Register a .dev domain

What is a .dev domain?

Type

Generic TLD (gTLD)

Registry

Google Registry (Charleston Road Registry)

Who can register

Anyone, worldwide

Residency or documents

Not required

Security

HSTS preloaded: HTTPS required

Registration period

1 to 10 years

• Browsers will not load a .dev site over plain HTTP, so you need an SSL/TLS certificate (most hosts provide one free).
• Open to anyone, with no use restrictions.
• Allowed: letters, digits and hyphens, not at the start or end.
• Renewal is higher than year one; both prices are shown above.

How to buy a .dev domain with crypto (USDC, USDT) or card

1. Search your name above to see if the .dev is free.
2. Add it to your basket and choose how many years to register it for (up to 10).
3. Pay in USDC or USDT on Base, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, HyperEVM, BNB Chain or Solana, or by card (a person completes card checkout). We register it and you manage DNS from your dashboard.

Register a .dev domain with an AI agent

Agents can search, quote and buy .dev names without a browser. Use one-shot x402 registration (USDC on Base, no account), our MCP server at https://stabledomains.net/api/mcp with the search_domains, quote_domain and create_order tools, or a prepaid balance you top up. Agents pay with a crypto wallet or balance you fund; card checkout is completed by a human.

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
// ...create an x402 client with your wallet signer (USDC on Base)
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
const r = await pay("https://stabledomains.net/api/v1/register", {
  method: "POST", headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ domain: "myagent.dev", years: 1 }),
}); // 402 -> signs the exact live price -> 201 { order_id, status }

Full reference in the API docs.

.dev domain FAQ