.notes
Is .notes a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .notes in its own right, as of 7 October 2026. GoDaddy Registry named .notes as the replacement string of its .chef application.
A friendly everyday word that suits note apps, newsletters and journals, but mostly as a side address, not a brand.
note-taking and productivity apps, newsletter and journal writers, podcasters and creators wanting a phrase-style address (show.notes, release.notes), plus personal "my notes" sites
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 plural generic English noun for a user-created written artifact, where the primary identity goes to the software and knowledge-work tools that produce that artifact rather than to any one industry.
Same bet shape — a format word for collaboratively written content that documentation and knowledge-base products would brand on — but it names one specific software convention rather than an everyday object anyone already produces.
Also a plain-noun content-format string whose registrants are writers and the platforms serving them, but it bets on an established publishing category with a far larger existing user base than a note-taking artifact word.
What a .notes domain is
.notes is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under AI & tech. Nobody has applied for .notes in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .notes domain extension real yet?
.notes 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 .notes domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .notes name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .notes was .docs, delegated on 18 December 2014.
Is .notes a real TLD?
Not yet. .notes is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .notes as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- GoDaddy Registry · first recordedICANN
“NA2631T-T95860 · Registry Services, LLC · replacement string of .chef”ICANN
“LFGL2683T-T82030 · Link Freedom Group Ltd · primary NA2631T-T80151 · Registry Services, LLC · replacement string of .all · Deactivated”ICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49, usable but limited. The string is a plain English dictionary word with broad recognition and a natural fit for a visible niche: note-taking and productivity software, writers' newsletters and journals, and phrase-style registrations such as show.notes, release.notes, field.notes or liner.notes. The verified-facts block records a single application on the record from GoDaddy Registry (Registry Services, LLC), listed as a replacement string with .chef as the primary application's string; stated neutrally, this is read only as a sign the string is backed by an established registry operator, which modestly helps adoption likelihood. It is not in the 50-69 band because, by analogy (flagged as analogy), comparable descriptive-word generics such as .page, .wiki, .blog or .link settled into volume-and-price registrations with thin aftermarkets and few serious projects choosing them as primary identity without explaining the choice; a note app is far more likely to ship on .app or .com and treat a .notes address as a redirect or side project. It is not in the 10-29 band because the word is not a joke or an event word: it carries steady everyday meaning, supports a real category of software and content, and yields readable dot-hack phrases that should generate sustained if modest demand over the next five years, as similar phrase-friendly generics have (analogy). Main market uncertainty: whether any note-taking or writing platform of real scale adopts .notes for user sub-addresses or as its own primary domain, which would lift the string from a side address to a recognised namespace within its category. Registration volumes, pricing and launch timing are unknown.