What is .ford?
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 .ford names for sale at any registrar.
.ford entered the DNS root zone on December 18, 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.
Ford Motor Company also runs one other TLD, including .lincoln.
On the technical side, .ford 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 .ford, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
1 other TLD shares this operator.
.ford FAQ
What country is .ford?
None. .ford is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .ford domain extension?
Ford Motor Company operates .ford as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .ford created?
.ford was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 18, 2015.
Is .ford a valid domain?
Yes. .ford is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .ford addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .ford domain?
No. .ford is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Ford Motor Company.
Is .ford DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .ford.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
