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{{CompanyInfo|
{{Organization|
| logo              = Key-SystemsLogo.gif
|city = Sankt Ingbert
| type              =  
|country = Germany
| industry          = Internet, Domain names
|date_founded = 1998
| founded          = Sankt Ingbert, Germany (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/>
| products          = DomainDiscount24, RRPproxy, BrandShelter
| website           = http://key-systems.net/
}}
}}


'''Key-Systems,''' distributor and manager of domain names, was founded in 1998 by Alexander Siffrin and received it's accreditation from ICANN in October 2000 shortly after the US Government terminated the monopoly assigning Internet addresses. Key-Systems has several millions of domains on its platform and holds a second place among the leading registrars for global Top Level Domains (gTLDs) in Europe.<ref>[http://www.pr.com/press-release/225535 "Key-Systems Takes Over Majority of Polish Domain Registrar AZ.pl"] ''PR.com'' Retrieved September 26, 2010.</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 "2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA Ranking and CEO Survey"] ''Deloitte'' Retrieved September 26, 2010.</ref> In 2009 Key-Systems opened new branches in The US<ref>[http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200905/1241531607.html "Key-Systems with new US branch"] ''Fresh Press Release'' Retrieved September 26, 2010.</ref> and Mexico.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/112409_Key_Systems_Establishes_Latin_American_Presence_with_Office_in_Mexico "Key-Systems Establishes Latin American Presence with Office in Mexico"] ''Web Host Industry Review'' Retrieved September 26, 2010.</ref> Is an official member of [[DENIC]]<ref>[http://www.denic.de/en/denic/mitglieder/alldetail.html?member=DENIC-225 "List of DENIC Members"] ''DENIC.de'' Retrieved September 26, 2010.</ref> the registry of the country code Top-Level-Domain .DE for Germany (Deutschland).
'''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>


== DomainDiscount24 (dd24) ==
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.
domaindiscount24.net (dd24.de) is a fully automated domain registration portal, including web- and mailspace offers. It is available in five different languages, targeting at retail customers.


== RRPproxy ==
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>
RRPproxy.net is especially attractive for domain-resellers of both [[gTLD]] and [[ccTLD]] domain names. ICANN accredited registrars and other Internet Service Provider can register domains through a comprehensive WebInterface, Direct-Socket-Access, Email-Template or by installing our cutting edge API (one API for all Domains).  


== BrandShelter ==
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>
[[BrandShelter.com]] helps to manage and monitor huge domain portfolios. A special dotBrand unit supports in planning, executing and operating the TLD. Through partnerships with industry leaders, the BrandShelter division (with an office in the United States as well) offers support in understanding TLD opportunities, determining which name(s) to pursue, and submitting and tracking applications with ICANN.


==References==
==New gTLDs ==
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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==
 
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 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 2013 [http://www.towebbrasil.com toweb Brasil] joined the Key-Systems stable.
 
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 2016 [http://www.traffic.club traffic.club] starts its activities.
 
In 2017 [[OpenRegistry]] joins the KeyDrive stable. KSregistry GmbH and OpenRegistry S.A are merged.
 
In 2018, KeyDrive S.A. is taken over by CentralNic (now Team Internet Group).
 
In the same year, dotSaarland GmbH became 100% subsidiary of Key-Systems.
 
In October 2022, RRPproxy was rebranded to CentralNic Reseller in October 2022.
 
==Products and Services==
Key-Systems provides services to resellers, companies and end-customer's through its three domain portals:
 
* [[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]].
 
* [[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].
 
* [[domaindiscount24]] (dd24): domain registration portal, including web and mailspace offers available in five different languages, targeted at retail customers.


== External Links ==
==Awards==
* [http://key-systems.net/ Key-Systems Corporate Website]
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>


[[Category: Companies]]
== References ==
[[Category: Review for NPOV]]
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[[Category:Registrars]]
[[Category:Internet Service Providers]]
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