What is .nissan?
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 .nissan names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .nissan on March 4, 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 March 27, 2014.
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. also runs 2 other TLDs, including .datsun and .infiniti.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 4 name servers for .nissan, 3 of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .nissan haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.gmo).
Same registry, other endings
2 other TLDs share this operator.
.nissan FAQ
What country is .nissan?
None. .nissan is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .nissan domain extension?
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. operates .nissan as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .nissan created?
.nissan was delegated to the DNS root zone on March 4, 2015.
Is .nissan a valid domain?
Yes. .nissan is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .nissan addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .nissan domain?
No. .nissan is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
Is .nissan DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .nissan.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 20, 2019. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
