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{{CompanyInfo|

| logo             = directi-logo.jpg

| logo           = directi-logo.jpg

| type             = Privately Held

| type           = Privately Held

| industry        = Internet, Registrar

| industry        = Internet

| founded       = Mumbai, India (1998)

| founded         = Mumbai, India, 1998

| founders        = Bhavin Turakhia<br/>

| founders        = [[Bhavin Turakhia]]<br/> [[Divyank Turakhia]]

Divyank Turakhia

| **headquarters= 303 Second Street, Suite 800N<br/>San Francisco, CA 94107

| headquarters   = Directiplex,<br/>Next to Andheri Subway,<br/>Old Nagardas Road,<br/>Andheri (East),<br/>Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069

| keypeople    = Bhavin Turakhia (Founder and CEO)<br/>

| businesses      = [[Skenzo]]<br/>[[Radix]]<br>[[.pw The Professional Web]]

| businesses        = LogicBoxes<br/>

| products        =  

ResellerClub<br/>

| employees      = 1,000+

WebHosting.Info<br/>

| website         = [http://www.directi.com Directi.com]

Skenzo<br/>

.pw

| employees    = 550+

| sales              = 300+ million dollars

| website         = http://www.directi.com Directi.com

}}

}}

'''Directi''' is an internet Domain Registrar Company founded in 1998 by [[Bhavin Turakhia]] and [[Divyank Turakhia]]. <ref>[http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20071001/technologylife03.shtml Express Computer]</ref> Directi is the first [[:Category:Registrars|ICANN accredited registrar]] of India. The head office of Directi is in Mumbai, India, with subdivision offices in Delhi and Bangalore; Xiamen, China; Ras al Khaimah, UAE; and in Queensland, Australia. <ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/offices Directi Corporate Website]</ref>

Directi services include communication and collaboration apps, social networking software, instant messaging, context analysis engines, anti-spam and antivirus solutions, large-scale billing and provisioning platforms, traffic monetization solutions, online advertising solutions, and much more.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/corporate-profile Directi Corporate Website]</ref>

Directi is valued at 300+ million dollars. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100222-2.htm DN Journal]</ref> With more than 550 employees, the company serves over 1000,000 customers and has 50000+ channel partners, which is growing at a rate of 120% per annum. Directi businesses includes - Communication and Collaboration apps, Social Networking software, Instant messaging, Context Analysis Engines, Anti-spam and Antivirus Solutions, Large scale Billing and Provisioning platforms, Traffic Monetization Solutions, Online Advertising Solutions, [[DNS]] Management Products, Linux and Windows Server Management Software, Web Hosting Control Panels and much more.<ref>[http://www.directi.com/about/corporate-profile Directi Corporate Website]</ref>

In 2014, Directi sold a number of its web presence businesses to [[Endurance International Group]], including [[ResellerClub]], [[LogicBoxes]], [[WebHosting.info|webhosting.info]], and [[BigRock]].<ref name=":0">[http://www.directi.com/about-us.html Directi About Us page]</ref>

== Businesses: ==

Across its existing portfolio, Directi employs more than 1500 people across eight offices, with more than 9 million customers, revenues of more than $250 million and a group enterprise value of more than $1.4 billion.<ref name=":0" />

Directi has six business units including:

* [[LogicBoxes]] - Logic Boxes provides private label domain registration and web hosting solutions. Their services include registry exchange, web hosting, email hosting, website builder, etc.  

* [[ResellerClub]] - Reseller Club offers Domain Registration (gTLDs and ccTLDs), Linux and Windows Hosting, Mail Hosting, Mail AntiSpam, Mail AntiVirus, SSL, etc.

In a press release, Directi announced its more than $30 million investment for its  application for 31 new generic top level domain names ([[gTLD]]s) with [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]]. The company established [[Radix]] to serve as the applicant and eventual registry operator for all the proposed 31 gTLDs, which are: [[.web]], [[.shop]], [[.bank]], [[.law]], [[.music]], [[.news]], [[.blog]], [[.movie]], [[.baby]],[[.store]], [[.doctor]], [[.hotel]], [[.play]], [[.home]], [[.site]], [[.website]], [[.click]], [[.online]], [[.one]], [[.ping]], [[.space]], [[.world]], [[.press]], [[.chat]], [[.city]], [[.deals]], [[.insurance]], [[.loans]], [[.app]], [[.host]] and [[.hosting]]. <ref>

* [[WebHosting.Info]] - Webhosting.info offers information about the various domain registrars worldwide, a forum for discussions about domain, tips news related to domain hosting.

[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/ http://www.thedomains.com/2012/05/31/directi-invest-over-30-million-applies-for-31-new-gtlds-including-law-web-bank-shop/]</ref>

* [[Skenzo]] - Skenzo provides traffic monetization.  

* [[.pw]]<ref>[http://directi.com/sites/default/files/Bhavin_Turakhia_DARE_SEPT2010_EOM.PDF Directi Corporate Website]</ref>

Directi CEO Bhavin Turakhia anticipated string contention on the domain name strings. He said that his company is open to strategic partnerships with other parties. He said, ''"I expect there to be contention in all of them. Whether they will end up going to auction… we’re completely open to strategic partnerships with other industry players who we believe can add value and join hands with us, based on merit. We’ll be evaluating this on a case by case basis."'' <ref>[http://domainincite.com/archives/9174-directi-expects-all-31-of-its-gtlds-to-be-contested Directi expects all 31 of its gTLDs to be contested]</ref>

* [[Bhavin Turakhia]], Founder and CEO, Directi

:CEO: [[ResellerClub]] / [[.pw]] / [[LogicBoxes]] / [[Answerable.com]]

* [[Divyank Turakhia]], Co-founder and President, Directi  

:CEO: [[Media.Net]] / [[Skenzo]] / [[BigJumbo]]

 

* [[Skenzo]] - Skenzo provides traffic monetization and domain parking services.

* [[Radix]] - In March, 2012, it was announced that Directi would be launching a [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] entity that would be applying for and running new extensions.

* [[.pw The Professional Web]] - Directi has relaunched the [[.pw]] [[ccTLD]] as an [[ccTLD#Open ccTLD|Open ccTLD]], targeting a professional audience with the acronym "Professional Web". It became the company's first active experience as a TLD registry.

* [[Flock]]

* [[Zeta]]

 

Directi also manages second level domains in the [[.pw]] namespace. .pw is the [[ccTLD]] for Palau, and there is currently no registration process for higher level domain names in that namespace.

==Awards==

==Awards==

* Directi won the PinkSlip Choice Award for the “most innovative recruitment advertisement”.

* Directi has won the PinkSlip Choice Award for the “most innovative recruitment advertisement" in 2008.

* Directi was ranked 13th in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 list in 2007.<ref>[http://bhavin.directi.com/tag/awards/ Bhavin's Blog]</ref>

* Directi was ranked 13th in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 list in 2007.<ref>[http://bhavin.directi.com/tag/awards/ Bhavin's Blog]</ref>

==Directiplex==

==Directiplex==

Directiplex is a 7 floor facility that has been built to meet the increasing needs of Directi. It is spread across an area of 120,000 square feet and has the capacity for 1500 seats. Directiplex has an employee restaurant a gaming center and a bowling alley in the building. Directiplex was inaugrated in 2009. <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2010/january.htm DN Jounal]</ref>

Directiplex is a 8 floor facility that has been built to meet the increasing needs of Directi. It is spread across an area of 120,000 square feet and has the capacity for 1500 employees. Directiplex has an employee restaurant, a gaming center, and a bowling alley in the building. It was inaugrated in 2009.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2010/january.htm DN Jounal]</ref>

==References==

==References==

== External links==

== External links==

* [http://www.directi.com Directi.com]

* [http://www.skenzo.com/ Skenzo]

* [http://www.resellerclub.com/aboutus Reseller Club Corporate Profile]

* [http://www.codechef.com/ CodeChef]

* [http://bhavin.directi.com/directi-wins-the-times-ascent-pinkslip-award/ Bhavin's Blog]

* [http://bhavin.directi.com/ Bhavin's Blog]

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