What is .nikon?
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 .nikon names for sale at any registrar.
.nikon entered the DNS root zone on January 28, 2016, 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, .nikon 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 .nikon, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.nikon).
.nikon FAQ
What country is .nikon?
None. .nikon is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .nikon domain extension?
NIKON CORPORATION operates .nikon as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .nikon created?
.nikon was delegated to the DNS root zone on January 28, 2016.
Is .nikon a valid domain?
Yes. .nikon is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .nikon addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .nikon domain?
No. .nikon is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for NIKON CORPORATION.
Is .nikon DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .nikon.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 11, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
