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Blacknight Now ICANN Accredited

March 13th, 2009|

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Blacknight Now ICANN Accredited

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We are delighted to be able to tell the world that we are now an ICANN accredited registrar!

I’ve been attending ICANN events and trying to get to grips with the entire setup for the last couple of years and quickly realised that the only way we could really move forward was to become accredited. We’re already accredited with a lot of the ccTLD operators, such as Nominet, AFNIC, Eurid and several others, so getting rid of the middleman for our gTLD domains made sense.

With our own accreditation we’d be able to interact directly with the registry operators and with the wider ICANN and internet community.

I also realised that since the entire RegisterFly debacle  “buying a registrar” was possible, but it would have been a really really bad idea.

So instead of opting for the easy “off the shelf” solution we went through the entire accreditation process from start to finish, so we got it on our own merits, making us the first Irish company to have ever done so.

The accreditation process can be quite confusing, but luckily several good friends and colleagues were able to help clarify various parts of it along the way:

While we aren’t setup to use our accreditation yet with any of the domain registries we will be soon enough (I’m not sure how long that’s going to take, but I know that I will have to deal with a LOT of paperwork in the coming weeks!)

We can, however, use the ICANN logo!

As we go through the process of getting the accreditation with the individual domain registry operators (Verisign, Afilias, PIR, dotMobi, Telnic etc.,) I’ll try to keep people up to date on our progress.

You can see a full list of the current accredited registrars on the IANA site as well

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About the Author: Michele Neylon
Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram
13 Comments
  1. Matthew Yates March 13, 2009 at 13:23

    Well done Michele, great achievement ploughing through all the admin and a fantastic step forward for Blacknight.

  2. Daragh March 13, 2009 at 13:50

    That’s fantastic – congrats Michele and everyone at Blacknight.

  3. Ross Cooney March 13, 2009 at 14:20

    Great work Michele, it must have been a mountain of work!

  4. David Cochrane March 13, 2009 at 14:27

    This is fantastic news Michele, congratulations. Looking forward to transferring all my domains over! 😉

  5. Frank Michlick (DomainCocoon) March 13, 2009 at 14:37

    Congratulations Michele & co. Glad I was able to be of assistance, let me know if there’s anything else I can help with.

  6. Tom Doyle March 13, 2009 at 14:46

    Congrats Michele & Paul! Well done!

  7. Patrick Vande Walle March 13, 2009 at 16:00

    Congratulations Michele et al !

  8. Dave Davis March 13, 2009 at 16:52

    Congratulations guys. About time and well deserved 🙂

  9. Michele Neylon March 13, 2009 at 20:11

    Thanks for all the kind words 🙂

  10. paul savage March 15, 2009 at 19:57

    Well done Michele. How long did the whole process take ?
    paul

  11. Roger Galligan March 16, 2009 at 00:32

    Well done Michele. Go after GoDaddy. I don’t like Bob Parson’s methods.

  12. Company Standards March 20, 2009 at 13:38

    Wow. Big step – congratulations on the accreditation!

  13. Romans March 23, 2009 at 23:34

    Well done. Being a company who designed and developed our own ICANN accredited from ground up we know how tough it is. Welcome to domain club, Michael.
    Now to add all those interactive web features and drop domain prices…. Good luck.

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