History

Domaine.fr (French-Connection), a company Hi-Tech "traditional".

Domaine.fr is the main commercial sign of the company's French-Connection, created in 1996 by a team of enthusiasts of new technologies to Nice-Sophia Antipolis, in the south of france. At this time, Internic having the monopoly of the registration of domain names on the internet, French-Connection specializes in the management of portfolio of names and hosting on the Macintosh. Bet difficult, but held up in 1998-1999, date on which the monopoly of the internic falls and the concept of Registrar (registrar in independent) appears.

Therefore, the French-Connection becomes directly registrar accredited by ICANN and participates in the creation of different concepts and reorganizations of this new method of work and adheres, inter alia, the Afnic (Association Francaise pour le Nommage Internet en Cooperation), COREnic, (association of companies that have shared their experience and knowledge in this field to form a single registrar based in switzerland) EUDR (association of Pan-European alleged to the delegation and management as a Registry for .EU extension). The press (Le Monde, les Echos, 01 Informatique, Micro-Hebdo, etc...) plebiscite French-Connection, which is the first registrar French to allow the reservation of domain names in real time on the internet.

Since then, the French-Connection has seen an increase in the number of domain names that are managed by 40% per year (800% the first year). The solution of the hosting platform restraint has become Linux, even if the team remains always a fan of the little apple in Cupertino. The main reason for that is the source of the success of French-Connection is its follow-up customers. At the time of the reseller of domain names lead to a battle fierce price, French-Connection is expanding its portfolio management system multiextension unique in the world, for the satisfaction of its customers the most demanding. More than 23% of our customers operate more than 200 domain names, or to their own business, either for their clients. A call center includes more than 700 per day, for any matter related to this world, which is our main business since 1996.

Accreditations ? Registers ? Registrars ? ... Who is that ?

The world of domain names is in close connection with that of the intellectual property, and, more generally, of the identity of a product, of a natural person or legal entity. There are several levels in the management of a portfolio of domain names and this fact several types of companies providing these services.

The highest level is for a company to have an ICANN accreditation (cf.www.ICANN.org). Therefore, the company gets the name of the "Registrar" and can market the extensions tell generic (gTLDs). The .com is the generic extension for excellence. The conditions of access to this accreditation, orders, both technical and financial, and are not within the reach of all. Only 6 companies in france are accredited by ICANN (so Registrars) and Domaine.fr / French-Connection is a part of it.

The nationality of the Registrar (the accredited company) is also important because it will determine the field of action, as well as the margins for manoeuvre available to it, according to the applicable law of its countries. This is the reason why the French companies choose Registrars French in order to ensure better protection of their portfolio of domain names. In addition, with the opening of the europe, the registrars of the neighbouring countries will tend to seek to conquer the neighboring markets without taking into consideration the real legal issues specific to each country as the european law does not pronouncement on the subject.

The ICANN-accredited Registrar must comply with certain rules established and agreed to by the community and must also report on their behaviour and actions. He can sell the generic extensions (main because of its accreditation) directly or via resellers. It is the official seller of domain names in the foreground.

So be careful to check when a company pretend to be accredited ICANN or "Registrar" this is not a nominee as a reseller of Registrar is not also accredited by this relationship and can be brought to disappear tomorrow, leaving all of the names that are managed in the nature. This does not mean that such a reseller is required to be afraid of, there are serious but it is necessary to check its solvency, its status and legal existence, its age, the nationality of the registrar, the contracts that link to it in the case of failure or inability to continue its exercise, it can be reached by phone with a real technical support, and the most important : his motivation to understand if it is an accessory that it sells domain names (as a product) or is it a real manager of domain names. These checks will depend on the sustainability of your portfolio names.

You should be able to find the complete information on these issues in the section "about us" page of the website of your local dealer. If this section is absent from the site of the dealer, it is a sign of lack of seriousness manifest. However, it is also possible to make use of the databases of online businesses like the infoGreff or societe.com to ensure the existence of a dealer.

In respect of the extensions local (ccTLDs) such as the .fr for example, it must be accredited by the registry AFNIC that manages this extension on agreement of ICANN. A Registry is, therefore, a private or public body tasked by the ICANN to manage the operation of a extension of the geographical or generic. A registry, in general, does not sell the domain names that it manages only through Registrars that it accredits. For example, the conditions of membership to become a registrar of the .fr are established by the registry itself. (cf. www.Afnic.fr). A Registrar accredited by the afnic does not automatically or necessarily accredited by ICANN. One of which is an accreditation of a local registry for sell .fr without obligation or required technical or financial nature, the other the contrary. There are two levels of accreditation for the extension of the .fr. The first level is the highest (Option 1).

Domaine.fr / French-Connection is Registrar Afnic Option 1 with the best quality index : the error rate of less than 4.2% (see www.Afnic.fr).

Domaine.fr / French-Connection is also accredited by most registries, european and international level to be able to better protect and manage domain names to specific extensions. The second level is that of the domain name reseller, unable to obtain the accreditation direct the ICANN or ICANN-the afnic is obliged to pass by a Registrar. In general, a reputable reseller shall take the necessary measures to ensure the protection and longevity of the domain name he has registered for the account of its client. It is this point that we must take care to verify, before proceeding to any record. The whole problem is to hand over hand on the management of your name after the reseller will be gone. In order to be sure, do not hesitate and call directly to the dealer on the phone and ask him to provide you with the necessary safeguards. As we have clarified above, there are dealers very serious.

In our opinion, there has been a lot of companies, French or foreign, who are no longer here today it is because of their mode of management and their motivations. The fever of start-ups, research, valuation of securities and concerns regarding speculation stock markets have replaced "the business". French-Connection, has always considered the term "professional" in its significance the more traditional, which is to provide a professional service, high quality, with men and women, skilled and passionate.

For more than three years, at least 30% of domain names that are managed by French-Connection are transfers-incoming, that is to say, areas that were previously in the hands of a different structure.

Hoping that you will be able to make the right choice from the start. The whole team of Domaine.fr - French-Connection thank you for your confidence.

French-Connexion Multimedia Inc. / Domaine.fr, 455 Promenade des Anglais, Immeuble Nice Premier, 06200 NICE - France Tel : +33 0825 701 700 - Fax : +33 (0) 811 486 720

Domaine.fr is declared to the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties (CNIL) under the reference 714516 and respects the freedom of information law of 6 January 1978.