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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> | '''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> | ||
United Domains is a silver sponsor at [[ICANN]] | United Domains is 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> | 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> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Domain Registrar |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Founder(s): | Florian Huber Markus Eggensperger Alexander Helm |
| Headquarters: | Starnberg |
| Country: | Germany |
| Employees: | 70 |
| Website: | united-domains.de uniteddomains.com |
| Twitter: |  @UnitedDomainsUS
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| Key People | |
| Florian Huber, CEO Markus Eggensperger, Legal Council | |
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.[1]
United Domains is a silver sponsor at ICANN Silicon Valley[2] and ICANN Singapore.[3]
United Domains has also sponsored the .nxt conference on new gTLDs.[4]
History
United Domains was founded in August 2000 by a young team of software developers, marketing and legal experts.[5] Florian Huber, Markus Eggensperger and Alexander Helm are the founders of the company.[6]
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.[7]
Board
Board Members: Florian Huber (Chairman), Alexander Helm, Markus Eggensperger
Supervisory Board: Norbert Lang (Chairman), Dr. Oliver Mauss, Juergen Mayer[8]
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/
NameCheck.com was launched officially in 2011.[9]
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 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.
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.[10]