Who Registers Domain Names?

A domain name registrar registers domain names.At-Large Directors. The At-Large Directors are
A domain name registrar is a company accreditedelected by an at-large membership organization.
by ICANN or by a national ccTLD authority orICANN has taken various measures to oversee
both to register Internet domain names.the domain-name registration system's transition
ICANN or Internet Corporation for Assignedfrom government hands to private hands and to
Names and Numbers is a nonprofit organizationcoordinate its decentralization and the integration
that is responsible for IP address space allocation,into a global community.
protocol parameter assignment, domain nameA company chosen by ICANN to register and
system management and root server systemmanage domain names on its behalf is a
management functions.designated registrar. There are several domain
The late Jon Postel created ICANN in 1998 inregistrars offering domain registration services.
response to a policy statement issued by the USSome of the top domain name registrars include
Department of Commerce. ICANN has authorityGo Daddy, Network Solutions, eNom, Tucows,
over gTLDs (Generic Top Level Domains) thatMelbourne IT, Schlund.de, Register.com, Wild West
include .com, .net and .org. The organization doesDomains (Part of Go Daddy), Moniker Online
not have authority over ccTLDs (Country CodeServices, and DomainDoorman.
Top-Level Domains), which include .ca (Canada),Mahesh Kumar is working as a Project Manager
.uk (United Kingdom), .us (United States), .in (India),at GDTECHINDIA. The Company offers cheap
.de (Germany or Deutschland), .fr (France) etc.domain names and offers promotional schemes
The board of ICANN is comprised of nineteenfor .info and .org domain names. There are
Directors, and nine At-Large Directors. Directorsvarious offers for Domain Name Resellers with
serve for one-year terms and are succeeded byQuality Hosting.