Overview
- .broker is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) delegated through ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The string is positioned for the brokerage sector and categorized as a Professional new gTLD.
- IG Group Holdings PLC is the registry operator managing the .broker gTLD.
History
- Delegation to the DNS Root Zone: 29 April 2015.
- General Availability (GA) began: 16 November 2015.
- Applicants for the string included IG Group Holdings PLC and Donuts (Spring North, LLC).
Usage and Audience
- Intended audience: brokerage firms, brokers, and businesses or services operating in brokerage and related financial markets.
- Classified under the Professional category of new gTLDs, signaling industry- or profession-focused use.
Registration Rules
- IG Group proposed to operate .broker as a "closed" registry (i.e., restricted/controlled registrations).
- Donuts submitted a Public Interest Commitment (PIC) as part of its application process.
- The string was subject to string contention during the application process.
Notable Cases or Examples
- TD Ameritrade filed a Limited Public Interest Objection against IG Group's application; Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. also filed an objection.
- The TD Ameritrade objection was rejected.
- The IG Group application received a GAC Early Warning from Australia (GAC Chair Heather Dryden), noting concern that the applicant sought exclusive access to a common generic string relating to a broad market sector and warning of potential competition impacts.
Operator
Dog Beach, LLC
Whois
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domain: BROKER
organisation: Dog Beach, LLC
address: c/o Identity Digital Inc.
address: 10500 NE 8th Street, Suite 750
address: Bellevue WA 98004
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: Vice President, Engineering
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: tldadmin@identity.digital
contact: technical
name: Senior Director, DNS Infrastructure Group
organisation: Identity Digital Limited
address: c/o 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.BROKER 2a01:8840:16:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.20.67
nserver: V0N1.NIC.BROKER 2a01:8840:17:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.21.67
nserver: V0N2.NIC.BROKER 2a01:8840:18:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.22.67
nserver: V0N3.NIC.BROKER 161.232.10.67 2a01:8840:f4:0:0:0:0:67
nserver: V2N0.NIC.BROKER 2a01:8840:19:0:0:0:0:67 65.22.23.67
nserver: V2N1.NIC.BROKER 161.232.11.67 2a01:8840:f5:0:0:0:0:67
ds-rdata: 8746 8 2 7b7c64b10eb518a94bbfd3a75a5a31f9e3c67a18bab01113a136dfd08d44b4a1
whois:
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: https://www.identity.digital/
created: 2015-03-06
changed: 2025-10-07
source: IANA
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