and category nouns like .studio.