A domain name registrar is a company, person, or office that manages the reservation of Internet domain names. A domain name registrar must be accredited by a generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry or a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registry. A registrar operates in accordance with the guidelines of the designated domain name registries.
Registration of a domain name establishes a set of name server records in the DNS servers of the parent domain, indicating the IP addresses of DNS servers that are authoritative for the domain. This provides a reference for direct queries of domain data.
Registration of a domain does not automatically imply the provision of DNS services for the registered domain. Most registrars do offer DNS hosting as an optional free service for domains registered through them. If DNS services are not offered, or the end-user opts out, the end-user is responsible for procuring or self-hosting DNS services. Registrars require the specification of usually at least two name servers.
ICANN Registrar Accreditation
ICANN registrar accreditation is a process established by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to ensure that gTLD domain registrars meet specific standards and requirements in providing gTLD domain registration services. The country code ccTLDs typically have their own registrar accreditation processes.
To become an ICANN-accredited domain registrar, companies must undergo a comprehensive and rigorous application process.
The application fee for ICANN Accreditation as of April 12, 2021, is $3,500 which is non-refundable. In addition, registrars are required to provide documentation confirming that they possess access to a minimum working capital of $70,000 at the time of application.
Top 100 ICANN-accredited Domain Registrars List
Here are 100 ICANN-accredited domain registrars, each of which is authorized to register domain names and manage their DNS information:
- GoDaddy.com, LLC
- Namecheap, Inc.
- Google Domains (Google LLC)
- Tucows Domains Inc.
- Network Solutions, LLC
- Bluehost Inc.
- HostGator.com LLC
- Dynadot, LLC
- Gandi SAS
- Domain.com, LLC
- DreamHost, LLC
- Enom, LLC
- 1&1 IONOS SE
- OVH SAS
- Name.com, Inc.
- BigRock Solutions Ltd.
- Porkbun LLC
- 101domain GRS Limited
- Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd.
- Hover (Tucows)
- FastDomain Inc.
- PublicDomainRegistry.com
- Dotster, Inc.
- Namesilo, LLC
- EuroDNS S.A.
- Register.com, Inc.
- Domainit, Inc.
- MyDomain, Inc.
- NetEarth One Inc.
- PlanetHoster Inc.
- Rebel Ltd.
- Encirca, Inc.
- Register.IT SPA
- IWantMyName (Ideegeo Group Limited)
- Epik Inc.
- Sav.com, LLC
- Key-Systems GmbH
- Strato AG
- 1API GmbH
- Hetzner Online GmbH
- Marcaria.com International, Inc.
- Crazy Domains FZ-LLC
- Aruba S.p.A.
- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd.
- Asia Registry Pty Ltd.
- Hosting Concepts B.V. (Openprovider)
- OnlyDomains Limited
- Epag Domainservices GmbH
- Internet.bs Corp.
- Above.com Pty Ltd.
- PSI-USA, Inc.
- Instra Corporation Pty Ltd.
- GMO Internet, Inc. d/b/a Onamae
- Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd.
- SafeNames Ltd.
- CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Lexsynergy Limited
- LogicBoxes
- Secura GmbH
- Ascio Technologies, Inc.
- Key-Systems LLC
- InternetX GmbH
- Web4Africa Inc.
- Nominalia Internet S.L.
- Netfirms, Inc.
- Realtime Register B.V.
- Mesh Digital Limited
- Com Laude
- Netregistry Pty Ltd.
- OVHcloud
- Hosting Ireland
- AB NameISP
- ResellerClub
- HostPapa, Inc.
- Akamai Technologies, Inc.
- West263 International Limited
- Eurobyte LLC
- DYN Inc.
- DomainPeople, Inc.
- DirectNic, LLC
- PhoenixNAP, LLC
- Hexonet GmbH
- 123-Reg Limited
- Internet Vikings International AB
- Secured Private Network, LLC
- GMO Registry, Inc.
- Dravonet Corporation
- Domain-It!
- French Connexion Dba Domaine.fr
- UdomainName.com, LLC
- ConnectReseller (Qishlo LLC)
- Cloudflare Registrar
- Dominios.es
- Valuetec Ltd (VTCL)
- WebNames.ca Inc.
- BB-Online UK Limited
- Simpson Millar LLP
- Clouvider Limited
- Dotroll Kft.
Each registrar may offer a variety of services and pricing structures, and some may specialize in certain types of domain names or offer unique features. ICANN’s official website provides a full, updated list if you’re interested in more registrars.
For more Information, please check ICANN websites
Registrar Rankings
Several organizations post market-share-ranked lists of domain name registrars and numbers of domains registered at each. The published lists differ in which top-level domains (TLDs) they use; in the frequency of updates; and in whether their basic data is absolute numbers provided by registries, or daily changes derived from Zone files.
The lists appear to all use at most 16 publicly available generic TLDs (gTLDs) that existed as of December 2009, plus .us. A February 2010 ICANN zone file access concept paper[10] explains that most country code TLD (ccTLD) registries stopped providing zone files in 2003, citing abuse.
Published rankings and reports include:
- Monthly (but with approximately a three-month delay), ICANN posts registry reports created by the registries of all gTLDs. These reports list absolute numbers of domains registered with each ICANN-accredited registrar.
- Yearly (but covering only the period from 2002 to 2007), DomainTools.com, operated by Name Intelligence, Inc., published registrar statistics. Totals included .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .us. It cited “daily changes” (presumably from daily zone files) as the basis for its yearly aggregates.
A domain name registrar is a company, person, or office that manages the reservation of Internet domain names. A domain name registrar must be accredi
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