NetNames

What NetNames does

NetNames, founded in 1995 and headquartered in London, operates as the digital brand services division of Corporation Service Company (CSC), a privately held Delaware-incorporated firm. The company provides online brand protection and domain name strategy services to global enterprises, with explicit focus on large brands and financial institutions. Its core offering is DomainSec, a SaaS cybersecurity platform positioned as the industry's first holistic approach to securing and defending brands' domain ecosystems; the platform combines threat intelligence, monitoring, and enforcement in a single architecture.

The product portfolio is organized into four solution areas. Domain Management covers portfolio administration, domain acquisition, transfers, dot-brand TLD operations, and a premium domain brokerage. Domain Security and Fraud Prevention includes 3D Domain Security and Enforcement, brand monitoring, subdomain monitoring (with explicit subdomain takeover detection), enterprise fraud protection, and a Domain Name Intelligence API for machine-consumable threat data. Digital Asset Security bundles CSC Multilock registry-level locking, DNS services with DDoS protection, and digital certificate lifecycle management. Enforcement services include brand and phishing takedowns, dispute and recovery, and Domaincasting, a global blocking network operating at the infrastructure layer.

NetNames runs an enterprise field sales motion with consultative selling, quote-based annual subscription pricing, and custom demos. Revenue streams are predominantly recurring subscriptions across the four product areas, supplemented by one-time premium domain sales. The company has expanded through M&A, including the 2014 acquisition of WebIP and the 2010 acquisition of INDOM, and runs an active cybersecurity partnership program. Customer evidence includes named enterprise references Saxo Bank (financial services) and Natuzzi (furniture/luxury), with stated reach across Fortune 500 brands globally and multilingual localized presence in five languages beyond English.

Name

NetNames

Legal name

Corporation Service Company

Website

https://netnames.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

NetNames, a CSC company founded in 1995, delivers online brand protection and domain name strategy to global enterprises and financial institutions via its DomainSec SaaS platform and a four-pillar product portfolio covering domain management, security, digital asset protection, and enforcement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domain Security and Brand Protection Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Services-Services, Nec (8900)

akta.pro primary industry

Fraud Prevention & Identity Verification (IDV/KYC) (BPAMAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Identity Verification & Proofing (IDV, KYC, Biometrics) (HDADAAAF)

Keywords

• Domain name management
• Brand protection services
• Domain security
• Cybersecurity SaaS
• Digital asset security

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Domain Management Services: Enterprise-class domain services including domain portfolio management, domain acquisition, domain transfers, and dot brand services.
2. Domain Security and Fraud Prevention: Security services including brand monitoring, subdomain monitoring, fraud protection, and phishing takedowns.
3. Digital Asset Security: Services including CSC Multilock, DNS services and DDoS protection, and digital certificate management.
4. Premium Domain Sales: Sale of premium domain names directly through premiumdomains.cscdbs.com

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

NetNames (operated by CSC) provides enterprise-class domain name management, online brand protection, and domain security services through its DomainSec SaaS platform. The offering spans four solution areas: Domain Management (portfolio management, acquisition, transfers, dot brand services, premium domains), Domain Security and Fraud Prevention (3D security, brand monitoring, subdomain monitoring, fraud protection, intelligence API), Digital Asset Security (registry locks, DNS/DDoS, digital certificates), and Enforcement (phishing takedowns, dispute and recovery, global blocking network).

Product overview

NetNames (operated by CSC) offers a unified platform architecture centered on DomainSec, a SaaS cybersecurity platform providing the industry's first holistic approach to securing and defending brands' domain ecosystems. The product portfolio is organized into four solution areas: Domain Management (including Domain Portfolio Management, Domain Acquisition, Domain Transfers, Dot Brand Services, and Premium Domains), Domain Security and Fraud Prevention (featuring 3D Domain Security and Enforcement, Brand Monitoring, Subdomain Monitoring, Enterprise Fraud Protection, and Domain Name Intelligence API), Digital Asset Security (comprising CSC Multilock, DNS Services and DDOS, and Digital Certificates), and Enforcement (including Brand and Phishing Takedowns, Dispute and Recovery Solutions, and Domaincasting). The core DomainSec platform serves as the central hub, with specialized products and APIs serving as add-on modules for specific security and intelligence needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DomainSec: SaaS cybersecurity platform that provides holistic approach for securing and defending brands' domain ecosystems, including threat intelligence, domain security monitoring, and fraud prevention

Products and services

• DomainSec

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of CISOs believe security threats will increase in the year ahead; 98% believe risks will rise over the next three years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cybersecurity Partnership ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliances and partnerships program for cybersecurity collaboration. CSC maintains a cybersecurity partnership program as referenced on their Why CSC page.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Allure Security: Emerging player in brand abuse detection and takedowns, with overlap on phishing site removal and brand impersonation workflows. Smaller scale than NetNames but a comparable enterprise go-to-market for digital risk protection.
• Bolster: Emerging AI-driven brand protection and phishing detection platform with deepfake and scam site takedown capabilities. Comparable to NetNames on the enforcement and brand monitoring side, though typically serving a more mid-market and tech-forward buyer.
• BrandShield: Emerging player focused on digital brand protection, anti-phishing, and anti-counterfeiting with AI-driven detection. Comparable offering overlap with CSC's brand monitoring and enforcement products, though typically at smaller enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• PhishLabs (Fortra): Direct peer in the anti-phishing and digital risk protection space, offering threat intelligence, takedown services, and brand abuse monitoring to enterprises — overlapping with CSC's brand monitoring, subdomain monitoring, and phishing takedown product lines.
• Markmonitor (Clarivate): Closest direct peer: also an enterprise-focused brand protection and domain management SaaS provider serving Fortune 500 brands, with overlapping offerings in domain security, brand monitoring, anti-fraud, and takedowns — competing head-to-head with CSC/NetNames for the same enterprise buyers.
• Com Laude: Direct peer specializing in corporate domain portfolio management, .BRAND advisory, and domain security for large enterprises. Highly comparable on the domain management side of CSC's portfolio, especially with European enterprise clients.
• ZeroFox: Direct peer providing external cybersecurity and brand protection SaaS, including domain monitoring, social media threat detection, and takedown services — competing for the same CISO budget and digital brand protection use cases as DomainSec.
• OpSec Security (OpSec Online): Direct peer in online brand protection and anti-counterfeiting, offering domain monitoring, takedown, and brand enforcement services. Comparable buyer profile (global brand owners) and overlapping product surface with CSC's enforcement and monitoring suite.

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare: Broad incumbent in DNS, DDoS protection, certificate management, and zero-trust security. Adjacent rather than identical — Cloudflare bundles many domain-layer services into a larger platform, pressuring standalone players like CSC/NetNames on price and bundling.
• AWS (Route 53 and Certificate Manager): Broad incumbent providing managed DNS, DDoS protection via Shield, and certificate management as part of its cloud platform. Competes with CSC's DNS/DDoS and digital certificate products, especially with cloud-native enterprise buyers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/netnames
• Xx.com/NetNamesDomains

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A2 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about NetNames