{"id":64,"date":"2021-02-26T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.register365.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=64"},"modified":"2021-04-20T18:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T17:23:46","slug":"registrar-registry-registrant-what-does-it-all-mean","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.register365.com\/support\/articles\/registrar-registry-registrant-what-does-it-all-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Registrar, Registry, Registrant &#8211; what does it all mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Registrar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;Registrar&#8221; (or &#8220;Domain Name Registrar&#8221;) is an organisation like Register365.com, Network Solutions, Enom or Godaddy that has control over the granting of domains within certain TLDs (top level domains, like the generic .com\/.org\/.net or country-specific .ca\/.us\/.mx etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Registry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;Registry&#8217; is the back end that registrar&#8217;s have shared access to. 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