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Afilias Wins Contract to Run Backend Registry Services for .io, .ac and .sh

April 12, 2017 by Michele Neylon

Afilias has won the contract to run the backend registry services for a number of country code domain extensions. The new contract will see Afilias handling the technical side of .io, .ac and .sh which are currently run in-house by The Internet Computer Bureau.

In the past few years the .io ccTLD has become popular with startups as an alternative to .com.

Details of the deal and a timeline of when Afilias will takeover the backend services haven’t been released.

Transitioning the existing domain names over to the Afilias registry complex will require a certain degree of co-ordination with registrars, but from the registry’s perspective this should be seen as a positive move, as they’ll have access to more registrars than before.

Filed Under: afilias Tagged With: afilias, ccTLDs, Domain name

About Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade.
He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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  1. Adam says

    April 13, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    The .IO, .AC, and .SH contract will be a nice cash cow for Afilias. Mainly because of .IO domains being popular among start-ups and registrars charge $100+ per year for them.

    • Michele Neylon says

      April 13, 2017 at 10:00 pm

      Adam
      That will depend on the particulars of the contractual arrangement. Afilias has not acquired the extensions, but has got the contract to provide the backend registry services. While there probably is a per domain fee of some kind it won’t be impacted by prices that registrars charge.

      Michele

      • Adam says

        April 15, 2017 at 4:12 pm

        True but it will be a lucrative contract. 🙂

  2. Joseph Peterson says

    April 13, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    This change should help.

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