Worth watching · Pending delete
5 chars·.ink·Pending deleteVerified· 16h ago·likely available ~May 24, 2026
Final delete window. Dropping ~May 24, 2026.
genuinely brandable and compact, plus easy to say
Rough aftermarket estimate
$25 — $65
DQS 51 · .ink · 5ch · brandable
Directional only — a gut-check range, not an appraisal. Uses DQS + TLD + length; doesn’t know about comps, trademarks, or brand context. Treat as “worth looking at” vs “skip,” not a bid price.
| Length | 5 |
| TLD | .ink |
| Keyword category | none |
| Commercial intent | none |
| Wayback snapshots | 0 |
| Brandable combo | yes |
| Spam pattern | no |
| Saturated suffix | none |
heron.ink is a keyword-forward name — "heron" carries intrinsic meaning before any branding layer is added. Short names like this (5 chars) tend to be the sweet spot for SaaS brandability — memorable without hitting the premium-tax of 3-4 letter names. The phonetics are balanced between vowels and consonants — typical for a pronounceable English-style name. .ink is a niche TLD with a narrower buyer pool; the aftermarket here depends heavily on whether the SLD itself carries standalone demand. With zero Wayback coverage, the domain's prior history is effectively a clean slate from a content perspective. DQS 51/100 is the mid-band: the domain has real signals behind it but isn't an obvious standout. Mid-band names reward buyers who understand a specific niche. Redemption-period status means the owner has about 28 days left to reclaim the name. Any outside party can only wait and watch. The keyword component is the honest hook here.
Web-presence signal
None observed
No meaningful Wayback record. Backlink research rarely pays off here.
Deep-link into backlink checkers
Real backlink counts come from dedicated crawlers (Ahrefs, Moz, Majestic). Each button opens heron.ink pre-loaded in that tool — zero keystrokes to cross-check.
1
drop recorded so far
Apr 19, 2026
first observed
Apr 19, 2026
last observed
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Same TLD, similar length, similar DQS. Useful if you're scoping a portfolio of related shapes.
Other domains that dropped at the same registrar on 2026-04-19. Registrars often drop batches of expired portfolios together — worth a scan if you like this shape.
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Retail registration will lose the race for premium names. Drop-catchers are the only reliable path during this window.
1 snapshot from the Wayback Machine, 2018–2018. Click any cell to view the archived version.
via RDAP · cached 6h
Pending delete. Final delete window. Will hit drop-catcher pools within days.
pending deleteredemption period
| Status | Pending delete |
| Registrar | Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) |
| Created | Mar 11, 2025 |
| Expires | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Last updated | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Nameservers | expirens3.hichina.com, expirens4.hichina.com |
| DNSSEC | unsigned |
| Registration cost | — |