How do domain registrars....

[Nuklear]

get domains in the first place?

 

[Avenged]

Hm.. ive never thought of that.

God?

 

[Nuklear]

No one knows. =P I've asked this 3 times on different forums. All ended up with no replies or people saying "good point..."

 

[InZan3]

Good point..

 

[Brian May]

A domain name registrar is a company accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and/or by a national ccTLD authority to register Internet domain names. ICANN has authority over gTLDs, or Generic Top Level Domains. Examples of gTLDs include .com, .net and .org. ICANN does not have authority over ccTLDs, or Country Code Top-Level Domains, though it is quite common for domain name registrars to offer ccTLD registration services as well. Most registrars provide DNS hosting service, but this is not required, and is often considered a separate service.

An end-user alone, cannot register and manage their domain name information with ICANN. A designated registrar must be chosen to have one's domain names registered and managed with ICANN on their behalf. Prior to 1999, the only .com registrar was NSI, but after the approval of the SRS, this opened up the opportunity for other companies to be designated as registrars.

Only one designated registrar may modify or delete information about a domain name. The competition that SRS created enables the end user to choose from many registrars offering different services at varying prices. It is not unusual for an end user to wish to switch registrars. Thus, there is the domain name transfer clause.

When a registrar registers a .com domain name for the end-user, it must pay a maximum annual fee of US$6.00 to VeriSign and a US$0.25 administration fee to ICANN. VeriSign is the registry manager for .com gTLD. Low cost bulk registrars like Go Daddy and Tucows must manage their margin after paying these fees and their equipment cost. Therefore, the barrier for entry into the bulk registrar industry is high for new companies without an existing customer base.

I think that explains it =)

 

[KyleEnos]

A domain name registrar is a company accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and/or by a national ccTLD authority to register Internet domain names. ICANN has authority over gTLDs, or Generic Top Level Domains. Examples of gTLDs include .com, .net and .org. ICANN does not have authority over ccTLDs, or Country Code Top-Level Domains, though it is quite common for domain name registrars to offer ccTLD registration services as well. Most registrars provide DNS hosting service, but this is not required, and is often considered a separate service.

An end-user alone, cannot register and manage their domain name information with ICANN. A designated registrar must be chosen to have one's domain names registered and managed with ICANN on their behalf. Prior to 1999, the only .com registrar was NSI, but after the approval of the SRS, this opened up the opportunity for other companies to be designated as registrars.

Only one designated registrar may modify or delete information about a domain name. The competition that SRS created enables the end user to choose from many registrars offering different services at varying prices. It is not unusual for an end user to wish to switch registrars. Thus, there is the domain name transfer clause.

When a registrar registers a .com domain name for the end-user, it must pay a maximum annual fee of US$6.00 to VeriSign and a US$0.25 administration fee to ICANN. VeriSign is the registry manager for .com gTLD. Low cost bulk registrars like Go Daddy and Tucows must manage their margin after paying these fees and their equipment cost. Therefore, the barrier for entry into the bulk registrar industry is high for new companies without an existing customer base.

I think that explains it =)

Nice copypasta

 

[Coday]

Nice copypasta

All that matters is that he posted it, it's SO kind of you to point out the fact he didnt work for it.

 

[Brian May]

I copied it from Wikipedia =P That's pretty obvious, I don't know what most of that means =) you guys don't need to have a go at me =P

 

[matysthc90]

ure all wrong!
Ask Chuck Norris, he gets IP with letters ;]

 

[Nuklear]

So, that means we can't do it ourselves? :[

 

[Brian May]

No. Read my post. All top level domains have to go through ICANN. They would just see you in their database as not registered with a designated provider, and you would be taken into court and all that ****.

 

[NoPeace]

Register Domain Names at Register.com | Domain Name Registration & Web Hosting Services

To be honest. It's as easy as that. :1:

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