Ranking Criteria
Registries are ranked according to the following criteria.
- Website accessibility
- Support for multiple browsers
- Functional when ActiveX and JavaScript are disabled
- Compliance with W3 accessibility standards
- Contact information is available and easy to find
- Pricing is available and easy to find
- Secure Online payment processing
- SSL 128-bit or greater certificate
- SSL certificate is from a reputable certificate authority (i.e. VeriSign, Thawte, GeoTrust, etc.)
- Dedicated SSL certificate (SSL certificate secures the registry domain)
- Accepts major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard and American Express)
- Online Forms
- Online forms (not downloadable PDFs)
- Customer data is transferred over a secured (SSL) connection
- Number of services available online
- Website appearance
- Aesthetically pleasing