What is .nexus?
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 .nexus names for sale at any registrar.
.nexus entered the DNS root zone on September 15, 2014, 12 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.
Charleston Road Registry Inc. operates a large portfolio of 46 TLDs, including .ads, .android, .app, .boo and .cal.
On the technical side, .nexus is served by 5 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .nexus, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
45 other TLDs share this operator.
.nexus FAQ
What country is .nexus?
None. .nexus is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .nexus domain extension?
Charleston Road Registry Inc. operates .nexus as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .nexus created?
.nexus was delegated to the DNS root zone on September 15, 2014.
Is .nexus a valid domain?
Yes. .nexus is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .nexus addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .nexus domain?
No. .nexus is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Charleston Road Registry Inc.
Is .nexus DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .nexus.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed April 11, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
