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| ownership      = [[AusRegistry Group]]

| ownership      = [[GoDaddy]]

| headquarters    = Level 8, 10 Queens Road<br>

| headquarters    = Level 8, 10 Queens Road<br>

Melbourne, Victoria 3004

Melbourne, Victoria 3004

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| keypeople      = [[Adrian Kinderis]], CEO<br>

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[[Krista Papac]], CSO<br>

[[Adrian Kinderis]], CEO<br>

[[Andrew Pink]], Business Development Consultant<br>

[[Jack Simpson]], General Manager - Client Engagement<br>

[[Jack Simpson]], Marketing and Communications Manager<br>

[[Tony Kirsch]], Senior Manager, International Business Development<br>

[[Axia Harrison]], Marketing and Events Coordinator

[[Axia Harrison]], Account Executive

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'''ARI Registry Services''' was created in October, 2011, when '''AusRegistry International''' rebranded. The move was made to underscore its international focus, its brand expansion, and better appeal to non-Austrlian [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] clients. The Aus prefix may have made them appear as an Australian-centric company, despite the fact that they already had international offices and existing clients spread across 4 continents.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-drops-the-aus-sets-up-in-us/ AusRegistry drops the Aus sets up in US, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

'''ARI Registry Services''' was created in October 2011, when '''AusRegistry International''' rebranded. ARI Registry Services was acquired by [[Neustar]] Registry in 2015, which was subsequently acquired by [[GoDaddy]] in 2020.<ref>[https://domainnamewire.com/2022/06/07/godaddy-acquires-two-tlds-pir-completes-acquisition-of-3-donuts-domains/ GoDaddy acquires two TLDs, Domain Name Wire]</ref> The move was made to underscore its international focus, its brand expansion, and better appeal to non-Australian [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] clients, as the "Aus" prefix caused concerned of making them appear as an Australia-centric company, despite their international offices and existing clients spread across 4 continents.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-drops-the-aus-sets-up-in-us/ AusRegistry drops the Aus sets up in US, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

ARI Registry Services is the first registry to offer its clients the choice of a primary location for its registry services; the two locations are in Australia and the USA. The announcement of this service was timed with its rebranding announcement, and underscores their desire to be seen as a truly international brand. The move required deploying further resources and infrastructure to the USA,<ref>[http://ariservices.com/news-global-rebrand.php News Global Rebrand, ARIServices.com]</ref> though they already had an office in America;<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-drops-the-aus-sets-up-in-us/ AusRegistry drops the Aus sets up in US, DomainIncite.com]</ref> it also received attention when it was announced as the services provider for one of the first official gTLD initiatives, GJB Partners' [[.jewelers]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

ARI Registry Services is the first registry to offer its clients the choice of a primary location for its registry services: in Australia or the USA. The announcement of this service was timed with its rebranding announcement and underscores its desire to be seen as a truly international brand. The move required deploying further resources and infrastructure to the USA,<ref>[http://ariservices.com/news-global-rebrand.php News Global Rebrand, ARIServices.com]</ref> though they already had an office in America;<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-drops-the-aus-sets-up-in-us/ AusRegistry drops the Aus sets up in the US, DomainIncite.com]</ref> it also received attention when it was announced as the services provider for one of the first official gTLD initiatives, GJB Partners' [[.jewelers]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

Prior to the rebranding, AusRegistry International had made big moves in integrating itself as an industry power player. It had been chosen by a number of national [[ccTLD]] registries to support their respective services, had become involved in [[IDN]]s, and supported [[ICANN]] and other industry fora as a sponsor.

Prior to the rebranding, AusRegistry International had made big moves in integrating itself as an industry power player. It had been chosen by a number of national [[ccTLD]] registries to support their respective services, had become involved in [[IDN]]s, and supported [[ICANN]] and other industry fora as a sponsor.

==Background==

==Background==

The following developments took place before October, 2011, when ARI Registry Services was known as AusRegistry International.

The following developments took place before October 2011, when ARI Registry Services was known as AusRegistry International.

===Australian Experience===

===Australian Experience===

It seems that its affiliate, [[AusRegistry]], focuses mainly on work inside Australia especially pertaining to the management of the [[.au]] [[ccTLD]]. It has renewed this domestic contract with the national authoirty, [[auDA]], a number of times.<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014, auDA.org]</ref> However, AusRegistry International notes some initatives it has taken in the domestic realm as well, such as building the [[ENUM]] registry for the Australia Communications and Media Authority.<ref>[http://ariservices.com/enum.php ENUM, ARIServices.com]</ref>

It seems that its affiliate, [[AusRegistry]], focuses mainly on work inside Australia especially pertaining to the management of the [[.au]] [[ccTLD]]. It has renewed this domestic contract with the national authority, [[auDA]], a number of times.<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014, auDA.org]</ref> However, AusRegistry International notes some initiatives it has taken in the domestic realm as well, such as building the [[ENUM]] registry for the Australia Communications and Media Authority.<ref>[http://ariservices.com/enum.php ENUM, ARIServices.com]</ref>

 

In October 2012, [[APTLD]] submitted a comment to [[AuDA]] in support of keeping the longstanding [[.au]] [[ccTLD]] contract with AusRegistry. [[CoCCA]] withdrew from APTLD after the submission of this proposal, asserting that APTLD backed AusRegistry on the basis of AusRegistry being one of its largest donors. Despite CoCCA's complaints, however, CoCCOA Director [[Garth Miller]]'s view seems to be the minority view. Under the consultation of [[AuDA]], numerous other registrars have supported the recommendation for AusRegistry to keep the contract.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10803-cocca-withdraws-from-aptld-over-support-for-ausregistry-monopoly CoCCA withdraws from APTLD over support for AusRegistry “monopoly”]. Domain Incite. Published 2012 October 24. Retrieved November 13.</ref>

===Involvement Outside Australia===

===Involvement Outside Australia===

They have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the Asia Pacific region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of ones own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that their current deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>

They have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the Asia Pacific region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of one's own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that its current deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>

They also provide consultations for the operation of South Africa's [[.za]] [[ccTLD]], which is the largest ccTLD in Africa.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/ausregistry-international-wins-another-lucrative-middle-east-internet-contract.html DomainNews.com]</ref> They were responsible for consolidating the disparate registries for .za [[SLD]]s into one, central registry.<ref>[http://www.ecommercereport.com.au/?p=907 eCommerceReport]</ref>

They also provide consultations for the operation of South Africa's [[.za]] [[ccTLD]], which is the largest ccTLD in Africa.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/ausregistry-international-wins-another-lucrative-middle-east-internet-contract.html DomainNews.com]</ref> They were responsible for consolidating the disparate registries for .za [[SLD]]s into one, central registry.<ref>[http://www.ecommercereport.com.au/?p=907 eCommerceReport]</ref>

===Expansion into IDNs===

===Expansion into IDNs===

ARI Registry serves has recently been solidifying their reputation as an international registry, domain manager, and software developer. They have secured deals with Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to provide software support for their respective registry services. It is the first company in the world to provide the support necessary to carry these countries' Arabic-based [[IDN]] services live, and facilitate the use of Arabic as a primary Internet language. Given these solid partnerships, AusRegistry is poised to continue to grow throughout the region and become a power-player in [[IDN]]s. The Omani Telecommunications regulatory body commented that “AusRegistry International met the evaluation criteria and were the highest ranked respondents to the tender issued by the [Telecommunications Ministry] for the provision of a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman. As such, [we have] chosen to partner with AusRegistry International to establish a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman that will provide benefits to the Omani community for many years to come".<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/03/08/ausregistry-international-spreads-registry-wings-to-include-oman/ DomainPulse.com]</ref>

ARI Registry serves has recently been solidifying its reputation as an international registry, domain manager, and software developer. They have secured deals with Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to provide software support for their respective registry services. It is the first company in the world to provide the support necessary to carry these countries' Arabic-based [[IDN]] services live and facilitate the use of Arabic as a primary Internet language. Given these solid partnerships, AusRegistry is poised to continue to grow throughout the region and become a power player in [[IDN]]s. The Omani Telecommunications regulatory body commented that “AusRegistry International met the evaluation criteria and were the highest-ranked respondents to the tender issued by the [Telecommunications Ministry] for the provision of a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman. As such, [we have] chosen to partner with AusRegistry International to establish a new Domain Name Registry System for Oman that will provide benefits to the Omani community for many years to come".<ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2011/03/08/ausregistry-international-spreads-registry-wings-to-include-oman/ DomainPulse.com]</ref>

 

==New gTLD Services==

==New gTLD Services==

AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September, 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back-end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

 

 

 

 

[http://www.ariservices.com/news-iinet_embraces_the_internet.php iiNet embraces the future of the Internet with .brand application]</ref>

In November, 2011, the results of an ARI commissioned study on potential new gTLDs affect on SMBs in Singapore showed that 57% of them would be interested in branding with a new TLD, even at a higher price. However, it also found that only 18% of such businesses were aware of the forthcoming opportunity.<ref>[http://www.computerworld.com.sg/resource/internet/more-business-breaks-seen-from-new-web-addresses/?page=1 More Business Breaks Seen From New Web Addresses, ComputerWorld.com]</ref>

In March 2012, It was announced that [[Directi]], a 300+ million dollar group of businesses that develop various Web Products, was launching a new gTLD entity. That new company, [[Radix]], applied for 30 new gTLDs, using ARI as its backend services provider.<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/news-directi_group_launches_radix.php News Directi Group Launches Radix, ARIservices.com]</ref>  

In January, 2012, ARI announced that they had signed contracts with 21 clients in the first week of the opening of the [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD program]]'s application window. The majority of these were said to be [[Brand gTLD]] clients.<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/news-ari_signs_21_contracts_in_the_first_week_of_applications.php News ARI Signs 21 Contracts in the First Week of Applications, ARIServices.com]</ref>

On May 31, 2012, ARI Registry Services confirmed that it was able to secure a total of 161 contracts to provide back-end registry services to new gTLD applicants. Out of its 161 clients, 85 are being applied for as generic, 70 are brand, and 6 are geographic TLDs.<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/news-new_tld_applications_close_today.php New TLD application window concludes after six years of development. ARI Registry Services reveals its outcomes]</ref> In a statement, [[Adrian Kinderis]], CEO of ARI Registry Services said, "When applications opened in January, our target was to secure around 100 TLDs, so to reach 161 has far exceeded our expectations. Our goal was never to become the biggest, but we did want to be the best. I believe the results of our efforts and the caliber of our clients demonstrate that we are well on the way to becoming a force to be reckoned with." Kinderis said that his company is providing registry solutions for global brands and high-profile entrepreneurs within the electronics, media, telecommunications, automotive, and banking industries.<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/news-new_tld_applications_close_today.php New Top-Level Domain applications close today - ARI Registry Services to support 161 TLDs]</ref>

In February, 2012, one of the first public [[Brand gTLD]] ventures, [[StarHub]]'s proposed [[.starhub]], announced that they had partnered with ARI to provide their back-end registry services.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/exclusive-starhub-confirms-dot-brand-gtld-bid/ Exclusive StarHub Confirms Dot Brand gTLD Bid, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

ARI Registry Services officially launched its managed [[DNS]] services at [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto.<ref>[http://www.ariservices.com/dns_services.php Services, ARIservices.com]</ref>

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