.在線
Is .在線 a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
Nobody has applied for .在線 in its own right, as of 8 October 2026. Beijing TLD Registry Technology Limited named .在線 as an IDN variant label of its .在线 application.
Traditional-Chinese "online" address: a script twin of an existing TLD, useful mostly as a bundled extra, rarely a main identity.
chinese-language businesses and publishers in traditional-script markets (taiwan, hong kong, macau, overseas communities) who already hold or want the simplified-script 在线 name, plus registrants seeking a defensive match
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.
It is the same word in simplified script (在线 vs 在線), so it is the identical bet — an open, generic Chinese-language internet-status term that any registrant can put a mass-market site on, aimed at the same Chinese-reading buyer.
онлайн is literally the same generic word 'online' filed for a different script community, making the same wager that a non-Latin-script generic internet term earns primary identity placement from ordinary registrants in that language.
网站 ('website') is the same class of bet — an unowned generic internet-category noun in Chinese script sold open to all comers — differing only in which everyday web word it stakes rather than in who buys it or what must be true for it to work.
What a .在線 domain is
.在線 is not a TLD yet. It is a string on our record of the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round, filed under Places. Nobody has applied for .在線 in its own right. It is named on ICANN’s list as part of an application for another string.
Is the .在線 domain extension real yet?
.在線 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 .在線 domain?
You can’t yet. ICANN publishes every applied-for string on Reveal Day, 7 October 2026 at 18:00 UTC. A .在線 name can only be registered after that, once the string is delegated and its registry opens. Last round's closest parallel to .在線 was .xn--3ds443g, delegated on 2 January 2014.
Is .在線 a real TLD?
Not yet. .在線 is not in the DNS root, so nothing resolves under it. It’s here because ICANN’s list names .在線 as part of an application for another string. Every entry on this page links to its source.
- Band chosen: 10-29 (vanity/narrow). The string is the traditional-script form of "online", applied for as a variant of the simplified-script .在线 (per the verified-facts block, the application is of type variant with primary string .xn--3ds443g), so in market it would function as a script twin of an existing Chinese IDN TLD rather than a new namespace. By analogy (flagged as analogy), Chinese-script generic IDN TLDs from the earlier round have seen registration spikes driven by promotions and defensive registrations but little sustained primary-identity use; businesses in traditional-script markets lean heavily on ASCII strings and their ccTLDs for their main web identity, and the simplified-script form tends to be the more active sibling where IDN use does occur. Variant delegation typically means the two scripts are bundled to the same registrant, which supports consistency and defensive coverage but gives the traditional form little standalone resale or brand strength. Not in the 30-49 band because registrations at genuine volume on this specific script form seem unlikely and the aftermarket for Chinese IDN gTLD names has been thin by analogy; not in the 1-9 band because a real sibling namespace exists with actual registrants, the traditional-script population is large, and bundled variant use gives the string some real, if secondary, utility. Main market uncertainty: whether traditional-script Chinese organisations will adopt any IDN TLD as a primary identity over the next 5 years, or keep IDN names purely as redirects and defensive holdings. Registration counts, prices and renewal rates for the sibling TLD are unknown here and are not asserted.