.dev Domain Names
.dev domain names, for people who ship
An ending that enforces its own security floor: .dev sits on the HSTS preload list, so browsers refuse to load it over plain HTTP. Your certificate is not furniture here — it is the door. Register from $15.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
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Why .dev?
.dev arrived from the 2012 new-gTLD round and opened to the public in 2019, aimed squarely at the people who build the web: developers, tools, documentation, portfolios and open-source projects. It reads as fluent shorthand to that audience, and it ships with a property no classic ending offers — the entire zone is HSTS-preloaded, meaning every mainstream browser refuses plain HTTP on any .dev address before a single byte loads.
That HTTPS-only floor is a genuine feature, not marketing: no visitor can ever be downgraded to an insecure connection on your name, and no forgotten redirect can leak a session. It also means a .dev must have a valid certificate from its first minute — with free SSL on every plan here, a solved problem. We register .dev names in your details, WHOIS privacy included, renewal beside registration before you pay.
Good Fit
.dev works best for
- Developer portfolios and personal sites
- Documentation, SDKs and API references
- Open-source projects and engineering blogs
- Tools and products sold to developers
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Security by construction
HSTS preloading means HTTPS is enforced by the ending itself — a guarantee the classic endings cannot make for you.
Certificate ready on day one
Free SSL issues as soon as the name resolves here, satisfying the HTTPS-only requirement before you have written a line of the site.
Registered like every name here
Your details on the record, privacy included at no charge, and the renewal in view before any money moves.
Common Questions
Questions about .dev
What does HSTS preloading actually mean for my .dev?
Browsers ship with .dev on a built-in HTTPS-only list, so any attempt to load a .dev address over plain HTTP is refused before the request leaves the machine. Practically: you need a valid certificate from the first minute the site serves, and your visitors get transport security that cannot be downgraded — by you, by accident, or by an attacker.
Will an internal or staging site on .dev work without a certificate?
No — the HTTPS-only rule has no exceptions for internal use, which famously surprised teams who had used dev as a fake local suffix before the ending went live. Give every .dev host a real certificate, including staging; with automated free SSL that is a checkbox, not a project.
Is .dev only for individual developers?
Not at all — companies use it for documentation, product sub-brands, engineering blogs and API endpoints alongside a .com main site. It behaves as a standard gTLD in every other respect: open registration, auth-code transfers, the usual sixty-day locks after registration or a move.
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