All Change for Domain Registrars; Easyspace to OfferDomain Registrar Transfers Giving Around 40%...

Business Editors

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000

www.easyspace.com , the ICANN approved domain registration and hosting company, announced today that is to offer owners.com .net or .org domain names its new Registrar domain transfer service, a faster, simpler and cheaper

The Registrar transfer service has been created to automate the transfer of domain names from any number of registrars to just one, Easyspace. The benefits of this include:

- Cost saving

Easyspace will charge (pound)4.00 ($6.00) for the Registrar transfer plus (pound)9.50 ($14.00) for each additional year as Registrar of a domain whereas other registrars charge around (pound)25.00 ($35.00) per year for renewal fees. This is a saving of over 40% compared to the industry average.

- Simplification

Registrar transfer of domain names has until now been a complicated and time consuming process. This new service allows owners to transfer of their domains in a single, simple transaction.

- Additional services

Easyspace's Registrar transfer service will give users access to its easy-to-use domain management system that offers free name server changes, stream-lined ownership transfers, online customer support and a wide range of hosting services.

The transfer process is completely transparent. Users of this service do not have to change hosting company to enable the transfer, and the transfer takes place without any interruption of service.

Erik Young, CEO of Easyspace, says of the new service: "Easyspace believes in providing its customers the best available services at the best possible prices. This new service will save time and money for owners of domain names who need to renew ownership of their domains, or who simply wish to change Registrar. This service will empower individual users, providing a level of control over their domains that has been unavailable until now."

For further information, please visit the Easyspace website at www.easyspace.com

EASYSPACE

Founded by Sam Evans and Erik Young, Easyspace has been trading since April 1998 and has 750,000 users worldwide and registers 70,000 domain names per month for clients in over 150 countries. As well as domain name registration, the company also offers web hosting and combined packages of domain name registration and web hosting.

ICANN

ICANN was formed as a non-profit corporation under sponsorship of the United States Department of Commerce to assume responsibility for co-ordinating the management of the domain name system, the allocation of IP address space, the assignment of protocol parameters and the management of the root server system. Previously, one company controlled the registry for .com, .net and .org domains and was deemed to be a monopoly. The aim of ICANN is to create a competitive market in order to give the consumer a choice and therefore a better deal.