The platform automates ICANN WHOIS contact verification for accredited registrars by generating secure verification emails, tracking click‑through status, and automatically lifting domain suspensions upon confirmation. It offers a web dashboard and RESTful API for real‑time compliance monitoring, bulk updates, and audit‑ready reporting across all managed domains.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Registrants are required by ICANN to verify their WHOIS contact information within 15 days of registration or any contact change; failure to do so triggers mandatory domain suspension, creating downtime and compliance risk for registrars and domain owners.
Solution
The platform automates the ICANN WHOIS verification process for accredited registrars. It generates and dispatches verification emails containing secure links to the registrant’s listed address, monitors click‑through and confirmation status, and automatically lifts the suspension once verification is completed. A web‑based dashboard provides real‑time visibility of pending, verified, and overdue contacts across all managed domains. An API enables seamless integration with registrar provisioning systems, allowing bulk status updates and triggering re‑verification emails when contact data changes. The service also logs all verification actions for auditability and generates compliance reports to satisfy ICANN policy audits. Multi‑language support ensures the workflow works for registrants worldwide, reducing manual support overhead and minimizing domain downtime.
Features
- Automated email generation with unique, time‑bound verification tokens linked to the registrant’s WHOIS record
- Real‑time verification status tracking and automatic suspension lift upon successful confirmation
- RESTful API for registrar integration, supporting bulk domain queries, status updates, and re‑send requests
- Web dashboard with per‑domain compliance metrics, overdue alerts, and exportable audit logs
- Multi‑language UI and email templates covering the major global languages displayed on the site
- Captcha validation to prevent automated abuse of the verification request flow
- Compliance reporting module that formats data for ICANN audit submissions
- Secure data handling with TLS encryption and role‑based access controls for registrar staff