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Taobao
The .taobao TLD is a brand-specific top-level domain operated by Alibaba Group Holding Limited. It was created to protect and reinforce the Taobao brand, which runs China’s largest online retail platform, offering a trusted digital space for Alibaba’s ecosystem of services, subsidiaries, and partners.
Restricted to Alibaba Group and its authorized affiliates; not available for public registration
Registration pricing for .taobao is not publicly listed. Brand TLDs are typically restricted to the owning organization.
The .taobao domain was approved under ICANN’s new gTLD program and officially delegated to Alibaba Group on January 19, 2016. It was developed primarily to safeguard the Taobao brand, which powers China’s leading B2C and C2C e-commerce platform. The TLD was initially planned as a single registrant domain, meaning only Alibaba and its direct affiliates can register names within it. It follows the launch of other Alibaba-owned TLDs like .alibaba and .tmall.
Brand TLDs like .taobao are part of ICANN's New gTLD Program launched in 2012, which expanded the domain namespace beyond traditional TLDs.
The .taobao TLD is commonly used for the following purposes:
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Only Alibaba Group and its authorized affiliates may register domain names under .taobao. No public registration is permitted.
This is a brand TLD exclusively controlled by Alibaba Group Holding Limited. It is not available for public registration.
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