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{{CompanyInfo|
{{CompanyInfo|
| logo = UnitedDomains.png
| logo = UnitedDomains.png
| type = Public
| type = Privately Held
| industry = Domain Registrar
| industry = Internet, Registrar
| founded = 2000
| founded = Starnberg, 2000
| founders = [[Florian Huber]]<br>[[Markus Eggensperger]]<br>[[Alexander Helm]]
| founders = [[Florian Huber]]<br>[[Markus Eggensperger]]<br>[[Alexander Helm]]<br>Johann Hermann<br>Nikolai Tiedemann
| ownership =
| ownership =
| headquarters = Starnberg, Germany<br> Cambridge, USA
| headquarters = Gautinger Str. 10, 82319 Starnberg
| country =
| country = Germany
| businesses =
| businesses =
| products = [[newdomains]] Conference
| products = [[newdomains]] Conference
| employees = 85
| employees = 90
| revenue =
| revenue =
| website = [http://www.united-domains.de united-domains.de]<br>[http://www.uniteddomains.com uniteddomains.com]
| website = [http://www.united-domains.de united-domains.de]<br>[http://www.uniteddomains.com uniteddomains.com]
}}
}}
'''united-domains''' is an [[ICANN]] accredited domain name [[registrar]]. united-domains has over ten years of expertise in domain name registration, offering over 270 top-level domains worldwide. united-domains support over 1.5 million domain names for more than 250,000 clients, including Fortune Global 500 companies such as Vodafone, Lufthansa, and Siemens.<ref>[http://www.united-domains.de/kontakt/wir-ueber-uns/ About Us]</ref>
'''united-domains''' is a Germany-based domain name [[registrar]] with its headquarter in Starnberg, near Munich. The company was founded in 2000 and it was subsidiary of [[Lycos Europe]] from 2004 till 2008. Since 2009 it became part of [[United_Internet | United Internet]].
united-domains was a silver sponsor at [[ICANN Silicon Valley]]<ref>[http://twitter.com/florianhuber twitter.com/florianhuber]</ref> and [[ICANN Singapore]].<ref>[http://singapore41.icann.org Singapore 41 Meeting]</ref>
==History==
united-domains was founded in August 2000 by a young team of software developers, marketing and legal experts. Florian Huber, Markus Eggensperger, Alexander Helm, Johann Hermann and Nikolai Tiedemann are the founders of the company.<ref>[http://www.united-domains.de/kontakt/wir-ueber-uns/ About Us]</ref>
In '''2003''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, dopoly GmbH, to focus on reseller customers. Since 2011 it operates under the name of united-domains Reselling GmbH.
united-domains has also sponsored the [[.nxt]] conference on new [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.dot-nxt.com/sponsor/united-domains dot-nxt.com]</ref> It also hosted its own conference on new TLDs in September, 2011, the [[newdomains]] conference. [[Afilias]] was the top sponsor of the event, which was held in Munich, Germany, and timed to coincide with that city's famous Oktoberfest celebrations. 2 Years later, they hosted the conference again.
In '''2004''', Lycos Europe took over united-domains for an non-disclosed amount of money.
united-domains is accredited with many registries like [[Verisign]], [[Afilias]], [[Neustar]], [[donuts]], [[DENIC]] and many more<ref>https://www.united-domains.de/kontakt/wir-ueber-uns/</ref>.
In '''2009''', united-domains was purchased by [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG for 34 million Euro.<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United-Domains de.wikipedia.org]</ref>
In '''2010''', namecheck.com was officially launched.<ref>[http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/united-domains-launches-namecheck-com-search-engine-for-online-names/ billhartzer.com]</ref>
In 2008, united-domains was purchased by [[United_Internet | United Internet]] AG for 34 million Euros. The founders of the company, Florian Huber, Markus Eggensperger and Alexander Helm still hold 15% share in the company even after the sale.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/registrars/united-internet-purchases-united-domains-for-45m-usd/3462 domainnamenews.com]</ref>
In '''2011''', united-domains opened a subsidiary, United Domains Inc, in Cambridge, MA to address the US market. In the same year united-domains started to collect non-binding pre-registrations for new gTLDs.
==Board==
==Board==
Board Members: Florian Huber (Chairman), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger
Board Members: Florian Huber (Chairman), Alexander Helm and Markus Eggensperger
Supervisory Board: Norbert Lang (Chairman), Dr. Oliver Mauss and Jürgen Mayer<ref>[http://www.united-domains.de/kontakt/ united-domains.de]</ref>
==Products & Services==
united-domains is an [[ICANN]] accredited registrar and supports more than 500 TLDs. Besides that it also offers web hosting and email services.
==Industry Participation==
united-domains was a silver sponsor at [[ICANN Silicon Valley]]<ref>[http://twitter.com/florianhuber twitter.com/florianhuber]</ref> and [[ICANN Singapore]].<ref>[http://singapore41.icann.org Singapore 41 Meeting]</ref>
united-domains has also sponsored the [[.nxt]] conference on new [[gTLD]]s.<ref>[http://www.dot-nxt.com/sponsor/united-domains dot-nxt.com]</ref> and hosted its own conference on new gTLDs in September, 2011, the [[newdomains]] conference. [[Afilias]] was the top sponsor of the event, which was held in Munich, Germany, and timed to coincide with that city's famous Oktoberfest celebrations. In 2013 they hosted the conference again.
==Business==
==Business==
* united-domains AG http://www.united-domains.de
* united-domains AG http://www.united-domains.de
* United Domains Inc http://www.uniteddomains.com
* United Domains Inc http://www.uniteddomains.com
* united-domains Reselling http://www.ud-reselling.com/
* namecheck.com http://www.namecheck.com/
* namecheck.com http://www.namecheck.com/
* domain-recht.de http://www.domain-recht.de/
* domain-recht.de http://www.domain-recht.de/
==Controversy==
==Controversy==