What is .ice?
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 .ice names for sale at any registrar.
.ice entered the DNS root zone on July 22, 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.
On the technical side, .ice 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 .ice, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.ice).
.ice FAQ
What country is .ice?
None. .ice is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .ice domain extension?
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. operates .ice as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .ice created?
.ice was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 22, 2015.
Is .ice a valid domain?
Yes. .ice is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2015, so .ice addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .ice domain?
No. .ice is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.
Is .ice DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .ice.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed September 5, 2023. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
