Skip to main content

Domain Name Registration Agreement

Last Updated: December 18, 2025

© DomainPeople. All Rights Reserved.

This Domain Name Registration Agreement (“Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions under which DomainPeople, Inc. (“DomainPeople”) provides its services as a Registrar. The terms “you” and “your” refer to both the Registrant and the Applicant (as defined below). Provision of DomainPeople’s services is subject at all times to this Agreement. The attached Exhibits and Schedules are included as integral parts of this Agreement, as applicable. Registrant acknowledges and agrees to be bound by ICANN’s Registrant Benefits & Responsibilities, available at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/benefits-2013-09-16-en (or such successor URL as ICANN may designate), which is incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Agreement.

1. DEFINITIONS

(a) “Affiliate” means any legal entity that owns, is owned by, or is under common ownership with a Party with ownership greater than 25% of the shares, interests or assets of such legal entity or Party, as applicable.

(b) “Applicant” means the person who submits a Registration Order on behalf of the Registrant.

(c) “DNR Services” mean the domain name registrations and related services that DomainPeople provides to you under this Agreement.

(d) “Domain” means a string of alphabetical and/or alphanumeric characters followed by a suffix indicating the applicable domain name extension, which is used as an Internet address to identify a computer on the Internet.

(e) “DP Intellectual Property” means all rights, title, interest and benefit of DomainPeople in and to intellectual property of every nature, whether registered or unregistered, including, without limitation, all copyrights, patents, trademarks, certification marks and industrial designs, applications for any of the foregoing, trade names, brand names, business names, trade secrets, proprietary manufacturing information and know-how, instruction manuals, inventions, inventor’s notes, research data, blue prints, drawings and designs, formulae, calculations, processes, prototypes, source codes, digital files, URLs, technology, together with all rights under license agreements, sublicense agreements, strategic alliances, development agreements, technology transfer agreements and other agreements or instruments relating to any of the foregoing, that are owned by DomainPeople or relating to the DNR Services.

(f) “ICANN” means the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

(g) “Registrant” means the person (corporate entity or individual) that is recorded in the Whois as the owner of the particular Domain.

(h) “Registrar” means an ICANN-accredited Domain registrar.

(i) “Registration” means the registration or pre-registration of your Domain with the applicable Registry.

(j) “Registration Data Directory Services” or “RDDS” means the directory service or database used for accessing information related to a particular Domain as required by ICANN to be compiled upon registration of a Domain. RDDS includes both the legacy WHOIS protocol and the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP), which is ICANN's successor protocol to WHOIS. References in this Agreement to “Whois,” “WHOIS,” “RDDS,” or “RDAP” shall be deemed to refer to Registration Data Directory Services as defined herein.

(k) “Registration Order” means the online order form for submitting a particular Domain for registration with DomainPeople as the Registrar of record.

(l) “Registry” means an entity accredited by ICANN to supervise specific generic top-level Domains (“gTLDs”) and to operate the domain name system for such gTLDs and/or, in cases of country code top-level Domains (ccTLDs), to act as an administrator of ccTLDs for a particular country and operate the domain name system for such country's specific Domain extension(s).

(m) “Renewal” means the renewed Registration for another fixed term.

(n) “Specifications and/or Policies” means any requirements, specifications, policies, procedures, or programs implemented by ICANN as authorized by ICANN’s Bylaws.

(o) “URL” means Uniform Resource Locator, which is the protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.

2. THIS AGREEMENT

2.1 Agreement. By submitting a Registration Order, you are acknowledging that you have read, understood, and agreed to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including any other agreement or policy that may be published by DomainPeople from time to time (whether referenced in this Agreement or not).

2.2 TLD-Specific Terms. Additional terms and conditions apply to specific top-level domains as established by the applicable registries. These TLD-specific requirements are incorporated by reference and available at https://www.domainpeople.com/legal/schedules.pdf. Your registration of any domain is subject to the policies of the applicable registry, which may be modified from time to time.

2.3 Amendments. You agree that the industry and practice of registering and administering Domains, and providing related services, is constantly evolving and, as a result, DomainPeople may need to amend this Agreement and/or other applicable agreements and policies to (i) protect DomainPeople against legal risks, and (ii) comply with ICANN rules, regulations, and policies, including the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement as amended (including the 2024 Global Amendment), ICANN consensus policies, and any future amendments thereto. The operative and effective version of this Agreement shall be the latest version available at the URL designated by DomainPeople. It is your responsibility to frequently visit DomainPeople's Web site for updates to this Agreement. DomainPeople will provide reasonable advance notice of material changes to this Agreement, as required by ICANN policy. Your continued use of the DNR Services after such notice constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

2.4 Priority of Agreements. Subject to the express written agreement signed by an authorized signatory of DomainPeople, the terms of this Agreement supersedes the terms of any other agreement (whether written, verbal or otherwise) between you and DomainPeople as they relate to the DNR Services.

2.5 Binding Agreement. This Agreement becomes binding on you from the time the Registration Order is submitted to DomainPeople. This Agreement becomes binding on DomainPeople from the time DomainPeople registers the Domain and sends you confirmation of such registration. DomainPeople reserves the right to accept or reject your Registration Order at its sole discretion.

logo
Copyright © 2026 Hostway Services, Inc. All rights reserved