Registrars Offering Services to Individuals & Small Businesses
Survey of Domain Registration Services
Company name & domain Company classification & channel Registration counts Accreditation date | Services Offered to Individuals and Small Businesses (proportion) | Registration Methods - Individuals & Small Businesses | Support - Individuals & Small Businesses | Portal - Individuals & Small Businesses | Pricing - Individuals & Small Businesses | Add'l Features - Individuals & Small Businesses | Web references and add'l comments - Services Offered to Individuals and Small Businesses | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | copyright / trademark monitoring services | 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 | Yes (80% - 100%) | $65 | $65 | $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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Yes (80% - 100%) | $8.75 | $8.75 | Not avail. | Not avail. | Not avail. | Not avail. | Not avail. | http://www.domain.registration.finee.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best Registration Services, Inc. BestRegistrar.com Registrar focusing on (custom) 55,000 domains, 97% in gTLDs Accredited: 09/09/1999 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 43 | $25 | $18 | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5) | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Yes (80% - 100%) | $16 | $9 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dnbuy Inc dnbuy.com focusing on individuals / small businesses 25 000 domains, 95-98% in gTLDs Accredited: N/A | Yes (80% - 100%) | 6 | $8.97 | 8.97 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | No | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | http://portal.dodora.net:81/registrar/
http://portal.dodora.net:81/mktg/wholesale.html | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domain Bank, Inc. domainbank.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 220000 domains, 99% in gTLDs Accredited: August 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | $35 | $17 | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Avail. - add'l fee to other co. | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | Yes (80% - 100%) | 3 | $24.95 | $19.95 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EnCirca Encirca.com Registrar focusing on corporate 11,000 domains, 30% in gTLDs Accredited: 2001 | Yes (20% - 40%) | 2 | $18 | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Not avail. | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | 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 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 15 | $29.95 | $19.95 | $45.00 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 5 | $15.99 | $8.99 | 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 | Yes (40% - 60%) | $14.95 | $10.95 | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Not avail. | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intercosmos Media Group dba directNIC.com directcnic.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 979000 domains, 95% in gTLDs Accredited: March 2001 | Yes (80% - 100%) | 5 | $15 | $11.50 | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5.00) | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r ($5.00) | http://www.directnic.com/features/prices.php | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MyDreamspace.com MyDreamspace.com focusing on individuals / small businesses 15 domains, 99% in gTLDs | Yes (80% - 100%) | $15 | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NetNames netnames.com Domain Management focusing on corporate 100000 domains, 40% in gTLDs Accredited: 2000 | Yes (40% - 60%) | 190 | $49 | $49 | $109 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Register.com, Inc. Register.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 3100000 domains, 90% in gTLDs Accredited: January 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | 25+ | $35 | Variable | Variable | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Avail. - add'l fee to other co. | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schlund + Partner AG schlund.de focusing on individuals / small businesses 3500000 domains, 1000000 in gTLDs Accredited: 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | 10 | $17 | $46 | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | 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). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tucows Inc. tucows.com Registrar focusing on resellers 3mm+ domains, 3mm+ in gTLDs Accredited: 1999 | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services verisign.com Domain Management focusing on corporate 150,000 domains, 60% in gTLDs Accredited: N/A | No |