registry accreditation

The approval by a registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry that lets a registrar (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar sell domains in its TLD (glossary)TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD. Each registry sets its own steps. Typical ones are signing a contract, passing a technical test and paying a fee or deposit. An ICANN-accredited registrar still needs this for every gTLD (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD, and ccTLD registries (glossary)ccTLD manager The organization that runs a country code top-level domain. Full definition of ccTLD manager run their own schemes.