Registries

Registries manage the sale of all domains for the domain endings (top-level domain or TLD) they own. You can think of a registry as the wholesale and the registrar (Google Domains) as the retail. Customers, individuals, businesses and organisations buy domain names from the registrar, and the registrar registers the domain names it sells with the registry.

Each registries manages the administrative data for the domains and subdomains under its authority, including the zone files that contain the addresses of the name servers for each domain. Each registry maintains a database that contains registrant information for the second-level domains (google.com, example.com) beneath the top-level domains (.com) that the registry manages.

A registry operator is an organisation that maintains the administrative data for one or more top-level or lower-level domains. For example, VeriSign is responsible for several top-level domains, including the .com, .net and .name domains. A registry operator is given authority for a domain through ICANN.

Some registries have specific Terms of Service documents for the domains they sell. These spell out the rights, responsibilities and requirements for registrants (customers), registrars and the registry. When you purchase a domain name, you must agree to these terms of service. See the table below for a list of registries, the TLDs they manage, and the Terms of Service for each registry:

Registry	Terms of Service
.CLUB DOMAINS, LLC	View Google Domains Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .club

Registry	Terms of Service
.CO Internet S.A.S.	View Google Domains Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .co

Registry	Terms of Service
Afilias Limited	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for Afilias domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .info

Registry	Terms of Service
Donuts	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for Donuts domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .academy, .accountants, .agency, .associates, .bike, .boutique, .builders, .business, .cab, .camera, .camp, .capital, .cards, .care, .careers, .catering, .center, .cheap, .church, .city, .cleaning, .clinic, .clothing, .coach, .codes, .coffee, .community, .company, .computer, .condos, .construction, .contractors, .cool, .credit, .cruises, .dating, .delivery, .dental, .diamonds, .digital, .direct, .directory, .discount, .domains, .education, .email, .energy, .engineering, .enterprises, .equipment, .estate, .events, .exchange, .expert, .exposed, .farm, .fish, .fitness, .flights, .florist, .football, .foundation, .fund, .furniture, .gallery, .gifts, .glass, .graphics, .gratis, .gripe, .guide, .guru, .healthcare, .holdings, .holiday, .house, .immo, .industries, .institute, .insure, .international, .investments, .kitchen, .land, .lease, .legal, .life, .lighting, .limited, .limo, .maison, .management, .media, .memorial, .network, .partners, .parts, .photography, .photos, .pictures, .pizza, .place, .plumbing, .productions, .properties, .recipes, .rentals, .repair, .report, .restaurant, .sarl, .schule, .services, .shoes, .singles, .solar, .solutions, .supplies, .supply, .support, .surgery, .systems, .technology, .tienda, .tips, .tires, .today, .tools, .town, .toys, .training, .university, .vacations, .ventures, .viajes, .villas, .vision, .voyage, .watch, .works, .world, .zone

Registry	Terms of Service
eNIC Cocos (Keeling) Islands Pty. Ltd. d/b/a Island Internet Services	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for .CC domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .cc

Registry	Terms of Service
Google Registry	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .how, .soy
•  

Registry	Terms of Service
Government of Montenegro	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .me
•  

Registry	Terms of Service
INRegistry	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .co.in

Registry	Terms of Service
IO Top Level Domain Registry Cable and Wireless	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .io

Registry	Terms of Service
Micronesia Investment and Development Corporation	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .pw

Registry	Terms of Service
National Internet Exchange of India	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .in

Registry	Terms of Service
NeuStar. Inc.	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for NeuStar domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .biz, .us

Registry	Terms of Service
New Cypress, LLC	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .reisen

Registry	Terms of Service
NZ Registry Services	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .co.nz

Registry	Terms of Service
Public Interest Registry (PIR)	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for PIR domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .org

Registry	Terms of Service
Rightside	View Terms of Service
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .actor, .consulting, .dance, .democrat, .futbol, .haus, .immobilien, .kaufen, .moda, .ninja, .pub, .republican, .reviews, .social

Registry	Terms of Service
Verisign	View Google Domains Terms of Service View terms of service for Verisign domains
Domain endings (TLDs)

• .com, .net