ICANN gave the City of Amsterdam permission to operate the domain on 24 July 2014[3] as a part of its new gTLD programme.

The public has been able to register .amsterdam web addresses since September 2015.

[4] Usage of the TLD has been very limited and its introduction has been criticised for its lack of cost-effectiveness.

[2] In 2019, the number of domains registered under the TLD decreased by 9.1%.

[5] Registration Data Access Protocol was enabled for .amsterdam domains in July 2019.