.store domains: who runs the registry and who can buy

The IANA delegation record names Radix Technologies Inc. as the sponsoring organisation for .store, based in the Cayman Islands. The same company, listed by ICANN as Radix Technologies Inc SEZC, holds the Registry Agreement for .store, dated 9 April 2015, which sets the contractual rules the registry must follow. ICANN is the policy authority behind that agreement and the wider gTLD system.

Day-to-day technical operation, the back-end, has changed hands. Radix's own policy pages list CentralNic Ltd as the historical back-end registry provider for its TLDs, including .store. In August 2025, Radix announced that Tucows Registry would take over back-end services for its whole portfolio, .store included, and Tucows.com Co. is now also listed as the IANA technical contact.

For a buyer, the practical distinction is this: Radix is the registry, so it runs the .store namespace and sets its rules and premium pricing. A registrar, such as Namecheap or EuroDNS, sells and manages the domain on your behalf under contract with Radix. You, the registrant, hold the registration itself. None of the three roles overlap, and swapping the back-end provider to Tucows does not change who your registrar is or what rights you hold.

.store has no eligibility restrictions at the registry level. TLD-List records no known restrictions and no local-presence requirement, so individuals, companies and organisations anywhere in the world can register one. Registrar pages back this up too, EuroDNS states the same thing: no registration restrictions.

That open access comes with the registry's own commercial rules bolted on. Some names are held back as premium, which means higher registration, renewal and transfer prices set at Radix's discretion, according to DNSimple. The minimum registration term is one year, a registry rule every registrar has to follow. Past that floor, registrars do their own thing: some throw in domain privacy for free, some knock money off the first year, some set their own minimum terms on specific premium names. None of it is a barrier to entry, it is just pricing and packaging sitting on top of a registration policy that is otherwise wide open.

Moving a .store domain between registrars works the same way it does for any gTLD: unlock it at the losing registrar, grab the EPP authorisation code (the TAC), hand it over to the gaining registrar, and wait out the registrar lock. ICANN has been reworking these transfer rules since 2024, and one change worth knowing about is the planned end to the 60-day post-registration lock (see ICANN's transfer policy update). Nothing in the .store registry documentation suggests any extra restriction beyond that standard process.

Registration terms start at one year, that much the registry confirms. Beyond that things get murky. TLD-List puts the maximum at nine years, Namecheap says ten. Neither is the registry's own word on it, so if you're planning a long registration, check the actual cap with your registrar before you pay for it.

The registry stays quiet on what happens once a .store domain lapses. Standard gTLD behaviour, a renewal grace period, then a redemption period with a restore fee attached, then pending delete, is the safest assumption, though it's not spelled out anywhere official. Spaceship lists a $103.50 redemption fee for .store, which gives you a rough idea of the cost, but that's one registrar's pricing page, not a registry-wide figure. How long the grace and redemption windows actually last isn't stated in any source we could find.