Register.com Launches Third Party Protocol, An API Which Enables Virtually Any Site to Offer Domain Name Registrations

Business Wire, Jan 20, 2000

Business/Technology &Internet Editors

NEW YORK, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000

Register.com's Third Party Protocol Application Allows Other Web Sites to Provide a Complete Domain Registration Solution to their Own Customers

Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) today announced the launch of the register.com Third Party Protocol application (TPP), through which virtually any other web site can incorporate a comprehensive register.com domain registration solution. Through this Application Program Interface (API), TPP users can interface directly with register.com's domain registration system, enabling them to register and manage domain names, bill credit cards, provide customer service support and even change technical data.

&uot;Through Third Party Protocol, register.com is providing a complete and easy to use package for the aspiring registrar,&uot; said register.com CEO and President Richard Forman. &uot;Unlike with many other back-end registration solutions, TPP users can offer high quality domain registration services, without building their own systems or diverting traffic from their own site -- and they can do so while promoting their own brand.&uot;

Register.com's proprietary Third Party Protocol technology allows customers to interface in real time with the central domain name registry for .com, .net and .org, as well as over 20 international country code top level domains, including .co.uk (United Kingdom), .co.nz (New Zealand) and .md (Moldova). In addition to registration services, TPP provides access to register.com's Whois and billing engine and also offers domain management tools that assist with customer support by allowing users to modify IP addresses, DNS Server information and contact information for their customers.

&uot;TPP is not limited to just domain registration,&uot; said Robert Gardos, register.com's Vice President of Technology. &uot;It enables aspiring registrars to instantly accept customer credit cards, manage technical data and change Whois profile information.&uot;

About register.com

Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) provides domain name registration and other Internet services for individuals and businesses that wish to have a unique address and a branded identity on the Internet. The company's partners include Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS), Concentric (Nasdaq: CNCX), ZDNet (Nasdaq: ZD), Cybersource (Nasdaq: CYBS), USA.NET and First Data Corporation. Register.com was the first registrar to go &uot;live&uot; as part of the US government's effort to deregulate the domain name registration market. In addition, the company was selected as one of the first five &uot;test bed&uot; registrars accredited by ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

Register.com was ranked among the top 100 Web sites by PC magazine in April 1999 and July 1999, and by P.O.V. Magazine in November 1999. It was also listed as one of Fortune Magazine's 25 Products to Watch in June 1999. The Company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York City.