All Registrar Characteristics - Survey of Domain Registration Services

All Registrar Characteristics
Survey of Domain Registration Services

Company name & domain
Company classification & channel
Registration counts
Accreditation date

Participation in ICANN Process - Corporate Registrants

Services Offered to ... (proportion)

Registration Methods

Support

Portal

Pricing

Add'l Features

Web references and add'l comments

dues-paying member of registrars constituency

participating in mailing lists

attending meetings in person

attending meetings via webcast

submissions to ICANN's public forums

placed over web

placed by telephone

10+ domains in a single transaction

registration in ccTLDs

sunrise and defensive registrations in new gTLDs

internationalized domain names

anonymous registrations

registrar staff confirms registration validity

web-based manual

email support

chat support

telephone support

24x7 telephone support

emergency support

service level agreements

registration portal

unified listing of all of registrant's domains

including listings through other registrars

including prospective or intended registrations

customizable

registration of gTLD domains

including .biz, .info, and .name

registration of ccTLD domains

audit trail

custom fields

workflow / approval features

export database

user accounts

ordinary gTLD price in this channel

discount for registering multiple domains

discount for extended registrations

discount for repeat customers

discount for new customers

discount for club or membership program

typical gTLD price after discounts

typical .uk price after discounts

typical .jp price after discounts

online payment available

mailed payment

mailed payment - sorted

dns hosting available

web forwarding available

web hosting available

email forwarding available

email hosting available

domain recovery services

consulting services

Active ISP ASA
activeisp.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
approx. 300.000 domains, approx. 100.000 in gTLDs
Accredited: Beginning of 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$65

Incl'd in reg. price

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

http://activeisp.co.uk http://activeisp.com http://activeisp.no

Corp Regs
No

Bulk Regs
No

Resellers
No

Aspen Investments
finee.com
Domain Reseller (custom) focusing on individuals / small businesses
2000 domains, 100% in gTLDs
Accredited: N/A Started as a reseller Nov 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$8.75

Not avail.

http://www.domain.registration.finee.com

Corp Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers
No

Best Registration Services, Inc.
BestRegistrar.com
Registrar focusing on (custom)
55,000 domains, 97% in gTLDs
Accredited: 09/09/1999

Indiv Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

$25

$18

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($25)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($10)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($15)

http://www.bestregistrar.com http://www.c-a-s-i.com http://www.cas-com.net

Corp Regs
Yes (60% - 80%)

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers
Yes (0% - 20%)

varies

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

http://www.bestregistrar.com http://www.c-a-s-i.com http://www.cas-com.net

Pricing is set on number of domain years registered and type of services required

BuyDomains.com
BuyDomains.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
330,000 Active Domains domains, 99% in gTLDs
Accredited: Reseller of Accredited Registrar - Domain Discover/TierraNet

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$16

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($15)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

http://www.buydomains.com/links/compare_us http://www.buydomains.com/links/free.value.services

Corp Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers
Yes (0% - 20%)

$16

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($15)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Our Partners earn a flat 10% in commission for all domain registrations, transfer, $20 per hosting package - see for details: http://www.buydomains.com/links/partners

Dnbuy Inc
dnbuy.com
focusing on individuals / small businesses
25 000 domains, 95-98% in gTLDs
Accredited: N/A

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$8.97

8.97

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (Varies)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (Varies)

http://www.dnbuy.net www.dnwiz.com

We are currently nearing the cmpletion of our new site that will allow registrants to purchase and manage their domain names through multiple registrars. Our new site was designed with the reseller and corporate customer in mind and will there for expand our reach and flexibiltiy. Many of the answers above will change with the introduction of these new services.

Corp Regs

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers

Dodora Unified Communications, Inc.
dodora.net
Registrar focusing on resellers
50 domains, 10% .COM, 10% .NET, 10% ORG, 1% .NAME, 19% .BIZ in gTLDs
Accredited: June 2001

Indiv Regs
No

Incl'd in reg. price

http://portal.dodora.net:81/registrar/

http://portal.dodora.net:81/mktg/wholesale.html

Corp Regs
No

Incl'd in reg. price

Bulk Regs

Resellers

Domain Bank, Inc.
domainbank.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
220000 domains, 99% in gTLDs
Accredited: August 1999

Indiv Regs
Yes (60% - 80%)

$35

$17

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Incl'd in reg. price

Corp Regs
Yes (20% - 40%)

$35

$15

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Incl'd in reg. price

Bulk Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

$12

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Incl'd in reg. price

Resellers
Yes (20% - 40%)

$35

$15

Incl'd in reg. price

Not avail.

Incl'd in reg. price

DomainPurpose.com
DomainPurpose.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
Classifed Information domains, 80% in gTLDs
Accredited: Domain People Private Brand Reseller Since May of 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$24.95

$19.95

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (yes)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (yes)

http://www.domainpurpose.com/domainservices.htm http://www.domainpurpose.com/support.htm http://www.domainpurpose.com/articles.htm http://www.domainpurpose.com/company.htm

Corp Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

(same features as Individuals)

$8.95

Resellers
No

EnCirca
Encirca.com
Registrar focusing on corporate
11,000 domains, 30% in gTLDs
Accredited: 2001

Indiv Regs
Yes (20% - 40%)

$18

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Corp Regs
Yes (40% - 60%)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Bulk Regs
Yes (20% - 40%)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Resellers
Yes (20% - 40%)

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

eNom, Inc.
enom.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
2.25 million domains, 94% in gTLDs
Accredited: June 25th, 1999

Indiv Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

$29.95

$19.95

$45.00

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($7.95-$29.95)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($19.95 per 10 boxes)

http://www.enom.com/

eNom confirms registration validity when notified The email hosting price is for 10 email boxes Web hosting available in early Q4 2003, prices are per month and can include database hosting

Corp Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes

Same features and prices as our reseller channel

Resellers
Yes (80% - 100%)

$6.95-$8.95

$6.95

$5.99

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($3.95-$19.95)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($9.95 per 10 boxes)

http://www.enom.com/resellers/

eNom confirms registration validity when notified The email hosting price is for 10 email boxes Web hosting available in early Q4 2003, prices are per month and can include database hosting

iHoldings.com Inc
Dotregistrar.com
Registrar focusing on resellers
765,000 domains, 82% .com/9% .net/5% .org/2% .biz/1.7% .info/0.15% .name in gTLDs
Accredited: January 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

$15.99

$8.99

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5)

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. ($15)

Corp Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes (20% - 40%)

$10.99

$7.49

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r (5)

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. ($15)

Resellers
Yes (20% - 40%)

$7.49

$6.49

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5)

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. ($15)

InnerWise, Inc
itsyourdomain.com
Registrar focusing on resellers, small business, general public (custom)
415,000 domains, All in gTLDs
Accredited: April 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (40% - 60%)

$14.95

$10.95

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Corp Regs
No

Bulk Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers
No

Intercosmos Media Group dba directNIC.com
directcnic.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
979000 domains, 95% in gTLDs
Accredited: March 2001

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$15

$11.50

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5.00)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5.00)

http://www.directnic.com/features/prices.php

Corp Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Bulk Regs
Yes

(same features as Individuals)

Resellers
No

MyDreamspace.com
MyDreamspace.com
focusing on individuals / small businesses
15 domains, 99% in gTLDs

Indiv Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

$15

Incl'd in reg. price

http://mydreamspace.com/dream2/forms/domainform1.htm

I just signed on with Verio as a reseller in July and so I am just setting up my prices & policies. I intend NOT to sell domain-grabbing services because I am going to keep my customers' loyalty be keeping their domains on renewal as a service included in their host accounts.

Corp Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

Incl'd in reg. price

I do not at this time have any corporate customers but I have three organizations (501c3)

Bulk Regs
No

Resellers
Yes (0% - 20%)

$10

Incl'd in reg. price

I am just setting this up

NetNames
netnames.com
Domain Management focusing on corporate
100000 domains, 40% in gTLDs
Accredited: 2000

Indiv Regs
Yes (40% - 60%)

190

$49

$109

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

http://www.netnames.com http://www.netbenefit.com

NetNames is a specialist provider of domain name management services aimed at corporates and IP professionals. NetNames is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK listed company NetBenefit plc.

Corp Regs
Yes (40% - 60%)

190

$49

$109

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

http://www.netnames.com

NetNames Platinum Service is a suite of Corporate Domain Name Management services and products specifically designed to meet the requirements of companies with large domain name portfolios.

Bulk Regs

Resellers

Register.com, Inc.
Register.com
Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses
3100000 domains, 90% in gTLDs
Accredited: January 1999

Indiv Regs
Yes (60% - 80%)

25+

$35

Variable

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to other co.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Corp Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r

Not avail.

http://www.register.com/corporate

The unified listing of all registrants existing domain registrations is available through our online portfolio management tool, Name Console. Additional listings of third party registrations, including competitor registrations and those through other registrars are available through our Domain Name Audit and Watching services. We register in all available ccTLDs, although some are suspended at the registry level and a few are subject to sanctions by the US government. We are unable to disclose pricing information for the Corporate Services Division.

Bulk Regs
Yes

Bulk registrations are available through our other channels.

Resellers
Yes (0% - 20%)

Incl'd in reg. price

Not avail.

http://www.rcomexpress.com

Registrations by telephone are on a case-by-case basis. Emergency support is available 24x7. Pricing is dependent upon billing model.

Schlund + Partner AG
schlund.de
focusing on individuals / small businesses
3500000 domains, 1000000 in gTLDs
Accredited: 1999

Indiv Regs
Yes (60% - 80%)

$17

$46

Incl'd in reg. price

http://einsundeins.com schlund.de oneandone.co.uk

we sell hosting packages which include up to 12 domainnames. So every of our customers has hosting and email services. The prices stated are only the prices for additional domainnames. Most of the domainnames we sell are under .de. Schlund is the largest .de Registrar worldwide. Hard to explain our business model in this registrar oriented survey. The data might be not valid for comparisons with other business models (i.e. prices).

Corp Regs
No

Bulk Regs
Yes (0% - 20%)

$10

$9.60

Incl'd in reg. price

http://schlundtechnologies.com

most of our registration are in .de

Resellers
Yes (0% - 20%)

$17

$47

Incl'd in reg. price

See Individual / Small Business Channel. Hard to explain our business model in this registrar oriented survey. The data might be not valid for comparisons with other business models (i.e. prices).

Tucows Inc.
tucows.com
Registrar focusing on resellers
3mm+ domains, 3mm+ in gTLDs
Accredited: 1999

Indiv Regs
No

Corp Regs

Bulk Regs

Resellers
Yes (80% - 100%)

$10

Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (varies)

VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services
verisign.com
Domain Management focusing on corporate
150,000 domains, 60% in gTLDs
Accredited: N/A

Indiv Regs
No

Corp Regs
Yes (80% - 100%)

all

$50

$25

$75 plus $14.50 per month

$175 plus $14.50 per month

Incl'd in reg. price

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($25)

Not avail.

Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($25)

Not avail.

http://www.verisign.com/services/cdns/index.html

VeriSign DBMS uses a management model, whereby a company enrolls a name into management, then charges a small monthly fee to keep the name registered and renewed. There are no renewal payments beyond the monthly fee.

Bulk Regs
No

Resellers
No