Who and what is RNIDS?

If you have a domain .rs or .srb, there is not just "some hosting company" behind it, but there is a central registry. That's it RNIDS - Register of the national Internet domain of Serbia.

The simplest: RNIDS manages the register of Serbian national domains .RS and .SRB.

What does RNIDS do in practice?

RNIDS is the "registry book" for domains. He maintains the system and the rules for .rs and .srb to function normally:

• manages the domain registry (status, deadlines, registration/transfer rules...)
• maintains a WHOIS to verify the data and status of the RNIDS domain
• works through a network of authorized registrars (registrars) and not directly with RNIDS end users

What is a registrar (authorized registrar) and why is it not an ordinary reseller

The registrar is not a "domain reseller".

An authorized registry (registrar) is a company that has status with RNIDS, a contract and technical conditions to directly perform domain registration in the RNIDS system.

That's why the registrar completes everything operationally:

• domain registration and renewal
• DNS / nameserver change
• domain transfer
• support, accounts, notifications...

RNIDS is the registry and rules, the registry is your service and contact.

Who sets the price of a domain (and why prices differ)

RNIDS does not determine the price you see as an end user, but RNIDS does fees from its tariff that it charges to registrars. RNIDS explicitly states that these fees not end user fees, but fees charged by RNIDS to authorized registrars.

And there's all the math:

• RNIDS sets the basis (fees according to the registrars), the registrar adds to it his costs, VAT and margin (support, billing, system, invoicing, shares...) and you get the price paid by you, the end user.

That's why different registrars have different prices, and that's normal.