Select a category below to get information about price, terms and restrictions, registration details, privacy protection, and more for .channel domains.
Registration instructions
Important: During the Limited Registration Period (LRP), .channel domains require an allocation token to register. You can get an allocation token from one of the .channel partners.
If you meet the usage requirements, follow the steps below to register a .channel domain:
- Search for an available .channel domain.
- Click Add to cart
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- To review your cart, click View cart
. To remove a domain, next to a name click Delete
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- Click Enter info and enter the allocation token required to register a .channel domain.
- Google Domains defaults to opt you in to Auto-renew. If you don’t want to auto-renew, you can opt out. Learn more about renewal options.
- At the bottom of your cart, click Checkout.
- Enter or edit the domain Contact information.
- Select your payment method.
- Click Buy. It can take a few minutes to process your registration.
Price
| Type | Price | Learn more |
| Yearly registration | $12 USD | Buy a domain |
| Fee to restore an expired or deleted domain | $80 USD | Restore a domain |
Terms & restrictions
| Terms & restrictions | Details | Learn more |
| Registrar of record | Google Domains | Understand your registrar of record |
| Registry | Google Registry | About registries |
| ccTLD | No | Country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) are generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory. |
| Restrictions | Yes |
.channel is exclusively for content creators and publishers to monetize their content. All .channel domains must present the user with a website where the creator can monetize their content or audience. No other use cases are allowed. Learn about the .channel Domain Registration Policy. |
Registration
| Registration information | Details | Learn more |
| Maximum registration period | 10 years | This is the maximum number of years that you can manually add to your domain registration. |
| Transfer purchase requirement | One year | Learn about domain transfers to Google Domains. |
| Transfer authorization required | No | This indicates if authorization is required from the current registrant to complete a transfer. If so, the current registrant will receive a verification email. |
| Auto-renew timing versus Expiration date | Zero days | If you have auto-renew turned on, this is the number of days before or after your registration expires that Google Domains attempts to process an auto-renew payment. |
| Auto-renew grace period | 15 days | If you have auto-renew enabled, this is the number of days after your registration expires until your service is disrupted. To avoid this, keep your payment method updated. |
| Expiration disruption period | Zero days | If you don't have auto-renew enabled and your registration expires, you have a certain number of days before your service is disrupted. |
| Renewal grace period | 30 days |
When your domain expires, you have a certain number of days to renew the domain for another year. For more details about price, go to the price section. |
| Restoration grace period | 30 days |
After the renewal grace period, you have a certain number of days to restore the domain for another year. After that time, it becomes available to the public for registration. For more details about price, go to the price section. |
| Availability wait period | 35 days | When a domain is deleted, you must wait a certain number of days before the domain is available to the public for registration. |
Privacy information
| Privacy information | Details | Learn more |
| Privacy protection allowed | Yes | About privacy protection |
| Privacy protection provider | Contact Privacy | Privacy Policy |
Domain name system (DNS) information
| DNS information | Details | Learn more |
| Domain name supports non-ascii characters (for example, À, É, Î, or グ) | Yes | IANA Repository of IDN Practices |
| Number of characters in a domain name | 1-63 | The domain name characters can be letters, numbers, or a combination of both. The character length applies only to the domain name, and doesn’t include the domain ending, such as .com or .net. |
| Number of name servers | 2-12 | Manage domain name servers |
| Supports Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) | Yes | Setting up DNSSEC |