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| + | {{CompanyInfo| |
| + | | logo = UnitedDomains.png |
| + | | type = Public |
| + | | industry = Domain Registrar |
| + | | founded = 2000 |
| + | | founder(s) = [[Florian Huber]]<br> |
| + | [[Markus Eggensperger]]<br> |
| + | [[Alexander Helm]] |
| + | | purchase = |
| + | | ownership = |
| + | | headquarters = Starnberg |
| + | | country = Germany |
| + | | products = |
| + | | employees = 70 |
| + | | revenue = |
| + | | businesses = |
| + | | website = http://www.united-domains.de <br> |
| + | http://www.uniteddomains.com |
| + | | twitter = UnitedDomainsUS |
| + | | keypeople = [[Florian Huber]], CEO<br> |
| + | [[Markus Eggensperger]], Legal Council<br> |
| + | [[Alexander Helm]], CMO<br> |
| + | [[Kate Hutchinson]] |
| + | }} |
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| + | United Domains is an [[ICANN]] accredited domain name registrar. United Domains has over ten years of expertise in domain name registration, offering over 170 top-level domains worldwide. United Domains support over 1.4 million domain names for more than 250,000 clients, including Fortune Global 500 companies such as Vodafone, Lufthansa, and Siemens.<ref>[https://www.uniteddomains.com/service/aboutus uniteddomains.com]</ref> |
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| + | United Domains is a silver sponsor at [[ICANN]] Silicon Valley.<ref>[http://twitter.com/florianhuber twitter.com/florianhuber]</ref> |
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| + | 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> |
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| + | ==History== |
| + | United Domains was founded in August 2000 by a young team of software developers, marketing and legal experts.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/company/united-domains-ag linkedin.com]</ref> Florian Huber, Markus Eggensperger and Alexander Helm are the founders of the company.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23840987 businessweek.com]</ref> |
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| + | In 2008, United Domains was purchased by [[United Internet]] 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> |
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| + | ==Board== |
| + | Board Members: Florian Huber (Chairman), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger |
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| + | Supervisory Board: Norbert Lang (Chairman), Dr. Oliver Mauss, Juergen Mayer<ref>[http://www.united-domains.de/kontakt/?SESSID=1a0014a306f225899fdcc6fc12041f2e united-domains.de]</ref> |
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| + | ==Business== |
| + | United Domains Network includes: |
| + | * USA United Domains http://www.uniteddomains.com |
| + | * namecheck.com http://www.namecheck.com/ |
| + | * newdomains.org http://www.newdomains.org/ |
| + | * domain-recht.de http://www.domain-recht.de/ |
| + | * dopoly.de http://www.dopoly.de/ |
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| + | NameCheck.com was launched officially in 2011.<ref>[http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/united-domains-launches-namecheck-com-search-engine-for-online-names/ billhartzer.com]</ref> |
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| ==Services== | | ==Services== |
| United Domains helps customers search and register domains. United Domains also maintains a Domain Trading Exchange which helps users trade the domains already taken. One can either buy, sell or lease through the Domain Trading Exchange. | | United Domains helps customers search and register domains. United Domains also maintains a Domain Trading Exchange which helps users trade the domains already taken. One can either buy, sell or lease through the Domain Trading Exchange. |
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| United Domains also provides the feature of Domain Portfolio which enables administration and configuration of all domains belonging to a company or a private individual regardless of where the domains are registered. This is like a control center for the customer. | | United Domains also provides the feature of Domain Portfolio which enables administration and configuration of all domains belonging to a company or a private individual regardless of where the domains are registered. This is like a control center for the customer. |
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− | Starting March 2011, United Domains has also started the pre-registration of the new [[Top Level Domains]] such as .sfo .berlin .nyc .web .eco .shop .gay .med .xxx .hotel .film .music to be introduced by [[ICANN]] in 2012.<ref>[https://www.uniteddomains.com/ntld/pre-register-new-domains InternetNZ uniteddomains.com]</ref>
| + | == References == |
| + | {{reflist}} |
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| + | == External links == |
| + | * [http://www.united-domains.de Official website of United Domains] |
| + | * [http://www.uniteddomains.com USA United Domains] |
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| + | [[Category: Companies]] |
| + | [[Category: Registrar]] |