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.melbourne

.melbourne is a generic extension, run by The Crown in right of the State of Victoria, represented by its Department of State Development, Business and Innovation since 2014. Anyone can register a .melbourne name through a registrar that sells it.

TypeGeneric
Registry operatorThe Crown in right of the State of Victoria, represented by its Department of State Development, Business and Innovation
Who can registerAnyone
In the root zone since10 July 2014
DNSSECSigned
RDAP serverhttps://rdap.nic.melbourne/
WHOIS serverwhois.nic.melbourne
IANA recordiana.org/domains/root/db/melbourne

Registrars that sell .melbourne

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Gandi
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OVHcloud
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All 14 registrars for .melbourne. Other registrars may sell it too.

Look up a .melbourne domain

The .melbourne registry publishes registration data over RDAP. The free domain report reads it and shows a .melbourne domain's registrar, dates, status and DNS in one place. For the raw record, use the WHOIS lookup.

New to extensions? The guide to how domain extensions work covers generic, country-code and brand extensions. For who sells extensions in general, see the list of domain registrars.

Sources: the IANA root zone database and the ICANN list of generic extensions (refreshed 2026-10-24). Something out of date? Tell us.

Frequently asked questions

Who runs the .melbourne extension?

The Crown in right of the State of Victoria, represented by its Department of State Development, Business and Innovation is the registry operator for .melbourne. The registry keeps the list of every .melbourne name; registrars sell the names to the public.

Can anyone register a .melbourne domain?

Yes. Anyone can register a .melbourne name through a registrar that sells it.

When was .melbourne created?

.melbourne was added to the DNS root zone on 10 July 2014, according to IANA.

How do I look up who owns a .melbourne domain?

The .melbourne registry publishes registration data over RDAP at https://rdap.nic.melbourne/ and over WHOIS at whois.nic.melbourne. The free domain report on lemon.domains reads it for you and shows the registrar, dates and status.

Is .melbourne signed with DNSSEC?

Yes. The .melbourne zone is signed, so a .melbourne domain can turn on DNSSEC once its registrar adds a DS record.