registrar of record

The registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar that currently manages a domain at the registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry. It is the one named in RDAP Registration Data Access Protocol The modern protocol for looking up domain registration data, replacing WHOIS. Full definition of RDAP or WHOIS The legacy lookup service for domain registration data, now replaced by RDAP for gTLDs. Full definition of WHOIS results, and the only one able to renew, change or delete the domain. It changes only when a transfer to another registrar is completed.

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Transfers and EPP