# .biz domain: registry, jurisdiction and price > Who runs the .biz registry, which law applies, what a court there can order, and the $20.99/year price at PanamaRegistrar. Crypto, no KYC. - URL: https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/biz/ - Last updated: 2026-10-19 - Publisher: PanamaRegistrar (https://panamaregistrar.com) .biz costs $20.99/year at PanamaRegistrar. Its registry, Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry), sits in Tempe, Arizona, United States: who controls the domain, which law applies, and what a court there can order. **Quick answer — Who controls a .biz domain, and what does it cost?** **.biz domain** at **PanamaRegistrar**, as of October 2026: $20.99 a year, the same price to renew. .biz is managed by Registry Services, LLC, part of GoDaddy Registry, in Tempe, Arizona, United States, under an ICANN registry agreement; Arizona and federal courts can reach it. ## .biz registry facts | Attribute | Value | | --- | --- | | Registry manager (IANA) | Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry) | | Registry location | Tempe, Arizona — United States | | Back-end operator | GoDaddy Registry, Tempe, Arizona (United States) | | Legal framework | ICANN registry agreement (generic TLD) | | Dispute policy | UDRP | | Who can register | Anyone; the registry intends .biz for bona fide business use (a challengeable rule) | | WHOIS / RDAP | WHOIS `whois.nic.biz` · RDAP `rdap.nic.biz/` | | DNSSEC | Yes (DS record in the root zone) | | Registration term | 1 to 10 years | | Price at PanamaRegistrar | $20.99/year; renewal $20.99/year; transfer $20.99 | | IANA record last updated | 14 October 2026 | ## Who runs the .biz registry, and from which country? IANA lists Registry Services, LLC at 100 S. Mill Ave, Tempe, Arizona, as manager of .biz, and GoDaddy Registry at the same address as technical operator. The dataset links the two names: Registry Services, LLC is GoDaddy Registry's legal entity. WHOIS answers on whois.nic.biz, and RDAP at rdap.nic.biz. .biz is a generic top-level domain, created for business use, and operated under contract with ICANN. IANA updated the .biz record on 14 October 2026. ## Can a court in the United States take down or seize a .biz domain? GoDaddy Registry's Tempe address puts .biz under United States jurisdiction. A federal court in the district covering Tempe is a valid forum for an in rem trademark action under 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2). The remedies there are forfeiture, cancellation or transfer of the name. Other orders, in criminal or civil cases, would follow the ordinary rules of US procedure. Whether a given order reaches the registry depends on that court, not on PanamaRegistrar. ## What does PanamaRegistrar do with a complaint about a .biz domain? Nothing happens to a .biz domain on a complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court; a foreign judgment must first be recognised in Panama by exequatur. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are suspended within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. You are told before any action on your domain, unless the law or the court order forbids it; with Domain protection, every complaint is also read by a person before any action on the domain. This rule covers what PanamaRegistrar does, not the registry or our registrar partner. Steps and time limits: [takedown procedure](https://panamaregistrar.com/takedown-procedure/) and [how we handle complaints](https://panamaregistrar.com/complaints/). ## Who uses .biz domains, and why? Small businesses are the main users of .biz, according to the dataset. The registry says the extension is intended for bona fide business use. That intent can be challenged, but there is no check at registration: anyone can register a .biz name, for 1 to 10 years. It is often chosen when the .com of a company name is taken. ## Which registry rules are specific to .biz? The business-use condition is the specific rule of .biz. The dataset records it as "intended for bona fide business use (challengeable)": a third party could rely on it in a dispute, but no document is asked for at registration. .biz has DNSSEC and IDN support, and its registry shares an address, an operator and a policy team with .club. ## What does the WHOIS show for a .biz domain? Privacy is allowed on .biz, and WHOIS privacy is included free at PanamaRegistrar. The public lookup on whois.nic.biz or rdap.nic.biz shows the registrar, the creation and expiry dates, the nameservers and the status codes. Contact fields carry privacy details while privacy is on, or our company's details with Domain protection. ## Do I need Domain protection for a .biz domain? No, it is optional: +$29 per year, on top of the .biz price. [Domain protection](https://panamaregistrar.com/domain-protection/) registers the domain in the name of DomaineGoat LLC, so the registration record and WHOIS/RDAP show our company, never you, and you can take it back in your own name for free. A transfer lock is on, and any transfer or DNS change must be confirmed from your account. We then hold only your email, and a person reads every complaint before any action on the domain; that review exists only with the option. It does not move the registry or change its courts. ## Which dispute policy applies to .biz? .biz follows the UDRP, which ICANN requires for every gTLD. We could not confirm whether the URS applies to .biz under its current contract. A challenge based on the business-use rule would go through the registry's own policy; we found no public record of how often it is used. Our steps for trademark cases: [UDRP and URS](https://panamaregistrar.com/udrp-and-urs/). ## How much does a .biz domain cost, and how is it renewed? At PanamaRegistrar, as of October 2026, .biz costs $20.99/year; renewal is $20.99/year, and a transfer $20.99 with one year added, as ICANN rules provide for generic extensions. Term: 1 to 10 years. Payment is in crypto (BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC) from a prepaid balance, minimum top-up $25. Every extension: [price list](https://panamaregistrar.com/pricing/). ## Search a .biz domain Search a domain name: https://panamaregistrar.com/app/domains/?q=yourname.biz Popular extensions: .biz ($20.99) ## .biz questions ### Can someone challenge my .biz domain because I am not a business? In theory, yes. The registry states that .biz is intended for bona fide business use, and our dataset marks that rule as challengeable. No check happens at registration. Trademark claims still go through the UDRP, and PanamaRegistrar applies only a panel decision or a Panamanian court order. ### Is .biz run by GoDaddy? By GoDaddy Registry, through its entity Registry Services, LLC in Tempe, Arizona, per IANA. That is the registry business, separate from any registrar business. Our registrar partner sends .biz registrations to that registry like any accredited registrar, and the registry applies the same rules to every registrar's customers. ### Which country's courts can act on the .biz registry? The United States. IANA lists both the manager and the technical operator of .biz at the same Tempe, Arizona address. A US court with authority over the registry can order it to act, and a trademark owner can file an in rem case there under 15 U.S.C. §1125(d)(2). ### Can PanamaRegistrar stop the .biz registry from acting on a court order? No. The .biz registry, Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry), keeps its own copy of the registration and applies the law of its own country. PanamaRegistrar decides only what its own service does: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints. Our registrar partner also keeps its own legal duties. We tell you when we learn of a registry-level action, unless the law or the order forbids it. See the [registry jurisdiction index](https://panamaregistrar.com/registry-jurisdiction/). ### How do I pay for a .biz domain? In crypto only: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC. Top up your balance (minimum $25), then register the .biz domain from it at $20.99/year. Send the exact amount on the exact network; the top-up is credited after the network confirmations. No ID and no KYC: one verified email per domain, never published. ## Sources 1. [IANA Root Zone Database: .biz delegation record](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/biz.html) — IANA (checked 2026-10-19) 2. [15 U.S.C. § 1125 — in rem civil action against a domain name, subsection (d)(2)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1125) — Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (checked 2026-10-19) 3. [Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/help/dndr/udrp-en) — ICANN (checked 2026-10-19) 4. [Amazon Route 53 developer guide: .biz registration rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/biz.md) — Amazon Web Services (checked 2026-10-08) 5. [.biz (encyclopedia entry)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.biz) — Wikipedia (checked 2026-10-08) ## Other extensions and their registry - [.com](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/com/) - [.net](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/net/) - [.org](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/org/) - [.io](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/io/) - [.ai](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/ai/) - [.co](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/co/) - [.app](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/app/) - [.dev](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/dev/) - [.xyz](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/xyz/) - [.info](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/info/) - [.me](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/me/) - [.de](https://panamaregistrar.com/tld/de/) --- PanamaRegistrar: PanamaRegistrar is a domain registration service under Panamanian jurisdiction, paid in crypto with no ID upload: we act on Panamanian court orders, not on unverified complaints.