GIVE YOUR BRAND AN EXCLUSIVE DOMAIN.

The window is open.

For the first time in 14 years, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers,) the international organisation that coordinates the domain name system (DNS), is reopening for a few weeks the opportunity to obtain a proprietary Top-Level Domain: your brand as the official extension of your Internet domain.

Applications close on August 12, 2026.

Your extension. Your digital space.

Companies, public administrations, territorial bodies and associations can apply to create new Internet extensions. This is the second window of this kind in the history of the web.

A .yourbrand domain turns the name of your company or organisation into an official root of the Internet: a proprietary extension you can control end-to-end. Whoever obtains a new extension becomes its registry operator: they decide who can register domains within it, under what rules and for what purposes.

A company can reserve the extension exclusively for itself, creating addresses such as shop.yourbrand, login.yourbrand, support.yourbrand, careers.yourbrand, product.yourbrand, company.yourbrand; a local authority can open it to citizens and local operators; a community or supply chain can use it as a shared identity space.

The Top-Level Domain landscape today includes extensions dedicated to cities (.london, .berlin), territories (.corsica, .tirol) and brands (.ferrari, .barclays, .gucci). For Italy, AgID cites .roma and .sicilia as examples.

The .yourbrand domain is the foundation of a trust infrastructure that carries the name of your company or organisation, a domain extension that no one else can ever use, a proprietary asset that competitors cannot replicate. Every address ending with your extension is, by definition, authentic and instantly recognisable.

More than a domain: a proprietary trust infrastructure.

Structural brand protection

No to imitation: phishing and cybersquatting become technically impossible, dramatically reducing defensive registrations, disputes and domain recovery legal costs.

A permanent first-mover asset

A .yourbrand domain is a strategic, distinctive and non-replicable asset that stands the test of time. Early adopters gain a competitive advantage by setting a new standard of digital trust in their sector.

Governance and recognisability

Multiple scattered domains become a single, centralised ecosystem: coherence and direct DNS control increase, along with memorability and recognition in your sector.

Progressive adoption, zero disruption

The .yourbrand domain coexists with the current ecosystem: starting with high-impact initiatives (landing pages, campaigns, events, microsites, redirects), you proceed ensuring full operational continuity.

You define the strategy. Aruba handles the rest.

Aruba is the only ICANN-accredited Italian registry. It supports companies and public administrations through every stage of the process: from feasibility assessment to application submission, through to technical management, compliance and ongoing governance of the extension. A single point of contact for the entire lifecycle of the .yourbrand domain.
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