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Demand
Media’s eNom
subsidiary is the second largest registrar in
the world with over 13.5 million
domain names on its platform. Demand Media
Chairman and CEO Richard Rosenblatt said,
“Name.com will provide a direct channel
for us to reach consumers and small businesses
as they develop and manage their online
identities. This becomes even more valuable as
over one thousand new domain extensions are
expected to become available for registration in
the years ahead.” In Name.com Demand gets a
well-regard registrar that has registered nearly
1.5 million domains.
The
Name.com team headed by Founder Bill
Mushkin (front center in the black
shirt)
at their home base in Denver, Colorado.
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Taryn
Naidu
Demand Media, EVP, Registrar Services |
Demand
Media will retain the current Name.com
team and the business will report to Taryn
Naidu, Demand's Executive Vice
President, Registrar Services. Naidu
commented on the acquisition in a post on
the company's blog today, saying "we
are proud to now add Name.com to the
Demand Media family. We greatly admire what
the team there has accomplished –
building a smart company that is easy, and
fun, to do business with.
The
domain name industry is entering its greatest
period of change and opportunity as it
prepares for the launch of more than one
thousand new top level domains. With
that change, we recognized the opportunity
to expand our ability to educate, satisfy
and service a greatly expanded and global
audience.
The
new TLDs present an opportunity to help
every prospective consumer and
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understand
their options, and then, easily purchase
the best new names for their passion
projects and businesses. It’s also an
opportunity to help over a thousand new
domain name registries successfully launch
their TLDs and reach their target
audience.
Together,
Name.com and Demand Media possess the most
comprehensive domain name services
platform in the industry. It includes the now
15 million names under management, the
most widely used domain name reseller
platform, nearly 9,000 business
partners, the leading domain name auction
service, an interest in 133 new TLD
applications and, now, an award-winning
retail registrar." |
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