Overview of Services by Registrar
Survey of Domain Registration Services
Company name & domain Company classification & channel Registration counts Accreditation date | Participation in ICANN Process | Services offered to... | |||||||
dues-paying member of registrars constituency | participating in mailing lists | attending meetings in person | attending meetings via webcast | submissions to ICANN's public forums | Individuals and Small Businesses (proportion) | Corporate Registrants (proportion) | Bulk Registrants (proportion) | Services Offered through Resellers (proportion) | |
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%) | No | No | 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%) | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
Best Registration Services, Inc. BestRegistrar.com Registrar focusing on (custom) 55,000 domains, 97% in gTLDs Accredited: 09/09/1999 | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes (60% - 80%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | |||||
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%) | Yes | Yes | Yes (0% - 20%) | |||||
Dnbuy Inc dnbuy.com focusing on individuals / small businesses 25 000 domains, 95-98% in gTLDs Accredited: N/A | Yes (80% - 100%) | Yes | |||||||
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 | No | |||||||
Domain Bank, Inc. domainbank.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 220000 domains, 99% in gTLDs Accredited: August 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | Yes (20% - 40%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes (20% - 40%) | |||||
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%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | No | |||||
EnCirca Encirca.com Registrar focusing on corporate 11,000 domains, 30% in gTLDs Accredited: 2001 | Yes (20% - 40%) | Yes (40% - 60%) | Yes (20% - 40%) | Yes (20% - 40%) | |||||
eNom, Inc. enom.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 2.25 million domains, 94% in gTLDs Accredited: June 25th, 1999 | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes | Yes | Yes (80% - 100%) | |||||
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%) | Yes | Yes (20% - 40%) | Yes (20% - 40%) | |||||
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%) | No | Yes | No | |||||
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%) | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
MyDreamspace.com MyDreamspace.com focusing on individuals / small businesses 15 domains, 99% in gTLDs | Yes (80% - 100%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | No | Yes (0% - 20%) | |||||
NetNames netnames.com Domain Management focusing on corporate 100000 domains, 40% in gTLDs Accredited: 2000 | Yes (40% - 60%) | Yes (40% - 60%) | |||||||
Register.com, Inc. Register.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 3100000 domains, 90% in gTLDs Accredited: January 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes | Yes (0% - 20%) | |||||
Schlund + Partner AG schlund.de focusing on individuals / small businesses 3500000 domains, 1000000 in gTLDs Accredited: 1999 | Yes (60% - 80%) | No | Yes (0% - 20%) | Yes (0% - 20%) | |||||
Tucows Inc. tucows.com Registrar focusing on resellers 3mm+ domains, 3mm+ in gTLDs Accredited: 1999 | No | Yes (80% - 100%) | |||||||
VeriSign Digital Brand Management Services verisign.com Domain Management focusing on corporate 150,000 domains, 60% in gTLDs Accredited: N/A | No | Yes (80% - 100%) | No | No |