Register.com

Register.com, Inc (www.register.com) is a leading provider of global domain name registration and Internet services for businesses and consumers that wish to have a unique address and branded identity on the Internet. Domain names serve as part of the infrastructure for Internet communications, including Web sites, email, audio, video and telephony.

The first registrar to compete in the domain registration market after government deregulation in 1999, Register.com has built a brand as the expert in quality domain name management services for small and medium sized businesses, large corporations and individual consumers.

Whether it's by pioneering the best applications and tools for our customers, by offering the broadest array of registration services in the market, or by providing superior customer service, Register.com has demonstrated itself to be an innovative, first-mover in the industry.

We directly register domain names across the generic Top Level Domains (TLDs) .com, .net, and .org (and soon in the new gTLDs: .biz, .info. .name and .pro) in hundreds of languages and character sets. Register.com is also able to offer domain names in over 250 country code TLDs, such as: .co.uk (Great Britain), .de (Germany) and .jp (Japan).

Through our retail website, www.register.com, we provide a quick and user-friendly registration process backed by 24 x 7 online and phone customer support. To assist customers in developing and maintaining their online identities, Register.com offers value-added products and services with domain names including: e-mail, URL forwarding, Domain Manager and FirstStepSite, a template-driven, three-page starter web site. Additional products and services include Site Submit, Domain Lock Down, Trademark Guardian and Domain Round Up.

Our Corporate Services Division provides domain services for Fortune 500 and other companies with specialized domain name registration needs, including management services, brand and trademark protection, and enhanced security.

Register.com's Global Partner Network provides telcos, ISPs and other online businesses and communities with the ability to offer, brand and manage their own unique version of the Register.com domain registration and Web site creation services.

Afternic, our secondary domain name market, offers domain name re-sale services such as auctions, appraisals and escrow services. Afternic has hundreds of members and over one million domain names listed for sale. Afternic Virtual Broker helps any prospective domain buyer get the names they really want by bidding on any domain name regardless of whether it's already been registered.

Through Registry Advantage, Register.com's full-service domain registry solution, we enable registries of all sizes to take advantage of our newly-minted, state-of-the-art systems to meet the needs of an expanding customer base. Registry Advantage’s advanced and reliable infrastructure allows registries to offer their clients near real-time domain name resolution, advanced Whois capabilities, 24x7 customer support, and online client management applications.

Register.com was named among the Top 100 Web Sites by PC Magazine in March, 2001. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York.