What is .winners?
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 .winners names for sale at any registrar.
ICANN's records put the delegation of .winners on July 15, 2016. Like most of the newer endings, it was applied for in the 2012 New gTLD Program round and its registry agreement was signed on July 16, 2015.
The TJX Companies, Inc. also runs 6 other TLDs, including .homegoods, .homesense, .marshalls, .tjmaxx and .tjx.
Under the hood, the root zone points to 6 name servers for .winners, every one of them reachable over IPv6. The delegation is DNSSEC-signed, so resolvers can verify that answers for .winners haven't been tampered with on the way. Registration data is published over RDAP.
Same registry, other endings
6 other TLDs share this operator.
.winners FAQ
What country is .winners?
None. .winners is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .winners domain extension?
The TJX Companies, Inc. operates .winners as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .winners created?
.winners was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 15, 2016.
Is .winners a valid domain?
Yes. .winners is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2016, so .winners addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .winners domain?
No. .winners is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for The TJX Companies, Inc.
Is .winners DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .winners.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed May 11, 2024. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
