Applies for six top level domains, starts RSP — Registered Agents

Firm that owns Epik domain registrar throws its hat into the top level domain ring.

Registered Agents Inc. has applied for six top level domains, the firm disclosed today.

The firm disclosed that it applied for .epic, .identity, .mark, .private, .registeredagent, and .verified.

While the name Registered Agents Inc might not be familiar to many, Chris Ambler is running the domain initiative. Ambler proposed the .web top level domain over three decades ago. It also owns the domain registrar Epik.

Ambler, who previously worked for GoDaddy, joined in 2022 to take over the struggling Epik domain registrar, which Registered Agents purchased.

In addition to applying for the top level domains, Registered Agents also disclosed Astronym Registry. This backend registry provider has applied with ICANN to be an approved Registry Service Provider.

Astronym hopes to be the backend service provider for more than just Registered Agents’ domains.

Some of the firm’s domain applications will likely be in contention. Other firms have disclosed plans for .epic, .mark, and .private.

The firm’s choice of .epic is interesting, given that the name of its domain registrar is Epik.