Domain Name Registrar

A domain name registrar refers to a company that has the right to register and manage domain names on behalf of registrants for any given domain registry.  There are many registries around the world, handling the 100’s of different TLDs (domain extensions).  Despite common misconceptions, although a company must be accredited with ICANN to become an official registrar for .com, .net, .org and many other TLDs, there are many registries that will allow a company to act as a registrar for that TLD without first becoming ICANN accredited, such as Nominet, who runs the .uk registry.