About Us

A founding member of CORE (Internet Council of Registrars) in 1997, and subsequently accredited by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and by all the major registry operators, Namebay offers a wide range of registration and management services for domain names, whether generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) or national domain names (ccTLDs), as well as a wide range of complementary products and services such as URL forwarding, DNS management, email and SSL certificates.

In addition to acting as a single supplier for all types of TLDs, Namebay provides domain name consulting and expertise for its customers’ operations: negotiations and acquisitions, stock transfers, intellectual property monitoring, thematic monitoring, etc.

From France, Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium, China and Africa, Namebay currently manages a portfolio of over 100,000 clients, of which 2000 are resellers. Clients include individual users, the internet industry, major accounts and companies seeking to optimize the use of their brands and trademarks and/or to protect them online. Namebay features powerful tools that meet the needs of its its customers, and closely monitors developments on the world’s markets, including participating in international meetings organized by ICANN and various professional institutions, in order to continuously improve its product offering and the quality of its services

Namebay is an ICANN accredited registrar (a business authorized to sell domain names).

NAMEBAY distributes its products either directly (via our websites) or through a network of resellers.

We provide:

• the registration or transfer of a wide variety of gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains), ccTLDs (country code Top Level Domains) and sTLD (sponsored Top Level Domains),
• notification of approaching expiry,
• renewals or auto-renewals,
• the negotiation and purchase of domain names already reserved by third parties,
• survey services and consulting on the use of domain names in order to provide our customers with a better control of their intellectual property,
• consulting services or legal support,
• SSL certificates to secure e-commerce transactions
• Web hosting

NAMEBAY customers are companies and businesses of all sizes, legal firms, internet professionals and resellers as well as individual users.

Namebay is a part of the Nameshield Group of companies which specialises in managing Intellectual Property online for all types of internet users, ranging from hobbyists to multinational corporations. Whether it is registering a domain name, building and managing websites or protecting against the misuse of Trademarks and brands online, the Nameshield Group of companies can support and deliver your needs online.
Namebay SAM is owned 100% by LADN (registration number LADN: R.C.S 891 353 294).

Executive team :
Aymeric DE VACHON – Managing director, Florent BLONDEAU – Managing director, Gérard GOURJON – CEO