Registrars Offering Services through Resellers
Survey of Domain Registration Services
Company name & domain Company classification & channel Registration counts Accreditation date | Services Offered through Resellers (proportion) | Registration Methods - Resellers | Support - Resellers | Portal - Resellers | Pricing - Resellers | Add'l Features - Resellers | Web references and add'l comments - Services Offered through Resellers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 charged by registrar to reseller | discount for registering multiple domains | discount for extended registrations | typical gTLD price to reseller after discounts | typical .uk price to reseller after discounts | typical .jp price to reseller after discounts | dns hosting available | web forwarding available | web hosting available | email forwarding available | email hosting available | |||
Active ISP ASA activeisp.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses approx. 300.000 domains, approx. 100.000 in gTLDs Accredited: Beginning of 2000 | 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 | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best Registration Services, Inc. BestRegistrar.com Registrar focusing on (custom) 55,000 domains, 97% in gTLDs Accredited: 09/09/1999 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 43 | varies | varies | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | 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 | Yes (0% - 20%) | $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 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domain Bank, Inc. domainbank.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 220000 domains, 99% in gTLDs Accredited: August 1999 | Yes (20% - 40%) | $35 | $15 | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Not avail. | 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 | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EnCirca Encirca.com Registrar focusing on corporate 11,000 domains, 30% in gTLDs Accredited: 2001 | Yes (20% - 40%) | 2 | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | Avail. - add'l fee to reg'r | 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 (80% - 100%) | 15 | $6.95-$8.95 | $6.95 | $5.99 | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | Yes (20% - 40%) | 5 | $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 | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intercosmos Media Group dba directNIC.com directcnic.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 979000 domains, 95% in gTLDs Accredited: March 2001 | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MyDreamspace.com MyDreamspace.com focusing on individuals / small businesses 15 domains, 99% in gTLDs | Yes (0% - 20%) | $10 | $5 | 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 | I am just setting this up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NetNames netnames.com Domain Management focusing on corporate 100000 domains, 40% in gTLDs Accredited: 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Register.com, Inc. Register.com Registrar focusing on individuals / small businesses 3100000 domains, 90% in gTLDs Accredited: January 1999 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 15 | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | Incl'd in reg. price | 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 | Yes (0% - 20%) | 10 | $17 | $47 | 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 | 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 | Yes (80% - 100%) | 5 | $10 | $10 | Avail. - add'l fee to other co. (varies) | 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 | No |