Identity Digital
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Identity Digital is a domain registrar provider and a merger of Donuts Inc and Afilias.[1][2][3][4] The two companies were rebranded and brought under a single company in 2022.[1]
Donuts Inc
Donuts Inc. is a domain name registrar and registry that provides paid domain names via its own registry status (for example, managing the .social gTLD) and contracts between its subsidiaries and other registries.[5][6][7][8]
Afilias
Afilias was founded in October 2000 by a group of 19 major domain name registrars.[9][10] In November 2020, Afilias was acquired by Donuts, the domain name registry operator.[11]
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- ^ Allemann, Andrew (2022-06-22). "Donuts rebrands to Identity Digital". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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- ^ "Visit the Top Level Domain (TLD) Registry Services and DNS Solutions Experts | Afilias". afilias.info. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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- ^ "Donuts Raises Secures Finances to Buy Rightside". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
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- ^ Portal, Presse (October 3, 2000). "World´s Leading Internet Domain Name Registrars Unite to Create Top Level Domain With Global Appeal". Press Relations Presse Portal. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Neylon, Michele (November 19, 2020). "Donuts to Buy Afilias". InternetNews.me. Retrieved November 19, 2020.