Domain Names Companies & Organisations

Companies and organisations involved in domain names including Nominet and the .uk namespace, registrars and registration services based in the UK and domain name speculation.

Go Daddy

GoDaddy.com is the worlds largest domain registrar with over 9 million domain names under their management.

ICANN

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure that every address is unique and that all users of the Internet can find all valid addresses. It does this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP addresses and domain names. It also ensures that each domain name maps to the correct IP address. ICANN is also responsible for accrediting the domain name registrars. "Accredit" means to identify and set minimum standards for the performance of registration functions, to recognize persons or entities meeting those standards, and to enter into an accreditation agreement that sets forth the rules and procedures applicable to the provision of Registrar Services.

Namesco

One of the top 10% of UK internet domain name providers with over 70,000 domains registered across a wide range of TLDs, Namesco is an established name with a staff of over 20 people.

Nominet

Nominet UK is the registry for .uk internet names, managing the authoritative database of .uk domain name registrations. It is a not-for-profit company and has members instead of shareholders.

Tralliance Corporation

Headquartered in New York City, Tralliance Corporation is dedicated to enabling travelers and the tourism trade to more effectively locate precise travel information to facilitate commerce. In short, Tralliance's role is to match buyers to sellers more efficiently. Tralliance will manage the .travel domain registry under the auspices of ICANN