Good International Domain Registrars?
bscott at ntisys.com
bscott at ntisys.com
Thu Sep 23 17:54:01 EDT 2004
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, at 10:45pm, bill at bfccomputing.com wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations for a "good" domain registrar who can
> handle international registrations.
Technically speaking, each country is responsible for operating or
appointing their own registry for their ccTLD. You can find the list of
ccTLD delegations (from the root zone) here, complete with links to the
registry for each:
http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
So, for example, if I wanted register a domain in .UK, I would click on
the ".uk -- United Kingdom" hyperlink, which takes me to a page that points
me to http://www.nic.uk/ for registration services.
Now, some countries consider their ccTLD to be a resource that can be
exported, and will enter into agreements with other companies to resell
registrations in their ccTLD. The .cc and .tv domains are famous for this.
That is done strictly on a country-by-country basis, however. There is no
global authority or system which administers registrations across ccTLDs, as
there are with gTLDs.
So, in all honestly, I don't think what you're looking for exists, period,
because countries are under no obligation to offer registrations in their
ccTLD via any particular method.
Glossary
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ICANN = Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IANA = Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
TLD = Top Level Domain
ccTLD = Country-Code TLD (.US, .UK, .CC, etc.)
gTLD = Global/Generic TLD (.COM, .ORG, .NET, etc.)
registry = organization that operates a TLD
registrar = organization that accepts domain registrations for gTLDs
registrant = owner of a domain name (you)
For gTLDs, registrants submit registrations to their registrar of choice.
Registrars act as a middle-man. Registrars submit your registration to the
gTLD registry, which operates the nameservers for a TLD. This process is
formally administered by ICANN.
For ccTLDs, it is up to each country's registry to decide how they want to
do things.
--
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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