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Give Your New York City Project a Memorable .NYC Address

Check .NYC domain availability, register a new .NYC domain, search multiple names in bulk, or transfer existing .NYC domains to NiceNIC. Built for New York City businesses, tourism, culture, local services, communities, and New York City publishers.

.NYC
Renew:  $53.39 Market $80.09 $53.39 first year
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Renew:  $48.39 Super $48.39 9% off
Renew:  $46.99 VIP $46.99 12% off

Managing multiple New York City businesses, destinations, services, associations, products, publications, or campaign names? Compare NiceNIC account levels for bulk registration and reseller pricing.

Why choose NiceNIC for .NYC

A city extension helps visitors recognize New York City-focused projects.

.NYC can support businesses, tourism, hospitality, culture, professional services, local commerce, associations, publications, and community projects. NiceNIC provides registration, transfer, DNS, bulk management, and reseller API support.

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Crypto Payment Support

Add funds and pay for domain services using supported crypto options such as USDT, BTC, ETH, and LTC. Automated crypto deposit recording helps account balances update quickly after successful confirmation, with no extra NiceNIC processing fee for automated deposits.

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Real Human Support

NiceNIC provides real human support, not only scripted replies. Our team can review your domain needs, explain practical options, and give account-level, transfer, bulk registration, and reseller suggestions to help your domain business grow.

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Fair Abuse Review Process

NiceNIC does not take arbitrary action against domains. Abuse reports are reviewed based on available evidence, policies, and registry requirements, with domain owners guided to review, fix, or explain reported issues where appropriate.

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2,500+ Domain Extensions

Manage .NYC together with 2,500+ domain extensions from one NiceNIC account, including country-code, generic, and new domain extensions. This helps businesses, investors, and resellers build global domain coverage more efficiently.

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47+ Website Languages

NiceNIC supports 47+ website languages, creating a multilingual registrar experience for international users and teams. This makes domain registration, renewal, transfer, account management, and support easier across different markets.

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Reseller API for Domain Services

For hosting providers, agencies, platforms, and domain resellers, NiceNIC supports reseller API access for domain registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, account-level pricing, and custom nameserver services.

.NYC Market Intelligence · March 31, 2026

.NYC gives New York City-focused organizations a concise city identity.

ICANN's March 2026 registry report records 119,876 registered .NYC domains. IANA lists the City of New York, acting through its Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, as the sponsoring organization.

📊.NYC registrations119,876

Registry-reported count at the end of Q1 2026.

👑Share of all TLDs0.0305%

.NYC registrations within the Q1 2026 global market.

🌐Total TLD market392.5M

Total domain registrations across all TLDs in Q1 2026.

Q1 2026 TLD Market Distribution

Four non-overlapping categories place official .NYC registrations within the same-period global domain market.

.NYC119,876
New gTLDs excluding .NYC49.480M
ccTLDs146.3M
Established gTLDs196.6M
Source: DNIB Q1 2026 and ICANN March 2026 registry report. Global figures are rounded. Other New gTLDs excludes .NYC. Established gTLDs includes .COM and .NET.

Why .NYC fits New York City-focused organizations

The city-name extension places a recognizable New York City signal directly in the web address.

Operated for New York City

IANA lists the City of New York through its Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications as the sponsor.

Clear city signal

Use it for businesses, tourism, hospitality, culture, local services, venues, media, associations, or communities focused on New York City.

NYC nexus is required

Registrants must maintain a substantive and lawful connection to New York City for the entire registration period.

.NYC Registration History — March Snapshots

Official same-month registry totals show how the .NYC namespace has changed.

2022
129,450
2023
124,822
2024
122,652
2025
119,102
2026 to date
119,876
Source note: ICANN .NYC monthly registry transaction reports for March 2022 through March 2026. Figures are official registered-domain totals.

Public Premium .NYC Domain Sales

No verified public .NYC sales examples with disclosed prices are currently available.

Asking prices and appraisals are not completed-sale prices. Sales examples require confirmed transactions with publicly disclosed amounts.
Choose the right .NYC service

Different New York City projects need different domain plans.

Businesses, tourism operators, cultural organisations, local services, communities, publishers, and New York City-focused brands may use the extension in different ways.

For tourism and hospitality

Present destinations, hotels, restaurants, attractions, itineraries, booking details, opening times, and location information.

  • Destinations and stays
  • Bookings and hours
  • Location information

For businesses and services

Show services, qualifications, service areas, pricing, opening hours, business details, and customer contact routes.

  • Services and credentials
  • Areas and pricing
  • Customer contacts

For culture and communities

Publish events, venues, associations, local initiatives, schedules, access information, policies, and organiser contacts.

  • Events and venues
  • Associations and projects
  • Access and contacts

For publishers and agencies

Share New York City news, guides, directories, campaign portfolios, editorial policies, archives, and subscription options.

  • Regional content
  • Campaign portfolios
  • Policies and archives
Domain transfer

Move .NYC domains to a registrar built for safe domain management.

If you already own .NYC domains elsewhere, transfer decisions should not be based only on one renewal invoice. Check transfer eligibility, ownership access, billing reliability, support response time, API needs, and long-term domain management.

1 Unlock the domainConfirm the domain is not transfer-locked at the current registrar.
2 Get the Auth Code / EPP codeRequest the authorization code from the current registrar before starting the transfer.
3 Submit the transfer through NiceNICStart the transfer, complete payment, and monitor transfer approval status.
Bulk domain registration

Search and register multiple .NYC domains.

Paste multiple .NYC names, remove duplicates, review the count, and continue to bulk registration. This is useful for domain investors, brand teams, agencies, hosting providers, and resellers.

Enter domains or brand keywords

Enter one name per line, with or without .NYC. The tool removes duplicates and prepares a clean list for bulk registration.

Reseller API

Add domain registration to your own platform.

If your business sells hosting, websites, SaaS, agency services, or brand protection packages, NiceNIC reseller APIs can support domain registration, renewal, transfer, DNS, and account management.

✓Automated registration: create domain orders from your own platform.
✓Renewal operations: reduce manual follow-up and missed renewal risk.
✓Custom name servers: support branded hosting and DNS operations.
✓Wholesale structure: build margin with a registrar relationship designed for recurring operations.
View NiceNIC API v2
# NiceNIC API v2 endpoint
# Applies to supported domain extensions, including .com, .net, .org, ccTLDs, and new gTLDs
https://api.nicenic.net/v2/

# Required headers
Authorization: username:api_secret
Content-Type: application/json

# Check domain availability across multiple extensions
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=check&domains=example.com,example.net,mybrand.org" \
  -H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# Get registration / renewal / transfer pricing for any supported extension
curl "https://api.nicenic.net/v2/?category=domain&action=get_price&domain=example.com&type=register&year=1" \
  -H "Authorization: username:api_secret" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

# Change the domain value to query another TLD:
# example.com, example.net, example.org, example.ai, example.co

# Standard response format
{
  "code": 0,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {}
}

Questions before you register or transfer a .NYC?

Practical answers about registry status, regional uses, local claims, premium pricing, transfers, bulk registration, and API support.

What is a .NYC domain best used for?

It is a focused choice for businesses, tourism operators, cultural organisations, local services, communities, publishers, and New York City-focused brands. You can start by checking a name in the .NYC registration section.

Who operates the .NYC registry?

IANA lists the City of New York, acting through its Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, as the sponsoring organization for .NYC.

Who can register an available .NYC name?

The registrant must be a person, legal entity, organization, or association with a substantive and lawful economic, cultural, historical, social, or other connection to New York City, and must maintain that nexus throughout the registration.

Does a .NYC domain verify local status or endorsement?

No. The nexus policy requires a lawful New York City connection, but a .NYC registration does not by itself prove business status, public affiliation, or official endorsement.

Can I transfer a .NYC domain to NiceNIC?

Yes, when the domain is eligible. Unlock it, obtain the authorization code, and submit it through the NiceNIC domain transfer service.

Can .NYC be used for business, tourism, culture, and local services?

Yes. It can support businesses, tourism, hospitality, culture, professional services, local commerce, associations, publications, and community projects connected with New York City.

Can I register several .NYC names for services or campaigns?

Yes. Prepare multiple business, destination, venue, service, association, publication, product, or campaign names in the bulk domain section to compare availability and organize registrations.

Can an agency or platform automate .NYC domain operations?

NiceNIC provides a domain reseller API for eligible agencies and platforms that need automated registration, renewal, transfer, and management workflows.

What should a .NYC website publish?

Publish clear ownership, New York City locations or service areas, services, prices, local claims, disclosures, update dates, privacy information, and contact routes.

Secure the .NYC name before someone else does.

Register a new .NYC, transfer an existing domain, or upgrade your account level for bulk registration and reseller API use.

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