.biz Domain Names
.biz domain names, business by definition
Launched in 2001 in ICANN's first expansion of the root — an ending created explicitly for business use, two decades before the 2012 generation made new endings ordinary. Register from $7.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
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Why .biz?
.biz belongs to the internet's first expansion era: introduced in 2001 alongside .info, when the root gained its first new generic endings since 1985, and intended from the start for bona fide commercial use. A quarter-century on it is a known quantity — an established ending with deep history, broad recognition among older internet users, and availability the classic endings lost long ago.
Candour, as ever: .biz never displaced .com as the commercial default, and its abbreviation reads more dated than the 2012 generation's plain words to some audiences. Where it earns its place is as an established, unambiguous business address at an ending with decades of standing — often for firms whose natural name is taken under .com and who prefer a veteran ending to a fashionable one. House rules apply: your details on the record, privacy included, renewal beside registration before you pay.
Good Fit
.biz works best for
- Small firms whose name is long gone under .com
- Businesses that prefer an established ending to a novel one
- Defensive registrations completing a brand's classic set
- Trading names and side ventures of an existing company
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A quarter-century of standing
Old enough to be neutral with mail filters and familiar to every generation of internet user — advantages young endings spend a decade earning.
Commercial by charter
Created for business use in ICANN's first expansion — an ending whose meaning has never needed explaining.
The estate's standard terms
WHOIS privacy included, auth-code transfers released on request, and the renewal shown before any money moves.
Common Questions
Questions about .biz
Is .biz still a sensible registration?
As a primary brand address it faces the same recall economics as every non-.com ending, plus a slightly dated read among younger audiences. As an available, established name for a firm that wants a veteran ending — or as the defensive sibling completing a set — it remains a perfectly sound registration at a routine rate.
Does .biz have restrictions on what I can use it for?
It was chartered for bona fide business and commercial use, and that intent survives in its registry policies, though enforcement in practice has been light for ordinary registrants. Using it for what it was built for — a commercial presence — you will never meet the question.
How does .biz behave for transfers and renewals?
As a fully standard gTLD: auth-code transfers under ICANN policy with the familiar sixty-day locks after registration or a prior move, term extended as part of most transfers, and the usual grace-then-redemption sequence after any lapse — each stage costlier than renewing on time, which auto-renew makes academic.
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