A clear picture of your online assets means a clear path forward

To develop an economical and efficient plan for managing your domain name portfolio, it is first important to have a clear picture of your domain name assets, as well as potential needs and opportunities for future names. Iron Mountain’s Domain Name Implementation Services identify the most cost-effective methods to maximize your online assets and identify opportunities to help grow your business. We can manage tens to thousands of domain names and store all of them in Domain Name Center, where your assets are in control.

Step one: auditing and validating

With Internet use evolving from only 1 million registered domain names in 1995 to over 100 million today, you need a trusted source to manage your portfolio. Iron Mountain will initiate the creation of your domain name portfolio with a complimentary global audit for known and suspected domain name records. We’ll identify current top-level domain (TLD) registry information and validate known WHOIS records. This is accomplished by determining current expiration dates, registration contact and domain name system (DNS) information.

Iron Mountain provides an easy-to-understand report listing all of the domain name assets currently under your control.

Step two: risk assessment and identification of best practices

As global business moves forward, pinpointing high-risk policies and practices will ensure that the best plan is created.

A complimentary analysis of your portfolio identifies any current high-risk policies and procedures. We work with you to implement appropriate changes and capture, store and automate relevant details, defining a new domain name records policy for your company. We also establish policies to ensure secure, restricted access to your accounts, allowing you to properly implement domain name records policies across divisions, subsidiaries and affiliates.

Modifying, transferring and consolidating records

Your Iron Mountain team develops a final work plan for your approval, then modifies and updates every generic top-level domain (gTLD) and country code top-level domain (ccTLD) name record to comply with best practices and changing TLD requirements—including national and international transfers.

We update ownership and centralize your domain name records in the Domain Name Center, giving you control of and access to all of your records in a single secure, online location. You can have confidence in our fast, safe transfer process, which easily manages all variations common to domain name transfers and locks domain names to prevent unauthorized transfer or modification where permissible.