# Scaleway (BookMyName)

Source: https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars/scaleway (also as .json)

Scaleway is a French cloud provider, formerly Online SAS (Online.net), started by Xavier Niel and majority owned by the telecoms group Iliad. It began with web hosting and domain registration in 1999 and now sells public cloud, bare-metal servers, and domains and DNS from its console and API.

- Website: https://www.bookmyname.com
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Founded: 1999
- Founders: Xavier Niel
- Ownership: Majority owned by Iliad
- Type: Web host that registers domains
- Part of: Iliad
- ICANN accreditation: IANA ID 74
- Other names: Scaleway SAS
- Country-code extensions: .fr
- Site languages: English, French
- API: Integrated. Integrated with Lemon Domains (https://www.scaleway.com/en/developers/api/domains-and-dns/registrar-api/)

## Services and extensions (checked October 2026)

- Domain registration, DNS hosting, Email hosting, Web hosting
- Extensions sold: over 360
- Sells, among others: .fr .eu .be .co .nl .ai
- Price list: https://www.scaleway.com/en/domain-names/

## Support

- Channels: Help center
- Contact: https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/domains-and-dns/faq/

## Sources

- https://www.scaleway.com/en/bookmyname-welcome-page/
- https://www.scaleway.com/en/domain-names/
- https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/domains-and-dns/reference-content/registration-requirements/

## Scaleway (BookMyName) history

- 1999: Online starts in web hosting and domain registration.
- 2002: Iliad buys the registrar BookMyName.
- 2015: Online launches its cloud service under the name Scaleway.
- 2023: Moves its data centre business into a separate company, Opcore.

## Domain management features (confirmed)

- Free DNS hosting

## Company sources (checked October 2026)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaleway
- https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/dedibox-domains/quickstart.md

## Transferring a domain away from Scaleway (BookMyName)

In the console, open the domain and click Unlock under Transfer in the Domain Information section, then copy the transfer authorization code.

Part of the list of domain registrars at https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars, kept by Lemon Domains, the domain portfolio manager with a domain MCP server.