.saas
Is .saas a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.saas is not contested. One application for it is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list, as of 7 October 2026. It is TLD King Inc..
A niche address for software startups that most will use for side pages, not as their main name.
software-as-a-service startups, B2B tooling vendors, SaaS directories and marketplaces, and agencies or investors building SaaS-focused sites
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: own the industry's own name for a software-delivery model, sold to the vendors who deliver that way, so its value rises or falls with whether companies treat the delivery model as their primary identity rather than their product name.
A generic category noun aimed at exactly the same buyer — a company whose product IS software — betting that sector-level self-description is a credible place to put a primary identity.
The same shape of bet one sector over: an insider abbreviation for a business model that firms describe themselves by, which works only if the shorthand is understood outside the trade as well as inside it.
What a .saas domain is
.saas 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 .saas domain extension real yet?
.saas 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 .saas domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .saas name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .saas was .cloud, delegated on 26 June 2015.
Is .saas a real TLD?
Not yet. .saas is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because .saas is on ICANN’s Reveal Day list of applied-for strings. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- TLD King Inc. · first recordedICANN
- Band chosen: 30-49 (usable but limited). The string names a business model, not a product or place, and software companies brand around the product name; by analogy with .software and .cloud (flagged as analogy), category-descriptor TLDs in this space tend to draw registrations from startups, directories and defensive holders, but primary-identity use is uncommon because .io, .ai, .app and .dev already serve as the de-facto homes for software startups and carry stronger credibility. It is not in the 50-69 band because there is no sign that serious projects would choose a .saas primary without explaining it, and the aftermarket would be thin. It is not in the 10-29 band because the buyer group is large, active and well-funded, the term is in everyday use in that group, and hubs, marketplaces, tooling pages and campaign sites plausibly sustain price-driven volume over the next 5 years. The record shows one standard application from TLD King Inc., with one related string (.try) deactivated; registry pricing and launch policy are unknown. Main market uncertainty: whether any meaningful share of SaaS founders adopt .saas as their primary address rather than .io/.ai/.app, and whether the term stays current or feels dated as software distribution models shift.