What is .origins?
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 .origins names for sale at any registrar.
.origins entered the DNS root zone on December 24, 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.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. also runs 2 other TLDs, including .clinique and .lamer.
On the technical side, .origins 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 .origins, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.origins).
Same registry, other endings
2 other TLDs share this operator.
.origins FAQ
What country is .origins?
None. .origins is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .origins domain extension?
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. operates .origins as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .origins created?
.origins was delegated to the DNS root zone on December 24, 2015.
Is .origins a valid domain?
Yes. .origins is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .origins addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .origins domain?
No. .origins is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Is .origins DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .origins.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed August 11, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
