What is .beats?
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 .beats names for sale at any registrar.
.beats entered the DNS root zone on November 3, 2015, 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, .beats is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .beats, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.beats).
.beats FAQ
What country is .beats?
None. .beats is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .beats domain extension?
Beats Electronics, LLC operates .beats as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .beats created?
.beats was delegated to the DNS root zone on November 3, 2015.
Is .beats a valid domain?
Yes. .beats is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .beats addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .beats domain?
No. .beats is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Beats Electronics, LLC.
Is .beats DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .beats.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed March 25, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
