.公益
Is .公益 a real TLD? Who’s applying to run it?
.公益 already exists: it is in the DNS root today, so an application for the same string in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round cannot go ahead as published.
- Journey To The West
A Chinese word for "charity" as a web address; meaningful label, but China's nonprofits rarely make such domains their main identity.
chinese nonprofits, foundations, and CSR programs of companies operating in China that want a Chinese-script "charity" label for campaigns or giving portals
In Journey To The West's published portfolio of 323 strings submitted in the ICANN 2026 round; a Chinese-script IDN (“charity”, A-label xn--55qw42g). Their catalog line: “Giving back, at scale.”
What a .公益 domain is
.公益 is already a live TLD. It is on our record because somebody filed for the same string in the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round.
Is the .公益 domain extension real yet?
.公益 is already a domain extension: it is in the DNS root today. The ICANN 2026 new gTLD round application recorded on this page is for the same string, and cannot go ahead as published.
When can you buy a .公益 domain?
.公益 is already live. Whether you can register a name in it is up to its registry: some live TLDs are open to anyone, others are one company’s private space. What is not settled is the ICANN 2026 new gTLD round application recorded here, which cannot go ahead as published.
Is .公益 a real TLD?
Yes. .公益 is already in the DNS root, so names in it resolve.
- Journey To The West · now abandonedICANN
- fact corrected
- Journey To The West · first recordedJourney To The West Corporation
“.公益 (charity) · Culture & Civic · “Giving back, at scale.””Journey To The West Corporation
- By analogy, Chinese-script IDN TLDs have generally struggled to become primary identities: Chinese organizations overwhelmingly anchor on ASCII domains or platform presences (WeChat, mini-programs), with IDN registrations skewing defensive or dormant. The charity sector in China is closely supervised and trust-sensitive, which cuts both ways: a semantic 'charity' label is attractive for campaigns, but donors verify legitimacy through government registries and platforms, not domain endings — so the TLD adds little standalone credibility, again reasoning by analogy to civic-themed gTLD outcomes. Aftermarket demand for a non-commercial, restricted-meaning Chinese IDN string is plausibly thin. I place it in the 10-29 band: not 30-49 because even volume/price-driven registration demand looks weak for a nonprofit-themed IDN, and not 1-9 because China's large charity and CSR sector gives a real, if shallow, pool of campaign-style buyers. Main market uncertainty: whether any official charity-sector endorsement or verification scheme emerges that ties recognized Chinese charities to this ending — that could materially raise primary-identity use.