What is .clinique?
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 .clinique names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .clinique on December 28, 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 October 1, 2015.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. also runs 2 other TLDs, including .lamer and .origins.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .clinique, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .clinique haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.clinique).
Same registry, other endings
2 other TLDs share this operator.
.clinique FAQ
What country is .clinique?
None. .clinique is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .clinique domain extension?
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. operates .clinique as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .clinique created?
.clinique was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 28, 2015.
Is .clinique a valid domain?
Yes. .clinique is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .clinique addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .clinique domain?
No. .clinique is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Is .clinique DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .clinique.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed October 14, 2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
