.skype Domain

.skype is a delegated brand domain and not available for public registrations.

The .skype top-level domain is delegated and fully operational across Microsoft brands and services. As a brand extension, registration remains limited to Microsoft and its affiliates.

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.skype Domain Information

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Voice, video, and messaging services sit behind .skype, a restricted extension from ICANN's 2012 New gTLD Program. Communication platforms carry an account-security exposure with a social dimension: a compromised account reaches the owner's contact list directly, which makes credential theft a vector for further fraud rather than an endpoint.

Use relates to service and account destinations. Registration is closed to the public and the extension carries no aftermarket. Product-level strings carry the structural risk that a service can be discontinued or folded into a successor while the extension remains bound to its string — though a namespace can outlive the product it was named for, which is a reason to hold it regardless.

Registry Contact and Nameservers

  • Sponsoring Organization
    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Redmond WA 98052
    United States of America (the)
  • Administrative Contact
    Cole Quinn
    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Redmond WA 98052
    United States of America (the)
    Email: [email protected]
    Voice: +1 425-706-3546
    Fax: +1 425-457-2511
  • Technical Contact
    TLD Registry Services Technical
    Nominet
    Minerva House
    Edmund Halley Road
    Oxford Science Park
    Oxford OX4 4DQ
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
    Email: [email protected]
    Voice: +44.1865332211
  • Nameservers
    Host NameIP Address(es)
    dns1.nic.skype 213.248.219.138
    2a01:618:403:0:0:0:0:138
    dns2.nic.skype 103.49.83.138
    2401:fd80:403:0:0:0:0:138
    dns3.nic.skype 213.248.223.138
    2a01:618:407:0:0:0:0:138
    dns4.nic.skype 43.230.51.138
    2401:fd80:407:0:0:0:0:138
    dnsa.nic.skype 156.154.100.3
    2001:502:ad09:0:0:0:0:3
    dnsb.nic.skype 156.154.101.3
    2001:502:2eda:0:0:0:0:3
    dnsc.nic.skype 156.154.102.3
    2610:a1:1009:0:0:0:0:3
    dnsd.nic.skype 156.154.103.3
    2610:a1:1010:0:0:0:0:3