jump to navigation search this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message directi industry internet registrar founded 1998 1998 founder bhavin turakhia divyank turakhia headquarters directiplex old nagardas road andheri east mumbai maharashtra 400069 key people bhavin turakhia founder and ceo divyank turakhia co founder and president revenue usd 250 million number of employees 1500 website directi.com directi is an internet domain name registrar company founded in 1998 by bhavin turakhia who was instrumental in the adoption of the seventy day grace period for businesses concerned with the registry of iana and icann . 1 directi is the first icann accredited registrar in india . 2 the head office of directi is in mumbai india with subdivision offices in delhi and bangalore ; xiamen china ; ras al khaimah united arab emirates ; and in queensland australia . 3 directi has more than 1 500 employees working for it . the company serves over 1 000 000 customers and has more than 50 000 channel partners which is growing at a rate of 120 % per annum . directi services include communication and collaboration apps social networking software instant messaging context analysis engines anti spam and antivirus solutions large scale billing and provisioning platforms traffic monetization solutions online advertising solutions dns management products linux and windows server management software and web hosting control panels . 4 at present directi is valued at 1.4 billion 5 also making the turakhia brothers billionaires . 6 one of their most successful venture media.net was sold to a chinese consortium for 900 million in 2016 . 7 directi has five offices in four countries . 8 contents 1 new gtld applications 2 subsidiaries 3 awards 4 directiplex 5 references 6 external links new gtld applications edit in a press release directi announced its more than 30 million investment for its application for 31 new generic top level domain names gtlds with icann s new generic top level domain expansion program . the company established radix to serve as the applicant and eventual registry operator for all the proposed 31 gtlds which are . web . shop . bank . law . music . news . blog . movie . baby . store . doctor . hotel . play . home . site . website . click . online . tech . one . ping . space . world . press . chat . city . deals . insurance . loans . app . host and . hosting while directi s traditional operations retain registry services by bigrock and pdr ltd. 9 9 directi ceo bhavin turakhia anticipated string contention on the domain name strings . he said that his company is open to strategic partnerships with other parties . he said i expect there to be contention in all of them . whether they will end up going to auction we re completely open to strategic partnerships with other industry players who we believe can add value and join hands with us based on merit . we ll be evaluating this on a case by case basis . 10 subsidiaries edit directi has many subsidiary businesses both wholly owned and jscs including logicboxes 11 logicboxes provides private label domain registration and web hosting solutions . its services include registry exchange web hosting email hosting and website builder . resellerclub 11 resellerclub offers domain registration gtlds and cctlds linux and windows hosting mail hosting mail anti spam and antivirus ssl etc. webhosting.info 11 webhosting.info offers information about the various domain registrars worldwide a forum for discussions about domain and tips and news related to domain hosting . skenzo 11 skenzo provides traffic monetization and domain parking services . bigrock bigrock provides web hosting solutions for small businesses professionals and individuals . 11 radix 11 in march 2012 it was announced that directi would be launching a new gtld entity that would be applying for and running new extensions . radix is partnered with ari registry services for its technical registry needs . it was not announced at that time what gtlds radix would be applying for but it was clear that they intended to put together a substantial portfolio . 12 . pw the professional web 11 directi has relaunched the . pw cctld as an open cctld targeting a professional audience with the acronym professional web . it became the company s first active experience as a tld registry . directi also manages second level domains in the . pw namespace . . pw is the cctld for palau . there is no registration process for higher level domain names in that namespace . codechef is a non profit initiative by directi for conducting programming contests . it hosts online programming contests every month . it also hosts various events and trainings related to programming . awards edit directi has won the pinkslip choice award for the most innovative recruitment advertisement in 2008 . citation needed directi was ranked 13th in the deloitte and touche fast 50 list in 2007 . 13 directiplex edit directiplex is a seven floor facility in mumbai that has been built to meet the increasing needs of directi . it is has an area of 120 000 square feet and has the capacity for 1500 employees . directiplex has an employee restaurant and a gaming center in the building . it was inaugurated in 2009 . 14 references edit archived copy . archived from the original on august 29 2012 . retrieved february 4 2014 . press releases endurance international group . enduranceinternational.com . retrieved 2016 06 19 . archived copy . archived from the original on january 25 2014 . retrieved february 4 2014 . archived copy . archived from the original on february 9 2014 . retrieved february 4 2014 . directi valuation . 2016 08 24 . div turakhia just became a billionaire . www.backchannel.com . 2016 08 24 . turakhia brothers living the american dream . www.richestclan.com . 2016 08 24 . directi announces . pw as a generic and open tld . circleid.com . 2012 10 08 . retrieved 2016 06 19 . a b directi invest over 30 million & applies for 31 new gtld s including . law . web . bank . shop . thedomains.com . 2012 05 31 . retrieved 2016 06 19 . archived copy . archived from the original on june 4 2012 . retrieved february 4 2014 . a b c d e f g products and businesses . directi.com . retrieved 28 january 2015 . the directi group launches radix and appoints ari registry services for new top level domain project . ariservices.com . 2012 03 02 . retrieved 2016 06 19 . archived copy . archived from the original on january 21 2014 . retrieved february 4 2014 . dn journal newsletter january 2010 . dnjournal.com . 2010 01 21 . retrieved 2016 06 19 . external links edit directi retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title directi & oldid 743875065 categories companies of indiadomain registrarsendurance international groupinternet companies of indiacompanies established in 1998hidden categories wikipedia pending changes protected pages level 1 articles with a promotional tone from july 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles lacking reliable references from july 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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