Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-08
Okuribi: a funeral service for expired domains
A Japanese-language service that keeps retired domains registered so they cannot be reclaimed and repurposed by someone else.
Why it surfacedOkuribi treats domain management as memorial practice: customers can choose a ¥980 “grave marker,” ten-year custody, or “perpetual” custody while the site displays a memorial page and issues a PDF certificate. The unusually candid terms also explain that perpetual protection lasts only as long as the operator remains in business—and the application currently identifies itself as a prototype.
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This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-08 Domain Arrivals issue.