The .pay top-level domain has 1,057 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · operated by Amazon Registry Services, Inc. on the Nominet backend · general availability began 2027-02-02.

.pay

New GenericLimited Reg
Registry
Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
Technical Operator
Nominet
Delegated
2016-08-10
General availability
2027-02-02
Domains live today
1,057
Registered domains (official)
882
as of 2026-06· -175 vs live

Domain growth · last 126 days

2026-06-19 → 2026-10-27

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
7-day avg
+1/ day
30-day avg
+1/ day
Momentum
▼decelerating
-0/day vs 30-day

Daily net change (adds minus drops), smoothed into 7- and 30-day moving averages. When the 7-day line crosses above the 30-day, growth is accelerating; below, it's slowing. Zero line separates growth from contraction.

Apex label profile

Not yet computed for .pay. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· Start Date Sunrise
    Apr 13, 2026 → Jul 20, 2026
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Feb 01, 2027 → May 02, 2027
    upcoming
  3. Limited Registration· Limited Registration Period 1 (''LRP1'')
    Jul 20, 2026 → Feb 01, 2027
    in progress
  4. General Availability(estimated)
    Feb 02, 2027 → onwards
    upcoming
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