Draft:EnCirca
EnCirca Domain Name Registrar Company Article
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Submission declined on 27 March 2026 by MSK (talk).
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| Submission declined on 26 March 2026 by Reading Beans (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. AndrewEnCirca (talk) 06:02, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts |
| Website | https://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], 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.
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