The registry maintains the authoritative record of every .demo domain — who holds it, how it resolves, and the trust that secures it. Operated on open international standards, accessible to accredited registrars and the public alike.
The registry holds the single source of truth for every domain in the namespace — its holder, its status, and its lifecycle from registration through renewal, expiry, and release.
Every active domain is published into the DNS and delegated to its operator's nameservers. The zone is signed with DNSSEC, so resolvers can cryptographically verify that answers have not been tampered with.
Accredited registrars connect over the standard EPP protocol to register and manage domains on behalf of the public. Registration data is published openly through RDAP and WHOIS, within clear privacy rules.
The registry runs on infrastructure the operator controls, under policies the operator sets — pricing, reserved names, grace periods, and accreditation — with a complete audit trail of every action.
The registry implements the same protocols used by the world's established registries — so any compliant registrar or tool works with it, without custom integration.
Extensible Provisioning Protocol — how registrars register and manage domains, over TLS.
Cryptographic signing of the zone, establishing a verifiable chain of trust from the root.
Registration Data Access Protocol — structured, authenticated successor to WHOIS.
The traditional public lookup service, maintained for compatibility.
Domains are registered through accredited registrars, not the registry directly. The following registrars are authorized to offer .demo domains.
Registrars sell and manage .demo domains for the public and connect to the registry over EPP. Accreditation is open to qualified companies. Apply online, complete the review, and receive your EPP credentials to begin.