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| headquarters = Im Oberen Werk 1<br/>66386 St. Ingbert         

| headquarters = Im Oberen Werk 1<br/>66386 St. Ingbert         

| country = Germany     

| country = Germany     

| ownership = [[KeyDrive SA]]   

| ownership = [[CentralNic]]   

| businesses =           

| businesses =           

| products = [[RRPproxy]] <br> [[BrandShelter]] <br>[[domaindiscount24]] <br> [http://www.moniker.com Moniker (Florida/USA]) <br> [[SkyWay DataCenter]] <br> [[KSregistry]]  <br> [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] <br> [http://www.nic.saarland nicSaarland] <br>

| products = [[RRPproxy]] <br> [[BrandShelter]] <br>[[domaindiscount24]] <br> [http://www.moniker.com Moniker (Florida/USA]) <br> [[SkyWay DataCenter]] <br> [[KSregistry]]  <br>  

[http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] <br> [http://www.nic.saarland nicSaarland] <br>

[http://www.traffic.club traffic.club] <br>

| employees = KS HQ 80+, KD/KS group 120+

| employees = KS HQ 80+, KD/KS group 120+

| website = [http://key-systems.net Key-Systems.net]             

| website = [http://key-systems.net Key-Systems.net]             

[[Jessica Pfeiffer]], Marketing/Human Resources<br/>

[[Jessica Pfeiffer]], Marketing/Human Resources<br/>

[[Volker Greimann]], General Counsel<br/>

[[Volker Greimann]], General Counsel<br/>

[[Markus Müller]], Business Development  (Domainer) <br>

Markus Müller, Business Development  (Domainer) <br>

[[Andreas Soll]], Product Manager (BrandShelter)

[[Andreas Soll]], Product Manager (BrandShelter)

}}

}}

'''Key-Systems Group''' is a leading international internet service provider. Key-Systems was founded in 1998 by [[Alexander Siffrin]] and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official [[:Category:Registrars|registrar]] in October, 2000. The German company has branch offices in the USA and in Brasil and provides services to its end-customers and resellers through its  domain portals: [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]] and [[domaindiscount24]] <ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>.

'''Key-Systems Group''' is a leading international internet service provider. Key-Systems was founded in 1998 by [[Alexander Siffrin]] and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official [[:Category:Registrars|registrar]] in October, 2000. The German company has branch offices in the USA and in Brasil and provides services to its end-customers and resellers through its  domain portals: [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]] and [[domaindiscount24]] <ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>.

As of Jan, 2014, the Key-Systems/ Moniker Group has over 6 million [[gTLD]] & [[ccTLD]] domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> The group is currently ranked second among leading registrars for global [[TLD]]s in Europe. They currently offer the fully-automated registration of more than 300 top-level and second-level domains and the will add over 700 new TLDs.<ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems History]</ref> The Registry Services of Key-Systems (offered since 2001) is now concentrated in the new company KSregistry GmbH. Apart of registry services for 4 ccTLDs  KSregsitry provides registry services for 27 new TLD applicants.

As of Jan, 2014, the Key-Systems/ [[Moniker]] Group has over 6 million [[gTLD]] & [[ccTLD]] domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> The group is currently ranked second among leading registrars for global [[TLD]]s in Europe. They currently offer the fully-automated registration of more than 300 top-level and second-level domains and the will add over 700 new TLDs.<ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems History]</ref> The Registry Services of KSregistry GmbH is now concentrated in the CentralNic Registry, providing Registry Services to 118 TLDs.

Key-Systems Group is part of [[KeyDrive SA]], which was formed through a merger between Key-Systems and [[NameDrive]] in June 2011. In Januuary, 2012, KeyDrive acquired former rivals [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] from [[Oversee.net]] for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, the KeyDrive registrars collectively ranked sixth in the list of the world's largest [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]]s for generic TLDs.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems Stable]</ref> Snapnames was sold in 2014 to web.com.

Key-Systems Group is part of [[KeyDrive SA]], which was formed through a merger between Key-Systems and [[NameDrive]] in June 2011. In Januuary, 2012, KeyDrive acquired former rivals [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] from [[Oversee.net]] for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, the KeyDrive registrars collectively ranked sixth in the list of the world's largest [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]]s for generic TLDs.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems Stable]</ref> Snapnames was sold in 2014 to web.com. Since August 2018 Key-Systems is part of the enlarged [[CentralNic]] Group.

==New gTLDs ==

==New gTLDs ==

The company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary [[KSregistry]] had been selected to provide back-end registry services for 3 ccTLDs and 27 gTLDs, including [[GeoTLD]]s such as [[.saarland]] and [[.zuerich]], [[gTLD|generic TLDs]] like  [[.ski]] and [[.bio]], and [[brand TLD]]s for leading companies from the automotive, finance, tourism, media and health sectors.

The company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary [[KSregistry]] had been selected to provide back-end registry services for 3 ccTLDs and 27 gTLDs, including [[GeoTLD]]s such as [[.saarland]] and [[.zuerich]], [[gTLD|generic TLDs]] like  [[.ski]] and [[.bio]], and [[brand TLD]]s for leading companies from the automotive, finance, tourism, media and health sectors; together with OpenRegistry (member of the KeyDrive Group since January 2017) the Group provides services for another 20 TLDs.

Key-Systems is a limited partner of dotBerlin GmbH since 2006  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycfrTQs0Yc]

Key-Systems is a limited partner of dotBerlin GmbH since 2006  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycfrTQs0Yc]

* In February, 2012 Key-Systems outsourced its registry services division KSregistry into a new subsidiary, [[KSregistry GmbH]]<ref>http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php</ref>.

* In February, 2012 Key-Systems outsourced its registry services division KSregistry into a new subsidiary, [[KSregistry GmbH]]<ref>http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php</ref>.

* In 2013 [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] joint the Key-Systems stable.

* 2013 [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] joins the Key-Systems stable.

* In 2014 dotSaarland GmbH started its operation of the new Geo TLD .saarland ([http://nic.saarland nic.saarland]); (Key-Systems holds the majority of the dotSaarland GmbH).  

* 2014 [[DotSaarland GmbH|dotSaarland]] GmbH starts its operation of the new Geo TLD .saarland ([http://nic.saarland nic.saarland]); (Key-Systems holds the majority of the dotSaarland GmbH)  

* 2017 [[OpenRegistry]] joins the KeyDrive stable.  

==Products and Services==

==Products and Services==

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[[Category: Registrars]]

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