Draft:EnCirca

EnCirca
Company type
Private
IndustryInternet
Founded2001 (2001) in Boston, Massachusetts
Websitehttps://www.encirca.com/

EnCirca

EnCirca is a Boston-based ICANN-accredited.[1] domain name registrar, trademark protection, and blockchain service company founded in 2001. Thomas Barrett is the Founder and President of the company.

The company supports registration for hundreds of gTLDs[2][3], with a specialty in restricted TLDs, such as .BANK[4], .CPA.[5], .PHARMACY[6], .TRAVEL, .JOBs, .POST[7], the majority of ccTLDs[8][9], and alternative blockchain roots[10][11][12][13]

The company is the exclusive registrar and validation provider for many TLDs.

Other Services

EnCirca operates Calzone[14], a calendar for the domain name industry, Altroots[15], a brand protection service for alternative roots, and My Public Wallet[16][17], a service that bridges web2 and web3 domains[18]. It also operates an affiliated ICANN Registrar, Name Share, Inc.[19]

Aside from offering domain name and trademark protection services, the company also offers other services which include secure website and e-mail[20]hosting, secure NS management, blog hosting, blockchain services[21], trademark watching, and search engine marketing.

ICANN Involvement

In 2026, Thomas Barrett became the Chair of ICANN's Nominating Committee[22]

Mr Barrett is also the Chair of the Blockchain Subcommittee for the International Trademark Association[23]

In 2017, Mr. Barrett became the Vice Chair of ICANN's Nomcom2 Review Working Party[24]. He also served a second term on the NomCom as the elected representative of the Registrar Stakeholder Group

In 2015, at the request of ICANN, EnCirca developed a business course for the DNS Entrepreneurial Center[25] in Giza, Egypt, a joint venture between ICANN and Egypt's National Telecom Regulatory Authority. Mr. Barrett presented the business class in five locations, including: 

   March, 2015 - Giza, Egypt.
   October, 2015 - Tunis, Tunisia
   October, 2015 - Doha, Qatar
   February, 2016 - Muscat, Oman
   February, 2016 - Dubai, UAE

In 2015 and 2016, Mr. Barrett served on the Program Committee of the Middle East DNS Forum and presented at the Amman, Jordan and Tunis, Tunisia meetings.

On October 13, 2003, Thomas Barrett urged ICANN[26] to impose a moratorium on the introduction of all registry services until the GNSO has the opportunity to develop a consensus-based policy. He emphasized that the Internet community, including all ICANN Constituencies, deserve clarity regarding the ICANN process to exercise a consensus on the new registry services. Barrett also said that the entire DNS industry should ensure that the public has the highest confidence that changes are being introduced according to a well-defined process based on consensus agreements. Furthermore, he applauded ICANN's decision to facilitate proposals though timely, transparent and predictable procedures for the introduction of registry services

Controversy

On March 14, 2005, ICANN expressed its' concern regarding the registration practices of EnCirca's ProForwarding[27] Service on .pro[28][29][30][circular reference], which is a restricted domain intended only for professional individuals and entities. ICANN alleged that their ProForwarding Service "seems to be designed to circumvent these restrictions by allowing anybody to obtain “the full benefits of domain registration” in .pro without having any professional credentials". There were a number of communications made to resolve the issue.

References

  1. ^ "Registrar IDs". www.iana.org. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  2. ^ Allemann, Andrew (2018-05-21). "EnCirca offers trademark holders a shortcut to Amazon's .Bot". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  3. ^ encirca (2024-10-16). "EnCirca Now Accepting First-Come, First-Served Registrations for the .music Domain Extension". ACCESSWIRE Newsroom. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  4. ^ Berkens, Michael (2015-02-25). "EnCirca Becomes 1st Registrar For .Bank & Teams Up With The ICBA". Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  5. ^ ".CPA Top Level Domain Name Announcement".
  6. ^ EnCirca. "Dot Pharmacy Registry Now Accepting Registrations From Dispensing Pharmacies". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  7. ^ Hartzer, Bill (2024-03-19). "Unlocking a New Era of Online Security: The Launch of .POST Domain's Trademark Protection Phase". Bill Hartzer. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  8. ^ "Register Your .US Web Address Today | .US Domains - About.US". www.about.us. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  9. ^ Murphy, Kevin (2026-03-23). ".pn relaunches — you'll never guess what they say it means - Domain Incite". Domain Incite - Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  10. ^ Allemann, Andrew (2025-11-25). "D3 Global launches Doma Protocol mainnet". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  11. ^ Allemann, Andrew (2022-11-18). "Are registrars doing enough to explain Handshake domains to customers?". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  12. ^ Protocol, Doma (2025-12-18). "Doma Protocol Launches Names Marketplace on Base to Bring Over 40 Million Domains Onchain". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  13. ^ "Domain Registrar EnCirca Starts Registrations for Ethereum Addresses". www.coindesk.com. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  14. ^ Allemann, Andrew (2014-02-04). "Calzone makes monitoring new TLD launches easier". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  15. ^ "Altroots".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Launching MyPublicWallet on Doma". Official D3 Blog. 2025-06-04. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  17. ^ "mypublicwallet.com".
  18. ^ Brett, Charles (2019-07-22). "EnCirca starts pre-registrations for blockchain domain names". Enterprise Times. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  19. ^ "Nameshare, Inc".
  20. ^ Talbert, Vaughn (2018-11-12). "dmarcian Announces Partnership with EnCirca". dmarcian. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  21. ^ DomainGang (2025-11-25). "EnCirca and DOMA partner to bridge DNS and Blockchain". DomainGang. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
  22. ^ "2026 ICANN Nominating Committee".
  23. ^ "International Trademark Association Blockchain Subcommittee Chair".
  24. ^ "2017 ICANN Nomcom".
  25. ^ "DNS Entrepreneurial Center".
  26. ^ "EnCirca policy suggestions to ICANN - 2003".
  27. ^ "EnCirca's ProForwarding".
  28. ^ Allemann, Andrew (2012-01-17). "Afilias buys .Pro registry (and some pending TLD trademarks)". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  29. ^ EnCirca. "EnCirca Upgrades Find.pro Directory". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-03-26.
  30. ^ ".pro TLD ICANN response".

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