.band Domain
Your Band Deserves Its Own Stage
Register your .band domain from just £28.99/yr. Free DNS management, email forwarding, and 10GB mailbox included with every domain.
What is a .band domain?
The .band domain gives musical groups a dedicated online presence that fans can find instantly. It replaces awkward social media handles with a clean, professional web address built for musicians.
Who should register .band?
Music bands, solo artists, tribute acts, and musical ensembles.
Why choose .band?
- Purpose-built for musicians
- Easy for fans to remember
- Professional band branding
- Keeps your name available
Who runs .band, and since when
Registry data from the .band delegation record held by IANA, which maintains the internet's root zone. Eligibility comes from the registry's own policy, and the prices are ours.
- Extension type
- Generic (gTLD)
- Registry operator
- Dog Beach, LLC
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 2014
- Delegated 1 October 2014
- Who can register
- Open to anyone; you do not have to be in a band
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £28.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
The .band domain and the band-name collision problem
Band names collide more than almost any other category of name. Two acts pick the same word in different countries, both press records, and nobody finds out until a promoter books the wrong one. The domain version of that argument was settled years ago on .com: whoever registered first kept it, and everyone since has been padding a name they already own with the, official, music or band.
That padding is the problem a .band domain solves. The extension hands the plain name back, and it carries the very word you were adding anyway. Read out loud it survives the pub test, which is more than most keyword extensions manage.
What it does not solve is the trademark question underneath. Registering a name gives you no right to it, and if another act holds the mark, the dispute process applies to .band exactly as it does to .com. Check before you commit to a poster run.
The second thing to weigh is time. Bands split, rename and go quiet, and a domain is an annual bill for as long as somebody keeps paying it. If the plan is a mailing list you still control in ten years, that is a reason to buy and to keep buying. If the plan is somewhere to point people between two EPs, a social profile costs nothing and disappoints nobody.
Dog Beach, LLC runs .band as part of Identity Digital. Registration is open, and no one checks whether you can play.
Is .band the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.band works well if
- Your band name is taken on .com by an act in another country, and you want the plain word back.
- You are building a mailing list you own outright, rather than renting an audience from a platform that can change its mind.
- You sell merchandise or tickets direct and need an address that fits on a poster and a t-shirt.
- The name reads as a phrase across the dot, so the extension finishes the sentence rather than trailing after it.
Look elsewhere if
- You are a solo artist, a producer or a DJ. The word misdescribes you and listeners will assume a group.
- The act may not exist in three years. This is an annual bill, and letting it lapse hands the name to whoever wants it next.
- Most of your audience finds you inside streaming and social apps, where the domain is never typed and rarely seen.
Playing mostly UK venues and selling to British fans? A .co.uk costs about a third as much and carries a local signal .band cannot. See .co.uk pricing.
.band vs .co.uk: which should you register?
A British band choosing between these is choosing between description and geography. .band says what you are to anyone who reads it. .co.uk says where you are to Google, which is what actually moves you up a search for gigs near somebody.
Take the .co.uk if the bookings, the merchandise and the mailing list are all British and the annual cost matters. Take the .band if the name is the problem, meaning the .co.uk version has gone or is so padded that nobody will remember it.
Plenty of acts hold both and point one at the other. At these prices that is not an extravagant answer.
| .band | .co.uk | |
|---|---|---|
| What it signals | What you are | Where you are |
| Geographic weight | None | United Kingdom |
| Annual cost | Around three times a .co.uk | Low |
| Plain name available | Often | Rarely |
| Transfer | Auth code, a few days | IPS tag, near instant |
.band domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .band domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyNothing stops you, but the word works against you. A listener reading yourname.band expects a group, and a promoter skimming a lineup may file you as one. Solo performers, producers and DJs usually get more from their own name on a .com or .co.uk, or from an extension that describes the work rather than the format. Tribute acts and ensembles are the better fit here.
No, and this catches people out. A domain registration is a rental of an address, not a claim on a name. If another act holds a registered trademark, they can pursue the domain through the dispute process whatever the registration date says. Search the trademark register before you print anything, and if the name matters commercially, register the mark rather than relying on the domain.
It expires, then goes through a grace period where you can renew at the normal price, then a redemption period where recovery costs far more, and then it drops for anybody to register. Sites and email stop working long before the name is released. If the band is on hiatus rather than finished, renewing is much cheaper than buying it back.
They do different jobs, and the domain is the one you own. A platform page is free and quick, and it belongs to the platform: the terms, the design and the future of that URL are somebody else's decision. A domain is an address you keep and can repoint anywhere, including at that same platform page. Most acts run both.
Included with Your .band Domain
DNS Management
Full DNS zone editor to manage A, CNAME, MX, TXT, and all record types.
Email Forwarding
Set up professional email addresses and forward to any inbox.
Auto-Renewal
Never lose your domain with automatic renewal protection.
Free 10GB Mailbox
One 10GB mailbox (POP3/IMAP) included with every domain, on any TLD.
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Secure your .band domain from just £28.99/yr. Free DNS management, email forwarding, and 10GB mailbox included.
