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New generic extensionSince 2014

.bid domain registration

The extension of bidding: for an online auction or a site where people put in their price offers, whose name says the last word goes to whoever pays most.

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Score card

.bid in six cells

Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.

Trust
2 out of 5
Easy to remember
4 out of 5
Global reach
2 out of 5
Price stability
2 out of 5
Short names available
4 out of 5
Local meaning
1 out of 5

Overview

What is .bid

bid is a short English word for an offer of a price at an auction or in a tender. It suits auction sites for cars, furniture and antiques, tender pages that take suppliers’ offers, and every market where the price is settled by successive offers, not by a fixed price tag.

.bid entered the internet’s root in 2014, is run by dot Bid Limited, and supports DNSSEC signing, but it doesn’t support names in Arabic letters. With us its price starts with a big first-year offer, then renewal costs several times as much, so don’t let the cheap start fool you.

What to know, plainly: .bid is one of the cheap extensions some mail filters are stricter with, so some of your messages may land in the spam folder, and some visitors may hesitate before clicking. So keep your email on .com or .sy, and .bid for the auction page alone.

Type
New generic extension (new gTLD)
In the root since
13 February 2014
Name’s origin
bid, a price offer
Responsible body
dot Bid Limited
Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
DNSSEC
Supported
Names in Arabic
Not supported

Who it suits

For your field: is .bid the best fit?

Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .bid says in each, and which extension completes it.

  • An auction site

    Good · A good fit

    The word that says auction in a few letters; but keep payment and email on .com.

    Register it with.bid.com

  • A car auction in Syria

    Good · A good fit with .sy

    .bid says auction, and .sy tells the buyer here the market is in their country.

    Register it with.bid.sy

  • Tenders and price offers

    Good · A good fit

    Suppliers send their offers to an address that says what it’s for; .com.sy for a Syrian body.

    Register it with.bid.com.sy

  • A charity auction

    Good · A good fit with .org

    .org says the money is for a cause, and .bid says how it’s raised.

    Register it with.org.bid

  • A fixed-price store

    Consider another · Consider .shop

    Whoever sells at a stated price doesn’t need the word bid; .shop is clearer.

    Register it with.shop.store

  • A company or brand

    Consider another · Consider .com

    Trust is the first thing you need, and .bid is weaker than .com with people and mail filters.

    Register it with.com.company

What it does for you

What you gain when you register it

  • The name says auction

    mazad-mayadin.bid tells the visitor the price here is settled by whoever pays most.

  • A short word

    A few letters that keep the whole name short on the ad and on screen.

  • A start that costs little

    A big first-year offer lets you try your auction before you commit.

  • An address for the auction page

    Point it to the auctions page on your site, so your main site keeps its own extension.

And where its value shows

In auction ads

A link that says bidding before the click.

In social media groups

A link passed around by bargain hunters.

On the auction hall sign

A short name read from afar.

In tender invitations

An address that receives the offers.

Pros and cons

What you should know before you register

Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.

Pros

  • 01A short word that says auction
  • 02A big first-year offer
  • 03Short names are easier to find than in .com
  • 04Supports DNSSEC signing

Cons

  • 01Some mail filters are stricter with it
  • 02Renewal costs several times the first year
  • 03Doesn’t support names in Arabic letters
  • 04Some visitors may hesitate before clicking it

Rules

Registration terms for .bid

What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.

Who may register
Anyone, person or organization, from any country
Documents
None required
Name length
Up to 63 characters
Characters
a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
Names in Arabic
Not supported
Registration term
1 to 10 years
DNSSEC
Supported
Privacy protection
Optional, for a separate fee
Transfer
60 days after registration or the last transfer, with an EPP code; adds a year to its term

Life cycle

From registration until the name is free again

What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.

  1. 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
  2. 02Before expiry31 days, then 8 days beforeWe remind you twice by email; auto-renewal saves you the reminder.
  3. 03After expiryDays 1–8The website and email stop; renew within these days at the regular renewal price.
  4. 04AuctionFrom day 10The name may go to auction; if it sells, it passes to its buyer.Domain recovery policy
  5. 05Redemption30 daysIf the registry offers it after deletion: a $200 redemption fee plus a year’s renewal.
  6. 06Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.

Tips

Before you register

  1. 1Take payment on an extension people trustBidders pay where they feel safe, so keep the payment page on .com or .sy.
  2. 2Don’t send auction notices from .bidSend them from your email on .com or .sy, so they reach the inbox.
  3. 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
  4. 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
  5. 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
  6. 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.

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Frequently asked questions about .bid

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  • $10 for the first year with an offer, then $35 for each renewal. Look at the renewal price before you register: it’s what you’ll pay every year after the first.

  • Anyone, person or organization, from any country, with no documents or conditions; the contact details in the owner’s name just need to be accurate.

  • Yes, once 60 days have passed since it was registered or last transferred. Ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code and open a transfer request with us; a full year is added to the domain’s term.

  • We remind you by email 31 days and 8 days before expiry, and 3 days after it. After expiry the website and email stop, and you can renew in the first eight days at the regular renewal price; from day 10 it may go to auction. If it is deleted and the registry allows redemption within 30 days, the redemption fee is $200 plus a year’s renewal.

  • No. IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN) holds no Arabic table for .bid, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.

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