Markets · bedrock market · provisional

Domains and DNS (registrars, registries, DNS)

Regulated market (icann registrar accreditation, gtld registry agreements) plus rdap shape (report only). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market: who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure. Methodology.

45providers measured

19 (42.2%)declare their own

10 (22.2%)covered by others only

2 (4.4%)distribution only (sell through, not integrations)

14 (31.1%)undeclared

17declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)

0in-market workflows shown

Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.

Where this market publishes its structure

ICANN Accredited Registrars (icann.org list-of-accredited-registrars, ng-state JSON) machine-readable, 3,324 accreditations; 14 providers linked (Amazon, Microsoft, Orange held); 487 name-check failures, 476 of them drop-catch shells on networksolutions.com
ICANN gTLD registry agreements (icann.org/resources/registries/gtlds/v2/gtlds.json) machine-readable, 1,276 rows, 1,117 current, 488 operators (223 non-.BRAND); names only, Wikidata P856 bridge (300 without an identity); 1 linked (VeriSign); 41 out-of-market (.BRAND / own-name)
IANA RDAP bootstrap for DNS (data.iana.org/rdap/dns.json) + IANA Registrar IDs (registrar-ids.xml) machine-readable, 592 services on 369 host domains (191 ccTLD/brand hosts with no operator name to check); 3,317 accredited registrars with an RDAP base URL; 13 compatible edges, report only
curl/curl wiki DNS-over-HTTPS public resolvers machine-readable, community-edited mention list, not a register: not read for edges
IANA Root Zone Database (per-TLD sponsor pages) not machine-readable: 1,400+ HTML pages, no bulk export; ccTLD sponsors not read this pass
ICANN Registry Service Provider (RSP) evaluation programme not machine-readable: approved RSP list not located as data (2026-10-18)

Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.

Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io

Derived 2026-10-23 from the 45 providers in this market we could resolve in the catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.

Tags	DNS 78%, Domains 44%, Security 24%, Networking 20%, Threat Intelligence 20%
Tag groups	DNS 91%, Security 36%, WHOIS 29%, Telecommunications 24%
Industries	Telecommunications & Connectivity 78%, Cybersecurity & Identity 33%
Areas	DNS 78%, Security 24%
Capabilities	Information Technology Management 24%

share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py

Leaders by position (provisional)

Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.

gravity 1 · other companies invest to build on it

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
Wix	52.3	91	46 / 45	0	0	33	partner-built 53%, provider-built 1%, ipaas-bridge 37%, contract 1%, builds-on-platform 8%

builds-on 8 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
DNSimple	51.7	4	0 / 4	0	0	builds-on-platform 100%
DomainTools	46.1	7	0 / 7	2	0	standard 29%, builds-on-platform 43%, distribution 29%
GoDaddy	46.0	10	0 / 10	0	2	ipaas-bridge 20%, contract 20%, standard 20%, builds-on-platform 40%
NS1	44.1	6	0 / 6	3	0	builds-on-platform 57%, distribution 43%
Silent Push	44.1	6	0 / 6	2	0	standard 17%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 33%
WHMCS	37.0	3	0 / 3	0	1	ipaas-bridge 33%, builds-on-platform 67%
WhoisFreaks	33.4	13	0 / 13	8	3	ipaas-bridge 23%, builds-on-platform 15%, distribution 62%
Cisco Umbrella	17.2 thin	1	0 / 1	0	0	builds-on-platform 100%

covered 1 · reached mainly through aggregators

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
NameSilo	28.8 thin	2	0 / 2	0	0	0	contract 50%, covered 50%

regulated 6 · named in a regulator's register or partners' contracts

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Distribution	Mix
Spaceship	36.4 thin	2	0 / 2	0	contract 50%, builds-on-platform 50%
Tucows	36.4 thin	2	0 / 2	0	contract 50%, standard 50%
Tailor Brands	28.8 thin	2	0 / 2	1	contract 50%, distribution 50%
OnlineNIC	19.2 thin	1	0 / 1	0	contract 100%
Openprovider	19.2 thin	1	0 / 1	0	contract 100%
Unstoppable Domains	19.2 thin	1	0 / 1	0	contract 100%

standard 6 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
VeriSign	58.0	4	0 / 4	0	0	contract 25%, standard 75%
Network Solutions	53.2	4	0 / 4	0	0	contract 25%, standard 50%, builds-on-platform 25%
IONOS	46.5	10	0 / 10	0	2	ipaas-bridge 20%, contract 10%, standard 40%, builds-on-platform 30%
CoreDNS	40.9 thin	2	0 / 2	0	0	standard 100%
IPinfo	35.3	13	0 / 13	9	2	ipaas-bridge 15%, standard 8%, builds-on-platform 8%, distribution 69%
OpenDNS	34.5 thin	2	0 / 2	0	0	standard 100%

mixed 6 · no single mode dominates

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	Mix
Cloudflare	61.4	34	0 / 34	1	5	contract 12%, standard 29%, covered 15%, builds-on-platform 26%, distribution 15%, unknown 3%
Infoblox	56.2	22	0 / 22	0	2	contract 9%, standard 45%, builds-on-platform 36%, distribution 9%
Hetzner	53.7	3	0 / 3	0	0	contract 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%
cPanel	44.1	3	0 / 3	0	1	standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 33%
Gandi	41.7	4	0 / 4	0	1	contract 25%, standard 25%, covered 25%, distribution 25%
Bunny.net	37.0	3	0 / 3	1	0	standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%, unknown 33%

long-tail 1 · reached only through iPaaS bridges

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
DNSFilter	2.5 thin	1	0 / 1	0	0	1	ipaas-bridge 100%

distribution 2 · only sells through cloud marketplaces

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	iPaaS bridge	Mix
Newfold	9.6 thin	1	0 / 1	0	1	0	distribution 100%
QName AI WHOIS API	9.6 thin	1	0 / 1	0	2	0	distribution 100%

undeclared 14 · declares nothing we can read: no number

Provider	Depth	Integrations	In / out	Unknown builder	Distribution	iPaaS bridge
Amazon Route 53	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Amazon Route 53 Resolver	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
CompleteDNS	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
DNS Check	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
DNS Coffee	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
DomScan	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Donuts	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Google Cloud DNS	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
HostBill	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
NetworkCalc	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Virtualmin	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
Whisper Security	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-
WhoAPI	undeclared	-	-	-	-	-

Generated 2026-10-24 from API Evangelist's own files; nothing on this page is a model's judgement. Provisional and unweighted; not part of the Kin Score composite or agent readiness. Read the Market layer methodology. Disagree with an edge? Every edge cites its evidence and can be corrected through the normal correction path.