Overview
- .bofa is a brand generic top-level domain (gTLD) created as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- It represents Bank of America and is intended for use by the company and related entities.
History
- Applied-for string revealed on 13 June 2012 during ICANN's application process.
- The .bofa gTLD was delegated and implemented on 02 August 2016.
- The registry is managed by NMS Services, Inc. (Bank of America), with Verisign providing back-end technical services.
Usage and Audience
- Intended primarily for Bank of America Corporation and its qualified subsidiaries, affiliates, and business units.
- Initial distribution was deliberately limited to Bank of America-related entities to establish registry operations and sustainability.
- The applicant indicated the possibility of later evaluating expansion to fee-based registrations for parties beyond Bank of America, contingent on sustaining the registry's operations.
Registration Rules
- Initial registration policy limits use and registration of .bofa domains to Bank of America and its qualified subsidiaries, affiliates, and business units.
- This limited distribution, together with commitments under Specification 9 of the Registry Agreement, was intended to exempt the registry from certain annual Code of Conduct compliance requirements.
- Specific technical details (allowed characters, registration periods, pricing) are not provided in the source material.
Operator
Bank of America Corporation
Whois
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domain: BOFA
organisation: Bank of America Corporation
address: 100 North Tryon Street
address: Charlotte NC 28255
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: SVP, Digital Marketing Executive
organisation: Bank of America Corporation
address: 100 North Tryon Street
address: Charlotte NC 28255
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 980 387 8445
fax-no: +1 980 388 2014
e-mail: ngtld-bofa@cscinfo.com
contact: technical
name: Howard Eland, Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Inc.
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1.425.298.2200
fax-no: +1.425.671.0020
e-mail: tldtech@identity.digital
nserver: V0N0.NIC.BOFA 2a01:8840:6a:0:0:0:0:4 65.22.108.4
nserver: V0N1.NIC.BOFA 2a01:8840:6b:0:0:0:0:4 65.22.109.4
nserver: V0N2.NIC.BOFA 2a01:8840:6c:0:0:0:0:4 65.22.110.4
nserver: V0N3.NIC.BOFA 161.232.32.4 2a01:8840:108:0:0:0:0:4
nserver: V2N0.NIC.BOFA 2a01:8840:6d:0:0:0:0:4 65.22.111.4
nserver: V2N1.NIC.BOFA 161.232.33.4 2a01:8840:109:0:0:0:0:4
ds-rdata: 64354 8 2 bf0d0e96761317b889dd50495191a1fe5d5342703c381c21ede518e843beb658
whois: whois.nic.bofa
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://bofa.com
created: 2016-07-28
changed: 2023-12-05
source: IANA
