Accredited Registrars

An accredited registrar is an entity that offers domain name registration services to registrants of a generic top-level domain (gTLD) with direct access to the gTLD registries.

Failure to Support DNSSEC, IDN, IPv6

The 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) requires ICANN-accredited registrars to support DNSSEC, IPv6 [PDF, 281 KB], and if applicable, IDNs.

These requirements only apply to registrars under the 2013 RAA.  Registrars still under the 2001 or 2009 RAA do not have these requirements.

To determine which RAA version applies to a registrar, visit the ICANN-Accredited Registrars page, which lists the RAA version for every registrar.

If you have a complaint regarding a registrar failing to comply with these requirements, please submit a Registrar Standards Complaint Form.