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Overview
.aws is a brand gTLD delegated to the DNS Root Zone under ICANN's New gTLD Program. It is intended as a namespace for Amazon Web Services (AWS) — the cloud computing arm of Amazon — and for AWS-related products, services and branding.
History
- TLD type: gTLD (subtype: brand); status: Delegated
- Application reveal date: 13 June 2012 (New gTLD program reveal day)
- Delegated to the Root Zone: 25 March 2016
- Registry information in source:
- Registry listed: Neustar
- Registry operator / applicant: Amazon (Amazon Web Services)
Usage and Audience
- Purpose: Branding and namespacing for AWS products, services and official AWS resources.
- Typical users and audiences:
- Amazon Web Services and affiliated Amazon entities
- Enterprise, government and startup customers interacting with AWS services
- Businesses and services that need official AWS-related domains or product/service endpoints
- AWS context (from the application):
- AWS provides infrastructure and cloud services (examples: Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS)
- AWS serves hundreds of thousands of customers across ~190 countries and offers over 21 services
Operator
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: AWS organisation: AWS Registry LLC address: 410 Terry Avenue North address: Seattle WA 98109 address: United States of America (the) contact: administrative name: Sr. Manager organisation: AWS Registry LLC address: 410 Terry Avenue North address: Seattle WA 98109 address: United States of America (the) phone: +1-206-765-5360 fax-no: +1-206-946-7702 e-mail: aws-registry@amazon.com contact: technical name: TLD Registry Services Technical organisation: Nominet address: Minerva House address: Edmund Halley Road address: Oxford Science Park address: Oxford OX4 4DQ address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) phone: +44.1865332211 e-mail: registrytechnical@nominet.uk nserver: DNS1.NIC.AWS 213.248.218.53 2a01:618:402:0:0:0:0:53 nserver: DNS2.NIC.AWS 103.49.82.53 2401:fd80:402:0:0:0:0:53 nserver: DNS3.NIC.AWS 213.248.222.53 2a01:618:406:0:0:0:0:53 nserver: DNS4.NIC.AWS 2401:fd80:406:0:0:0:0:53 43.230.50.53 nserver: DNSA.NIC.AWS 156.154.100.3 2001:502:ad09:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSB.NIC.AWS 156.154.101.3 2001:502:2eda:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSC.NIC.AWS 156.154.102.3 2610:a1:1009:0:0:0:0:3 nserver: DNSD.NIC.AWS 156.154.103.3 2610:a1:1010:0:0:0:0:3 ds-rdata: 54182 8 2 76f2c3fbb9f23ff5f59a4cd63b8d5d5174b3f2e0f034b7323c1543312f37301d whois: status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.nic.aws created: 2016-03-18 changed: 2025-02-07 source: IANA