What is .walter?
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 .walter names for sale at any registrar.
.walter entered the DNS root zone on May 27, 2015, 11 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.
Sandvik AB also runs 2 other TLDs, including .sandvik and .sandvikcoromant.
On the technical side, .walter 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 .walter, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.walter).
Same registry, other endings
2 other TLDs share this operator.
.walter FAQ
What country is .walter?
None. .walter is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .walter domain extension?
Sandvik AB operates .walter as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .walter created?
.walter was delegated to the DNS root zone on May 27, 2015.
Is .walter a valid domain?
Yes. .walter is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .walter addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .walter domain?
No. .walter is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for Sandvik AB.
Is .walter DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .walter.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed November 30, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
