Backend Registries: who are they?

A "Backend Registry" is the necessary technical service to apply for a new domain name extension. Without one, the new gTLD application will be rejected by the ICANN since without it, a new gTLD cannot technically work. In one word, the "backend" is the technical platform that makes everything work together. When an accredited Registrar wants to sell domain names from a specific Registry (.club - .fr - .whatever - etc...), it is the backend registry which takes care of everything technically.

There is a list of service providers which future new gTLD applicants will need to visit when they want to submit their application. They will either need to:

1. Contact them and discuss their project to learn about prices and services wanted/required to apply or;
2. Build their own backend registry solution (good luck with that).

A backend registry solution provider does not necessarily offer its solution as a service for future applicants, so from the list below, I got rid of some names. For example, some old providers of certain country code Top-Level domains (existing ccTLD extensions) don't have an offer. Also, some of the new registries have their own internal solution: the many new gTLD projects from Google or Uniregistry use their own solution but are not offered to the public: such solutions won't be listed here.

The list:

1. ZDNS is also offering the MIIT solution to develop a TLD for the Chinese market (China);
2. Nominet (UK);
3. GMO (Japan);
4. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (Canada);
5. Verisign (USA);
6. TLD-BOX Registrydienstleistungen (Austria);
7. AFNIC (France)
8. China Internet Network Information Center (China);
9. CORE (Switzerland);
10. Knipp Medien und Kommunikation GmbH (Germany);
11. Flexireg (Russia);
12. SIDN (The Netherlands);
13. Updated: DNS Africa Ltd (Mauritius): http://dns.business/;
14. KSregistry (Germany);
15. Afilias (Ireland);
16. CentralNic (UK);
17. Technical Center of Internet (Russia);
18. Neustar (USA);
19. JPRS (Japan).

Contact me if you believe that some service providers are missing. I will be happy to add them (don't forget to add the link to their offer).

To learn more about who to work with to submit your application in the next round of the ICANN new gTLD program , contact Jovenet Consulting.