.taobao
New genericBrand.taobao was introduced under ICANN's 2012 new gTLD program. It is operated by Alibaba Group Holding Limited and was delegated to the root zone on 2016-01-21.
This is a Specification 13 brand TLD: it is used only by the brand itself and is not open to public registration.
- Type
- New generic
- Registry (IANA)
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Operator (ICANN contract)
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.taobao
- RDAP server
- https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/
- Registration info
- www.alibabagroup.com
- Delegated
- 2016-01-21
- IANA record created
- 2016-01-08
- IANA record updated
- 2025-08-27
- IANA status
- ACTIVE
- IANA root zone record
- www.iana.org/domains/root/db/taobao.html