Domain registrars:
A domain registrar is a (business) organization that is accredited by one or more generic top-level domain name registry, sponsored top-level domain name registry or coutry code top-level domain name registry to make the reservation, registration and renewal of domain names for the public.
DNS hosting is also necessary for a registered internet domain name to function properly, but most domain registrars offer this as a free service for the domains registered through them.
For more information about the domain names, domain name extensions and domain registries, please visit IANA. By clicking this link, you will find a list of ICANN-Accredited Registrars. For ccTLD accredited registrars, you will have to visit the appropriate country code top-level domain name registry's url for registration services.
List of supported domain registrars:
Godaddy.com
Go Daddy was founded in 1997 by Bob Parsons (as Jomax Technologies and changed name to Go Daddy in 1999). By the year 2001 the company became the largest ICANN-accredited registrar. Their market share in domain registration is over 30% with more than 39 million domain names registered.
For more information visit the official Go Daddy website.
namecheap.com
NameCheap was founded in year 2000. With more than 500 thousand clients and more than one million domain names managed and administrated by the company, they are truly one of the top ICANN accredited registrars.
For more information visit the official NameCheap website.
enom.com
Enom was founded in year 1997. Since 2006 Demand Media is the company's new owner. It was the second largest registrar in year 2007 (ranked by number of registered domain names). Enom is the owner of eNomCentral and BulkRegister retail sites.
For more information visit the official enom website.
dotster.com
Dotster is a Vancouver (Washington, United States) based web services company. They are one of the world's largest domain name registrars with nearly 3 million domain names under their management.
For more information visit the official Dotster website.
1and1.com
1&1 internet Inc. was founded in 1988 and is owned by United Internet AG. More than 11 million domain names are registered and handled by them. They operate in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Austria, Spain and Canada.
For more information visit the official 1&1 website.
name.com
Name.com was founded in year 2003 by Bill Mushkin, the founder of Mushkin Inc. (owner of DomainSite and name.net websites as well). The company has registered more than 1 million domain names and offers a huge range of gTLD, sTLD and ccTLD extensions.
For more information visit the official name.com website.
networksolutions.com
Network Solutions LLC. was founded in 1979 by Gary Desler, Ty Grigsby, Emmit J. McHenry, and Ed Peters. In 2007 more than 6.5 million domain names were registered and managed by the company making them one of the five largest wholesale domain registrar.
For more information visit the official Network Solutions website.
netfirms.com
Netfirms was founded in year 1998 by university students Thomas Savundra and Suhan Shan. They are a well known canadian based web hosting company that powers more than 1.2 million websites.
For more information visit the official Netfirms website.
123-reg.co.uk
123-reg is a London based company owned by Webfusion. As one of the top domain name providers in the United Kingdom more than 2.6 million domains areunder their management.
For more information visit the official 123-reg website.
register.com
Register.com was founded in 1994 by Richard and Peter Forman as Forman Interactive. More than 2.5 million registered domain names are managed by them with a 10+ years of experience. In June 2010, the company was sold to Web.com Group.
For more information visit the official Register.com website.
domain.com
Domain.com is a Washington and Vancuver based company founded in year 2000. As an ICANN accredited registar, they primarily focus on domain name registration and web hosting services.
For more information visit the official Domain.com website.
eurodns.com
EuroDNS is Luxembourg based domain name registrar owned by the DCL group. With more than seventy accreditation from various top-level domain name registries, they are really one of the leading companies in the domain name industry.
For more information visit the official EuroDNS website.
idotz.net
iDotz is owned by a San Francisco (U.S.) based company called BRS Media Inc. (also the dotFM registry). Beside all the gTLDs they offer a huge choice of sTLD and ccTLD extensions as well.
For more information visit the official iDotz website.
domainsite.com
DomainSite was founded by Spot Domain LLC. In 2002 the company was acquired by Mushkin Inc. (the owner of the name.com website).
For more information visit the official DomainSite website.
aplus.net
Aplus was founded as Abacus America Inc. in year 1992 and began offering internet services in year 1995. With more than 400000 registered domain names, they are a mentionable company that offers various web hosting services as well.
For more information visit the official Aplus website.
directnic.com
directNIC was founded in year 2000 and is run by directNIC Ltd. (a company based in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands). Beside the domain name registration service they also offer a huge choice of other internet, web and website related services as well.
For more information visit the official directNIC website.
melbourneit.com.au
Melbourne IT was founded in year 1996 by The University of Melbourne. With more than 350 thousand customers in ten countries and over 4 million registered domain names they are a top ten domain name registrar company. In 1999 beside the .au extension Melbourne IT was accredited by ICANN as a registrar for .com, .net and .org domains.
For more information visit the official Melbourne IT website.
webnames.ca
Webnames was founded in year 2000 by John Demco, Stephen Smith, Matthew Lane and Cybele Negris. It was created from the original .ca registry (founded at the University of British Columbia). The company offers domain registration, web hosting and other internet related services.
For more information visit the official Webnames website.
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