.codes Domain
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What is a .codes domain?
The .codes domain works for software developers, coding bootcamps, and open-source project directories. It also appeals to businesses dealing in promotional codes, discount codes, or QR codes. That dual meaning gives it reach across tech and marketing, though developers remain the primary audience.
Who should register .codes?
Software developers, coding bootcamps, open-source directories, and promotional code platforms.
Why choose .codes?
- Dual meaning: programming and promotions
- Strong developer community appeal
- Works for bootcamps and tutorials
- Five letters with clear intent
Who runs .codes, and since when
Registry data from the .codes 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
- Binky Moon, LLC
- The organisation that runs the extension
- In the root zone since
- 2013
- Delegated 19 December 2013
- Who can register
- Open to anyone worldwide, with no developer or business verification
- Checked against the registry's own policy
- Our price
- £58.99 a year
- Ex VAT. Renews at the same price
The plural in .codes is the whole decision
It is .codes, not .code, and that plural is the first thing to test. Whatever sits in front of it has to work as an owner or as a category: jenny.codes reads as the codes belonging to Jenny, and studio.codes reads as a set of them. Singular extensions like .dev and .io sit behind a brand without touching its grammar. This one rewrites the sentence, so try the name out loud before you get attached to it.
Two audiences read the word differently and both are real. Developers see programming. Marketing people see discount codes, voucher codes, referral codes and QR codes, and the plural suits that reading better than it suits the first. There is a third, quieter fit in anything that publishes codes in the regulatory sense: building regulations, tax codes, dialling codes, standards references.
The extension is one of the earliest of the new generic round, recorded by IANA on 19 December 2013 under an applicant company called Puff Willow, LLC before the portfolio moved to Binky Moon, LLC in 2018. Identity Digital operates it now on ICANN's standard base agreement. Nothing is verified and there is nothing to prove.
Price is the honest problem. A .codes costs £58.99 a year here against £17.99 for a .dev, so more than three times over, and .dev is the extension developers already recognise. It is also on the HSTS preload list, which means browsers force HTTPS on every .dev address without you configuring anything. If you are naming a developer brand, look at .dev first. If you are building a voucher or code directory, the calculation reverses: the plural is exactly right and there is no obvious rival.
Is .codes the right choice for you?
We would rather sell you the right extension once than the wrong one twice.
.codes works well if
- You are building a voucher, discount or referral code site, where the plural in the extension is the product itself.
- Your name works as a possessor. Something like "jenny.codes" reads as a sentence, which is a stronger portfolio address than jennycodes.com.
- You publish reference material about codes in the regulatory sense: building, tax, dialling or standards documents.
- You want a technical reader to parse the address instantly, without a strapline underneath explaining what you do.
Look elsewhere if
- You are naming a developer product or agency. A .dev costs under a third of this, is better recognised and forces HTTPS in every browser.
- Your name does not read as a possessor. "acmelimited.codes" is grammar nobody repeats correctly over the phone.
- You sell locally in the UK. This is a generic extension with no country signal, and at £58.99 a year it is an expensive way to have none.
Naming a developer brand rather than a code directory? A .dev is cheaper, better known and forces HTTPS. See .dev pricing.
.codes vs .dev: which should you register?
These two get shortlisted together and they are not really competing for the same job. A .dev is a developer's address: it sits behind a name, it costs £17.99 a year, and Google's registry has it on the HSTS preload list so browsers refuse to load it over plain HTTP. That last part is a working security feature rather than a marketing line.
A .codes is a directory address. The plural wants a collection behind it, which is why voucher sites, code libraries and reference publishers get more from it than a personal portfolio does. It also costs £58.99 a year, and that gap compounds: over ten years you are comparing roughly £180 with roughly £590.
If both work grammatically, take the .dev and keep the difference. Come back to .codes when the plural is carrying meaning the singular cannot.
| .codes | .dev | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual price here | £58.99 | £17.99 |
| Grammar | Plural, needs a possessor | Singular, sits behind any name |
| HTTPS | Ordinary certificate needed | Forced by browsers via HSTS preload |
| Best use | Code and voucher directories | Developer brands and projects |
| Recognition with developers | Modest | High |
.codes domain questions, answered
What people ask us before registering a .codes domain.
Can't find what you're looking for?
Ask us directlyBoth, and the discount reading is the stronger of the two commercially. Nothing in the registry agreement points it either way, so the market decided, and the plural favours anything that publishes a collection: voucher codes, referral codes, QR code targets, or a library of code samples. Developers naming a personal brand tend to land on .dev or .io instead, because those read as singular and sit behind a name without altering it.
The registries priced their extensions very differently, and the wholesale price is what drives the retail one. Nothing technical sits behind the gap: the DNS, the DNSSEC support and the mail routing are identical. What the extra £41 a year buys you is the plural, so the question worth asking is whether the plural earns it for your particular name. For a voucher directory it might. For a personal portfolio it rarely does.
No. A keyword to the right of the dot is not a ranking factor, and it never became one after the new generic extensions launched. Discount code searches are won on how fresh and accurate the codes are, on your structured data, and on people coming back because the codes worked last time. A .codes address describes the site honestly, which helps your click-through rate once you rank. It does not do the ranking.
It is likely on the registry's premium list. Identity Digital's reserved names policy states that its registries may reserve names from registration, premium names included, and may change that list over time. A premium name carries its own registration and renewal price, so the higher figure repeats every year rather than being a one-off. If the price quoted back is not the price on this page, that is why, and it will not fall at renewal.
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