Realtime Register

Realtime Register is an internationally active, ICANN-accredited wholesale registrar. The company manages the registrations of more than two million domain names for roughly a thousand resellers in sixty-plus countries. "At Realtime Register, we feel we have a duty to help customers find the right domain names," says Berend van Dalfzen. "Although the number of registered .nl domain names now tops six million, there is still plenty of choice. But people need help making their choices. Even before SIDN developed its Suggestion Tool, we were working on our Advanced Domain Availability Checker (ADAC): a system that makes it quick and easy for customers to see whether a name they want is available. If it isn't, the ADAC suggests alternatives, including not only .nl domains, but also domains with extensions such as .com, .net and .eu. Resellers have access to a special tool management portal, where they can define suggestion preferences. They can control how many suggestions are presented, in what order, and so on."