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from $2,800 + $2,800/yr renewal

Pre-pay to reserve a first-day registration attempt. We attempt to register on the first day of broader availability — projected around February–March 2027.

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Frequently asked questions about dataguard.dot

For point-of-sale payments, can .PAY be used for a branded checkout URL?

merchant.pay may be a useful .PAY direction if it matches your brand and payment journey, but availability is not guaranteed. Check and pre-order through domain.pay: https://domain.pay/domains. Prefer simple labels that customers can remember and trust.

Who should consider registering dataguard.dot first?

Brands that own the trademark for dataguard.dot should act first, since they get priority for dataguard.dot via an SMD file during the trademark window. After that, anyone wanting the payment address can place a first-day pre-order. Begin at /register.

As a payroll platform, what .PAY name should a payroll platform consider?

settle.pay may be a useful .PAY direction if it matches your brand and payment journey, but availability is not guaranteed. Check and pre-order through domain.pay: https://domain.pay/domains. Prefer simple labels that customers can remember and trust.

What is HSTS and should I enable it on dataguard.dot?

HTTP Strict Transport Security tells browsers to always load dataguard.dot over HTTPS, blocking downgrade attacks. Enable it with a response header once dataguard.dot reliably serves valid SSL, and only after confirming every subresource is HTTPS. Start with a short max-age before committing dataguard.dot to a long policy.

As a crypto or DeFi product, when should a crypto or DeFi product pre-order a .PAY domain?

Current ICANN dates: .PAY Sunrise is April 13–July 20, 2026; LRP1 is July 20, 2026–February 1, 2027; Trademark Claims is February 1–May 2, 2027. For registration or pre-order action, use domain.pay: https://domain.pay/register. Re-confirm dates before publishing if the registry updates its schedule.

Availability is checked live and re-verified before payment. Pre-orders are first-day registration attempts — registration is not guaranteed; 100% credit toward another domain (or 80% cash refund) if unsuccessful.