INDOM
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1997 |
| Founder(s): | Pierre Berecz, Philip VAN GELDER Stepahne Van Gelder |
| Headquarters: | 124-126 rue de Provence Paris,75008 |
| Country: | FRANCE |
| Employees: | 48 |
| Website: | www.Indom.com |
| LinkedIn: | Indom Linkedin |
| Key People | |
| Stephane Van Gelder, General Manager | |
INDOM is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar based in France, which provides domain name management for businesses, corporations, SMEs, legal practitioners and IP professionals. The company is composed of a team of 48 multi-disciplinary professionals in different fields to serve its clients.
INDOM is a subsidiary of Group NBT plc., a company specializing in the management and protection of online brands.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Pierre Berecz and Philip Van Gelder first establsihed anco.net on July 16, 1997. It is one of the first universal domain name availability seach engine which offers every available extension. Two years later in 1999, Stephan Van Gelderjoined the team and launched INDOM as a domain name registrar.[2]
In 2002, INDOM was launched in the United States. The company also moved its headquarters in Paris.. In 2005, the company opened two new offices located in Sophia-Antipolis (INDOM SOUTH) and Strasbourg (INDOM EUROPE).On October 11, 2007 INDOM grew internationally and opened its office in Hongkong at the company launched the .asiadomain name.Group NBT acquired INDOM on December 2010 and became its subsidiary.[3]
Accreditations[edit | edit source]
INDOM was accredited by AFNIC on December 28, 1999, by ICANN on July 27, 2005 and the first registrar in France to be accredited by EURid on July 16, 2005. The company was also an accredited for .asia on August 2007 and many other domain registries.[4]
Services[edit | edit source]
INDOM provides assistance, registration, domain management,technical management,web-hosting, security, legal assistance, monitoring as well as marketing services to its clients.
Awards[edit | edit source]
INDOM was given the Gazelle Awards in 2005 from the French Commerce Minister Renaud Dutriel. The award was given in recognition to companies which displayed a strong revenue performance for two years.[5]
INDOM and ICANN[edit | edit source]
In 2008, the company's General Manager, Stephane Van Gelder was elected Treasurer of the ICANN Registrar Constituency and elected member of the GNSO. At present Van Gelder is the Chairman of the GNSO Council.[6]