| Namecheap | Hover | Porkbun | Godaddy | Gandi | NameSilo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21.98 | $26.99 | $18 | $33.99 | $28.86 | $19.99 |
The average price of a .city domain is $24.97.
The cheapest place to buy a .city domain is Porkbun for $18.
.city is a proposed new Top-Level Domain (TLD) in the New gTLD Program of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The name .city signifies digital spaces for cities, urban communities, or metropolitan areas. Donuts Registry, under the name Snow Sky, LLC, is the current applicant for this TLD. They have partnered with Demand Media to provide backend registry solutions. The application process for .city began in 2012, and it was delegated on July 10, 2014. As of now, there are approximately 30,868 registrations, with 17,731 parked domains.
The acquisition of the .city domain has undergone several contention processes. Radix (Dot City Inc.) and TLD Registry Limited were previous applicants but withdrew after a private auction in April 2014, where Donuts won the rights to the string. However, the application process was not without challenges. All three applicants received GAC (Governmental Advisory Committee) Early Warnings, which are strong recommendations for ICANN's Board to deny a TLD application based on national governments' concerns. Germany issued warnings to all three applicants, while Australia warned only Radix and Donuts. The primary issue was the lack of protection for geographic names at the second level. However, it seems that TLD Registry Limited has taken sufficient steps to address this concern. There are no restrictions on owning this domain.