What is .barclaycard?
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 .barclaycard names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .barclaycard on January 24, 2015. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on November 20, 2014.
Barclays Bank PLC also runs one other TLD, including .barclays.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .barclaycard, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .barclaycard haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.barclaycard).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.barclaycard FAQ
What country is .barclaycard?
None. .barclaycard is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .barclaycard domain extension?
Barclays Bank PLC operates .barclaycard as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .barclaycard created?
.barclaycard was delegated to the DNS root zone on January 24, 2015.
Is .barclaycard a valid domain?
Yes. .barclaycard is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .barclaycard addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .barclaycard domain?
No. .barclaycard is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Barclays Bank PLC.
Is .barclaycard DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .barclaycard.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed October 15, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
