---
id: "hand-registration"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "hand registration"
language: "en"
category: "Aftermarket and investing"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/hand-registration/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/registro-directo/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/handregistrierung/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/enregistrement-direct/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/registrazione-diretta/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/registro-direto/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/registratsiya-svobodnogo-domena/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/shouzhu/"
---

# hand registration

Registering a domain name that nobody holds at that moment, at the normal registration price, instead of buying it from another person. Investors use the term to separate cheap new registrations from names bought in the aftermarket or at expired auctions.

## related terms

- [registration](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registration/)
- [aftermarket](https://tldlog.com/glossary/aftermarket/)
- [domainer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domainer/)
- [portfolio](https://tldlog.com/glossary/portfolio/)
- [holding cost](https://tldlog.com/glossary/holding-cost/)