Check .SOFTWARE domain availability, register a new .SOFTWARE domain, search multiple names in bulk, or transfer existing .SOFTWARE domains to NiceNIC. Built for software companies, developers, SaaS products, technical teams, consultants, and open-source projects.
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A .SOFTWARE domain can connect product pages, downloads, documentation, repositories, support portals, status pages, APIs, and professional email. NiceNIC supports registration, transfer, renewal, DNS, privacy where available, bulk tools, and reseller API workflows.
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.
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.
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.
Manage .SOFTWARE 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.
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.
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.
ICANN's December 2025 registry report records 50,564 registered .SOFTWARE domains. The extension can support software companies, developers, SaaS products, technical teams, consultants, and open-source projects.
Official ICANN registry total at December 31, 2025.
Share of the same-period global domain total.
All TLD registrations at December 31, 2025.
Four non-overlapping categories place official .SOFTWARE registrations within the same-period global domain market.
It makes the software and technology focus clear before visitors arrive.
.SOFTWARE tells visitors to expect applications, SaaS products, developer tools, documentation, downloads, or technical services.
Organizations can pair names with products, applications, platforms, developer tools, consultancies, communities, or media.
The domain can lead to downloads, documentation, repositories, support portals, status pages, APIs, and professional email.
This same-source annual series shows official registered-domain totals at each December month-end.
Verified public .SOFTWARE aftermarket sales with independently disclosed prices are currently unavailable.
Choose a registration, transfer, renewal, DNS, bulk, or reseller workflow that matches the company, product, application, developer tool, consultancy, project, or client portfolio.
Launch a clear address for products, downloads, documentation, support, status updates, and customer resources.
Publish developer profiles, project resources, documentation, releases, and trusted contact channels.
Create pages for applications, SaaS platforms, developer tools, integrations, services, partners, and demos.
Manage company, product, application, tool, developer, project, and client domains through bulk and API workflows.
If you already own .SOFTWARE 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.
Paste multiple .SOFTWARE 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 one name per line, with or without .SOFTWARE. The tool removes duplicates and prepares a clean list for bulk registration.
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.
# 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": {}
}
Short answers for buyers checking studio use, creative naming, DNS, transfer, renewal, bulk search, or reseller/API support before choosing .SOFTWARE.
.SOFTWARE is a generic top-level domain operated by Dog Beach, LLC within the Identity Digital registry platform. It is intended for software companies, developers, SaaS products, technical teams, consultants, and open-source projects.
.SOFTWARE is generally open to individuals, businesses, organizations, developers, publishers, consultants, and technology teams worldwide, subject to availability and registry and registrar policies.
No. It can be used by software vendors, independent developers, SaaS products, agencies, consultants, documentation sites, communities, and open-source projects.
Use a short company, product, application, platform, developer, tool, or project name. Avoid names that could confuse visitors about another company or protected mark.
Use valid nameservers, website and professional email records, repository or deployment verification, documentation hosting, status tools, analytics, and API endpoints where applicable.
Yes, when it is eligible under standard gTLD transfer rules. Unlock the domain, obtain the authorization code, and submit it through the NiceNIC transfer page.
Keep the domain under authorized business ownership, maintain current contacts, enable account security, protect deployment and customer data, and renew before product launches.
Yes. Use the availability search for one idea or prepare company, product, application, tool, developer, and project names in the bulk registration section.
NiceNIC provides reseller API workflows for supported registration, renewal, DNS, transfer, and portfolio operations.
Register a new .SOFTWARE, transfer an existing domain, or upgrade your account level for bulk registration and reseller API use.
