Patent ID: 8413043

Claim:
A method for managing domain names, comprising: storing a plurality of user accounts in a computer-readable data store, each of the plurality of user accounts being associated with a plurality of domain names belonging to the user; storing a plurality of forwarding address records in the data store, each forwarding address record indicating a forwarding address for one of the plurality of domain names; electronically receiving account information from a customer; authenticating the customer as an owner of one of the plurality of user accounts; presenting the list of domain names associated with the customer's user account, the domain names being owned by the customer; receiving, from the customer, a selection of one of the plurality of domain names; receiving, from the customer, a specification of a forwarding address to which the selected domain name is to be forwarded; updating the data store to associate the selected domain name with the forwarding address; receiving, from a user other than the customer, a request for a requested web address, the requested web address including the selected domain name; retrieving the specified forwarding address from the data store based on at least a portion of the requested web address; and forwarding the request to the specified forwarding address.