registry acquisition

A business deal in which a company buys a registry operator (glossary)registry operator The organization that holds the contract or mandate for a TLD and sets its rules. Full definition of registry operator, or one or more of its TLDs (glossary)TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD. For a gTLD (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD, the deal also needs a contract step: ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN must approve moving the Registry Agreement (glossary)Registry Agreement The contract between ICANN and a gTLD registry operator. Full definition of Registry Agreement to the buyer, or the change in who controls the operator. Such deals are a regular subject of industry news.