Gandi SAS

Gandi SAS is a French domain registrar and hosting company founded in Paris in 1999 and launched in March 2000 by Pierre Beyssac, Laurent Chemla, David Nahmias, and Valentin Lacambre. The founders framed the business around a stated aim of providing a decent and honest service, against the aggressive marketing tactics common among registrars during the dot-com era.

That position translated into pricing decisions. WHOIS privacy protection was included at no charge while competitors billed for it. Domain registrations came with unlimited email aliases. Gandi built its own Anycast DNS infrastructure with DNSSEC support and bundled it at no additional cost. CEO Abe Bakker later credited the company's "no bullshit" culture as foundational rather than incidental.

The company now manages over 2.5 million domain names across more than 750 TLDs for customers in 192 countries, with 150 employees across three continents handling everything from single registrations to corporate portfolio management. The product range has expanded well beyond domains into web hosting, SSL certificates, VPS cloud infrastructure, and professional email.

In 2023 Gandi merged with Total Webhosting Solutions to form Your.Online, a pan-European platform consolidating online infrastructure services. The structure was designed to preserve Gandi's operational autonomy while adding resources for growth. Founder Stephan Ramoin described the arrangement as one that keeps Gandi autonomous while teaming up with like-minded people.

The merger positioned Gandi to compete with larger international players while keeping the ethical approach that built its reputation. The company does not compete as the cheapest registrar or the biggest hosting provider.