What is .auspost?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .auspost names for sale at any registrar.
.auspost entered the DNS root zone on August 17, 2016, 10 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .auspost is served by 6 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .auspost, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.auspost).
.auspost FAQ
What country is .auspost?
None. .auspost is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .auspost domain extension?
Australian Postal Corporation operates .auspost as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .auspost created?
.auspost was delegated to the DNS root zone on August 17, 2016.
Is .auspost a valid domain?
Yes. .auspost is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .auspost addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .auspost domain?
No. .auspost is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Australian Postal Corporation.
Is .auspost DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .auspost.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 30, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
