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{{CompanyInfo|
{{Organization|
| logo              = Key-SystemsLogo.gif
|city = Sankt Ingbert
| type              = GmbH (limited liability - Germany)
|country = Germany
| industry          = Internet, Domain names
|date_founded = 1998
| founded          = 1998
|focus = Domain Registrar
| founder          = Alexander Siffrin
|logo = Key-SystemsLogo.gif
| headquarters      = In the Upper Plant 1<br/>
|organization_type = Commercial
66386 St. Ingbert
|subsidiaries =  
| country = Germany
|website = http://key-systems.net
| keypeople        = [[Alexander Siffrin]] (CEO/ CTO)<br/>
[[Thorsten Smeets]] (Dir. Registry Relations)<br/>
[[Bonnie Wittenburg]] (EVP, US)<br/>
[[Jessica Pfeiffer]], Mktg / HR<br/>
[[Volker Greimann]], General Counsel<br/>
[[Erik Alles]], Acct Mgr<br/>
[[Andreas Soll]], Prod Mgr<br/>
| employees        = 54 (2010)
| revenue          =
| products          = DomainDiscount24, RRPproxy, BrandShelter
| website           = http://key-systems.net/
}}
}}


'''Key-Systems,''' is a domain names distributor and management company. It was founded in 1998 by Alexander Siffrin and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official registrar in October 2000. This Germany based company has subsidiaries in the USA and Mexico and provides services to its end customers resellers through its three domain portals named RRPproxy.net, BrandShelter.com and domaindiscount24.com. <ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>  
'''Key-Systems Group''' is a leading international Internet service provider. Key-Systems was founded in 1998 by [[Alexander Siffrin]] and received it's accreditation from [[ICANN]] as an official [[:Category:Registrars|registrar]] in October, 2000. The German company has branch offices in the USA and in Brazil and provides services to its end-customers and resellers through its domain portals: [[CentralNic Reseller]] (formerly [[RRPproxy]], [[BrandShelter]] and [[domaindiscount24]].<ref>[http://www.widepr.com/company/850/Key_Systems.html Wide PR.com]</ref>


As of November 2010, Key-Systems has over 1,620,000 domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> The company currently holds the second place among the leading registrars for global Top Level Domains (gTLDs) in Europe<ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/225535 PR.com]</ref> On a global scale, Key-Systems is ranked as the 12th Largest [[ICANN]] Registrars of the world <ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/top-registrars/global/ Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> .  
As of Jan, 2014, the Key-Systems/ [[Moniker]] Group has over 6 million [[gTLD]] & [[ccTLD]] domains under its management.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/KEY-SYSTEMS.NET Web Hosting Info.com]</ref> The group is currently ranked second among leading registrars for global [[TLD]]s in Europe. They currently offer the fully-automated registration of more than 300 top-level and second-level domains and the will add over 700 new TLDs.<ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems History]</ref> The Registry Services of KSregistry GmbH is now concentrated in the CentralNic Registry, providing Registry Services to 118 TLDs.


Key-Systems Group became part of [[KeyDrive SA]], which was formed through a merger between Key-Systems and [[NameDrive]] in June 2011. In January, 2012, KeyDrive acquired former rivals [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] from [[Oversee.net]] for an undisclosed amount. Following the acquisition, the KeyDrive registrars collectively ranked sixth in the list of the world's largest [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]]s for generic TLDs.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems Stable]</ref> Snapnames was sold in 2014 to Web.com.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/keydrive-sa-sells-snapnames-to-webcom-focusing-on-the-further-development-of-its-registrar-business-248199351.html PR Newswire: KeyDrive S.A. Sells SnapNames to Web.com, Focusing on the Further Development of its Registrar Business]</ref>
On July 16, 2018 KeyDrive and its subsidiaries, including Key-Systems, were acquired by the CentralNic Group PLC (now Team Internet Group PLC.)<ref>[https://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2018/dailyposts/20180716-3.htm DN Journal: CentralNic Acquires KeyDrive]</ref>
==New gTLDs ==
The company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary [[KSregistry]] had been selected to provide back-end registry services for 3 ccTLDs and 27 gTLDs, including [[GeoTLD]]s such as [[.saarland]] and [[.zuerich]], [[gTLD|generic TLDs]] like  [[.ski]] and [[.bio]], and [[brand TLD]]s for leading companies from the automotive, finance, tourism, media and health sectors; together with OpenRegistry (member of the KeyDrive Group since January 2017) the Group provides services for another 20 TLDs.
Key-Systems is a limited partner of dotBerlin GmbH since 2006 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SycfrTQs0Yc]


==History==
==History==


In 1998, Alexander Siffrin founded Key-Systems GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts), A civil law partnership company, in Friedrichsthal, Germany. Key-Systems GbR was turned into a limited liability company Key-Systems GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) in 2000. <ref>[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems.net]</ref>
In October 1998, [[Alexander Siffrin]] founded Key-Systems GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts), a civil law partnership company, in Friedrichsthal/Saarland, Germany.  
 
Key-Systems GbR was turned into a limited liability company Key-Systems GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) in 2000.<ref name="history">[http://www.key-systems.net/company/history.php Key-Systems: The Company's History]</ref>
 
In the same year, Key-Systems launched DomainDiscount24.com (DD24), the domain portal for end-customers. On November 10, 2000, ICANN announced that Key-Systems GmbH d/b/a DomainDiscount24.com had qualified to be accredited as a domain name registrar for the .com, .net, and .org domains.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/icann-pr10nov00-4.htm ICANN.org]</ref>   
 
In 2001, Key-Systems launched its reseller portal [[RRPproxy.net]]. That same year, Key-Systems joined [[DENIC]], an association for the administration of the German ccTLD ([[.de]]). Key-Systems also participated in the first meetings addressing the implementation of a TLD for Europe, [[.eu]].   
 
Key-Systems participated in [[Verisign]]'s IDN testbed in 2002. At this point, Key-Systems provided more than 60 different domain name extensions.     
 
In 2007, Key-Systems took over the former [[Verisign]] Namestore Business for leading ccTLDs, migrating the ccTLD domain portfolios to the [[RRPproxy]] platform.<ref name="history"></ref>
 
In May, 2009, Key-Systems founded its US subsidiary in the Washington D.C. metro area, and [[Bonnie Wittenburg]] was announced as Executive Vice President for Key-Systems USA, Inc.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101104075129/http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1241531607.html Key-Systems with new US branch: Free Press Release]</ref>
 
In July 2009, Key-Systems invested in DevKey Domain Management Solutions, buying 49% of its share.<ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/166886 PR.com: Key-Systems Invests in Software Specialist DevKey]</ref>     
 
In 2010, Key-Systems moved to its new own corporate headquarter in St. Ingbert and built its own TIER III datacenter (SkyWay-DataCenter)
 
Since July 2011, Key-Systems continues on as a subsidiary of [[KeyDrive SA]], which also is the owner of [[NameDrive]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ Moniker and Snapnames join Key-Systems stable, DomainIncite.com]</ref>
 
In January 2012, [[Moniker]] and [[SnapNames]] were acquired from [[Oversee.net]] by [[KeyDrive SA]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/moniker-and-snapnames-join-key-systems-stable/ DomainIncite: Moniker and SnapNames Join Key-Systems Stable]</ref>  


In 2000, Key-Systems launched domaindiscount24.com (dd24), the domain portal for end customers.  On November 10, 2000, ICANN accounded that Key-Systems GmbH d/b/a domaindiscount24.com had qualified to be accredited as domain name registrars in the .com, .net and .org domains. <ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/icann-pr10nov00-4.htm ICANN.org]</ref>
In February, 2012 Key-Systems outsourced its registry services division KSregistry into a new subsidiary, [[KSregistry GmbH]].<ref>http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php</ref>


In 2001, Key-Systems launched its reseller portal RRPproxy.net. Key-Systems joined DENIC, the cooperative for the administration of the German domain ending .DE, in the same year. Key-Systems also Participated at the first meeting and the follow-ups for the implementation of a domain .EU for Europe during 2001.  
In 2013 [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] joined the Key-Systems stable.


Key-Systems participated in [[VeriSign]]'s IDN testbed in 20002. By 2002, Key-Systems started to provide than 60 different domain name registration.  
In 2014 [[DotSaarland GmbH|dotSaarland]] GmbH starts its operation of the new Geo TLD .saarland ([http://nic.saarland nic.saarland]); (Key-Systems holds the majority of the dotSaarland GmbH).


In 2004, the company was relocated from Bexbach to Zweibrücken. Key-Systems headquarters was later relocated from Zweibrücken to St. Ingbert in its own company building in 2010.
In 2016 [http://www.traffic.club traffic.club] starts its activities.


In 2007, Key-Systems Took-over of the former VeriSign Namestore System migrating more than 200,000 domains to the RRPproxy platform.  
In 2017 [[OpenRegistry]] joins the KeyDrive stable. KSregistry GmbH and OpenRegistry S.A are merged.


In October 2008, Key-Systems invested in software developer company [[Avarteq]] <ref>[http://www.openpr.com/news/129424/Key-Systems-invests-in-software-specialist-Avarteq.html Open PR.com]</ref>. In July 2009, Key-Systems invested in [[DevKey]] Domain Management Solutions buying 49% of its share.  <ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/166886 PR.com]</ref>
In 2018, KeyDrive S.A. is taken over by CentralNic (now Team Internet Group).  


In May, 2009, Key-Systems founded its US subsidiary in Virginia, Washington Metro area and [[Bonnie Wittenburg]] was announced as the new Executive Vice President for Key-Systems USA, Inc. <ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1241531607.html Free Press Release]</ref>. In November, 2009, Key-Systems opened another Monterrey, Mexico focusing the Latin American Market.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/112409_Key_Systems_Establishes_Latin_American_Presence_with_Office_in_Mexico Web Hhost Industry Review]</ref>.
In the same year, dotSaarland GmbH became 100% subsidiary of Key-Systems.


In 2010, Key-Systems took over the majority of [[AZ.pl]], a Polish domain registrar company.  <ref>[http://www.pr-inside.com/key-systems-takes-over-majority-of-r1817639.htm PR Inside]</ref>
In October 2022, RRPproxy was rebranded to CentralNic Reseller in October 2022.


==Products and Services==
==Products and Services==
Key-Systems provides services to its end customers resellers through its three domain portals
Key-Systems provides services to resellers, companies and end-customer's through its three domain portals:


*[[DomainDiscount24]] (dd24): domain registration portal, including web- and mailspace offers available in five different languages, targeting at retail customers.
* [[CentralNic Reseller]] (formerly RRPproxy: for domain-resellers of both [[gTLD]] and ccTLD domain names, CenntralNic Reseller provides registration of domains through a WebInterface, Direct-Socket-Access, Email-Template, or [[API]].


*[[RRPproxy]]: for domain-resellers of both [[gTLD]] and [[ccTLD]] domain names, its provides  registration of domains through a WebInterface, Direct-Socket-Access, Email-Template or API.  
* [[BrandShelter]]: helps to manage and monitor huge domain portfolios, and includes support in planning, executing and operating a [[TLD]] including registry services by [http://key-systems.net/businessareas/ksregistry.php?lang=en KSregistry].


*[[BrandShelter]]: helps to manage and monitor huge domain portfolios and includes supports in planning, executing and operating the TLD.  
* [[domaindiscount24]] (dd24): domain registration portal, including web and mailspace offers available in five different languages, targeted at retail customers.


==Awards==
==Awards==
[[Deloitte]] Technology awarded Key-Systems the rank 23rd in “Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Award” for the year 2010. <ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/keysystems-named-fast-50-deloitte-technology/8280 Domain Name News.com] </ref>
Key-Systems received the '''Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award''' in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.<ref>[http://www.deloitte.com/view/de_DE/de/branchen/technology-media-telecommunications/technologyfast50/awardkategorien/73a883a19e853310VgnVCM3000001c56f00aRCRD.htm Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/keysystems-named-fast-50-deloitte-technology/8280 Domain Name News.com]</ref>
Key-Systems was ranked 411 in the "2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA Ranking and CEO Survey".<ref>[http://www.deloitte.co.uk/fast500emea/fast-500-winners/winners-2009/_Key-Systems_Fast50.pdf deloitte.co.uk] </ref> It was also awarded the Rank 22 of the fastest growing technology companies in Germany by Deloitte.
 
Key-Systems was ranked as number 8 in “Deloitte Fast 50 Technology Award” in 2008.


==References==
== References ==
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[[Category:Registrars]]
== External Links ==
[[Category:Internet Service Providers]]
* [http://key-systems.net/ Key-Systems Corporate Website]
 
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