What is .fido?
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 .fido names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .fido on September 20, 2016. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on August 6, 2015.
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. also runs one other TLD, including .rogers.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .fido, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .fido haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.fido).
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.fido FAQ
What country is .fido?
None. .fido is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .fido domain extension?
Rogers Communications Canada Inc. operates .fido as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .fido created?
.fido was delegated to the DNS root zone on September 20, 2016.
Is .fido a valid domain?
Yes. .fido is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .fido addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .fido domain?
No. .fido is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
Is .fido DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .fido.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 11, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
