Press Releases

eNom Awards $25,000 Mini Cooper Automobile to Winner of "Drive Your Sales of Hosted Exchange" Reseller Promotion

Posted in Press Releases on Dec 18, 2007

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN-accredited domain reseller registrar and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Demand Media, Inc., has awarded the first prize of a new Mini Cooper S with an estimated value of $25,000.00 in its "Drive Your Sales of Hosted Exchange" reseller sales promotion to ModernBill of Louisville, KY.

The presentation was made in Las Vegas by eNom vice president Chris Sheridan at the 2007 Webmaster World PubCon convention.

We appreciate the enthusiastic participation of our worldwide network of resellers in making the rollout of our Hosted Exchange product such a success," said Sheridan. "The extra effort of Jeremy Christ and Michael Fountain, directors of ModernBill’s parent company ModernGigabyte, LLC, in educating their resellers on the benefits of our Hosted Exchange product paid off in a big way.

Our partnership with eNom these many years has significantly contributed to our bottom line," said Dan Kimball, ModernBill Director of Sales. "Their robust management tools have made it easy for us to recruit and service our own network of domain resellers. We can’t wait to see what new products and services eNom has in store for next year.

During the "Drive Your Sales of Hosted Exchange" promotion, eNom also awarded resellers second prizes of Hawaiian vacations valued at $2,000 each. Winners include ePro, Inc., San Juan, PR; 123Marbella Web Design, Marbella, Spain; RegisterMyDomain.com, London; and Bulk Domains of Salem, VA.

About eNom

eNom is an ICANN accredited registrar offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the second largest domain name registrar worldwide with over 10 million names on its platform.

About Demand Media, Inc.

Demand MediaTM is a social media company that connects content creators and large audiences with advertisers through its network of vertical media web properties. By using its proprietary social media tools and the unique distribution platform of the world's second largest domain registrar, Demand Media provides an interactive, personalized and vertically-focused media experience for users. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in Seattle, Austin, and San Francisco. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit: http://www.demandmedia.com.

NameJet Launches New Service to Purchase Deleted and Expired Domain Names

Posted in Press Releases on Oct 5, 2007

Innovative aftermarket auction service features exclusive agreements with top registrars Network Solutions and eNom for deleted and expired domain name inventory

(PRWEB)—NameJet™, a new secondary market domain name auction services company, has launched a Web marketplace that consolidates an exclusive inventory of deleted and expired domain names from top domain name registrars Network Solutions and eNom and makes them available for auction. This new service allows customers to create an account, manage backorder requests, and participate in auctions for domain names that have recently become available for registration.

"Working with top registrars like Network Solutions and eNom, gives us exclusive access to an extensive inventory of domains that includes some of the most sought-after expiring names in the industry" said Jeff Grosman with NameJet. "Our service provides industry-leading search and sort features and auction functionality that makes the process for finding deleted and expired domain names more efficient, while also allowing our customers to participate in auctions with ease."

NameJet’s service allows customers to pre-set the maximum auction price that they are willing to pay for available domain names. Customers will only pay if the domain name they want becomes available and they are the only bidder or win the multi-bidder auction. NameJet’s auction platform includes domain names on top registrars lists of expired "Pre-release" domains, a "last minute board" that allows customers to closely watch an ending auction, the ability to place backorder requests on any domain name including currently registered domain names, an easy-to-use interface, and access to expired .com, .net, .org, .biz, and .info top level domains as well as .tv premium names.

For more information about acquiring deleted and expired domain names, please visit www.NameJet.com.

About NameJet, LLC

NameJet, LLC, is the premiere, secondary market domain name auction service with exclusive inventory of the some of the most desired deleted and expired domain names. NameJet is an easy-to-use service that allows domain professionals, businesses, and individuals the ability to acquire domain names once they have expired or have deleted and become available. For more information about NameJet visit www.NameJet.com

© 2007 Demand Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Demand, Demand Media, eHow and weHow are trademarks of Demand Media, Inc. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

eNom Founder Advocates Keeping Neustar as .US Registry to Ensure Continued Confidence

Posted in Press Releases on Sept 21, 2007

BELLEVUE, WA - As the US Department of Commerce considers reassigning operation of the .US top level domain from Neustar, which has managed the TLD since 2002, Paul Stahura, founder of eNom, Inc. the world’s second largest domain registrar, asserts making a change from the present management of .US may incur unnecessary expense for registrars and negatively impact the TLD’s reputation and brand.

"Neustar has proven they are technically sound, and there are no issues with the registry," Stahura said. "They have done a terrific job growing the .BIZ extension to over 1.8 million registrations and the 5th largest TLD worldwide, and growing .US to 1.3 million and 6th largest TLD worldwide. Neustar’s technology has proven to be solid and reliable."

In comparison to the growth of other country code extensions, Stahura said, "Despite the unavoidable fact that .COM is the de facto TLD in the United States, .US has held its own. This doesn’t indicate a need to change things at the registry level." As for marketing, Stahura said "Certainly any registrar could step up at any time and be aggressive about promoting .US, as many of us have done and will continue to do. You do not need to be the registry to market .US well."

Stahura believes changing the .US registry could create needless administrative and technical expense for registrars to process such a switch.

Stahura also favors maintaining the price integrity of .US as he believes a slightly lower price would not significantly affect volume. "Price is not the only factor in the success of a TLD. Neustar has, with .BIZ and .US, demonstrated they can grow TLDs in an extremely competitive marketplace."

Stahura looks forward to Neustar continuing as the .US registry. "Neustar has proven itself in both the technical and management arenas to be capable, responsive and highly respected. I can’t think of any company better suited to represent the United States in managing this important country code."

About eNom

Demand Media and eNom Sell $500K in Premium .TV Domain Names in First 24 Hours

Posted in Press Releases on May 3, 2007

Day One Success Validates Market Opportunity and Desire for Video-centric TLDs

SANTA MONICA, CA AND BELLEVUE, WA - Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation web media company, and its wholly owned subsidiary and largest wholesale registrar, eNom ®, announced today .TV domain names sold in the first 24 hours of availability, totaled in approximately $500,000 in sales, not including those pending payment. The premium TLDs were released to market late Monday afternoon after a five-month hiatus, and are available at www.domainsindemand.tv.

Examples of premium domains that were sold in the first day of availability include:

bands.tv
bridal.tv
earth.tv
fitness.tv
history.tv
Malibu.tv
punk.tv
realtor.tv
skateboards.tv
weekend.tv
yearbook.tv

The release of premium names on May 1st was timed in conjunction with the introduction of www.me.tv, the first integrated suite of proprietary social media tools that allows anyone to own, program, and share their own personal video-centric website with social networking features and content completely controlled by them. These tools are provided free with the purchase of a .TV domain name purchased through www.me.tv or through an eNom reseller.

About Demand Media, Inc.

The Demand Media^TM proprietary media platform powers the company's popular content properties and highly-trafficked domains providing a diverse new media experience for tens of millions of users. By focusing its cutting-edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools around niche interest verticals, Demand Media offers everyone the ability to publish and partake in the evolution of new media. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit:

http://www.demandmedia.com.

Demand Media Launches ME.TV to Give Users Power to Become Masters of their Own Social Media Domains

Posted in Press Releases on May 2, 2007

ME.TV Tools Allow Users to Own, Program and Share Personalized Video-Centric Websites

SANTA MONICA and HOLLYWOOD, CA - Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation web media company, introduced on www.me.tv the first integrated suite of proprietary social media tools that allows anyone to own, program, and share his or her own personal video-centric website with social networking features completely controlled by them. These tools will be provided free with the purchase of a .TV domain name at www.me.tv or through an eNom reseller. eNom, a Demand Media company, is one of the largest domain registrars in the world and hosts the ME.TV network.

"As social media and web based video reaches a broader audience, users will seek simple integrated tools that empower them to develop their own 'video' web presence," said Demand Media co-founder and CEO, Richard Rosenblatt. "With ME.TV every user can 'stake claim' to their own piece of Internet real estate and participate in the next evolution of Internet media. Broad based adoption requires simple, powerful, and affordable tools and we believe we have done that with ME.TV."

The platform was unveiled last night to an audience of hundreds of leaders from the technology, new media and traditional entertainment industries during the keynote presentation of AlwaysOn Hollywood. As the online user's experience becomes more personal and community focused, the desire to build one's own space and control one's own social network has increased. Additionally, the proliferation of video content on the web continues to explode with millions of users creating, viewing and sharing video content. With these behavioral shifts in place, Demand Media is focused on transforming .TV into a major extension that surfers will recognize as the place to find video content.

"For the entertainment industry, I believe content creators of all sorts are now empowered to create their own media hub," said Carson Daly, host of NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, who launched his .TV site, www.carsondaly.tv with the ME.TV tools and joined Richard Rosenblatt on stage during the AlwaysOn keynote. "The sky is the limit. New creativity is discovered every day online using tools and technology that give the power to the people, so there really is no stopping how talent can reach out and connect directly with their audience."

ME.TV Channel Template features include:

Channel Builder: Seamlessly integrated with a .TV purchase, users can create a full-functioning video-centric website "Channel", including a choice of pre-designed themes and easy-to-use video management tools.
Grab It® Bookmarklet: Users can browse top video sites and with a single click "grab" embed code and links for their favorite videos, allowing for quick and easy programming of their own .TV Channels. All "grabbed" video links are displayed live in the user's .TV content archive, which can then be used to create custom playlists.
Social Networking Tools: Each .TV Channel is its own social networking site, featuring private or public profiles, blogs, message boards, on-site messaging, user ratings, favorites, friends lists, comments, and photo albums.

In December of last year, Demand Media announced a strategic alliance with VeriSign, Inc., to leverage Demand Media's new media platform, industry relationships and web 2.0 expertise to increase .TV registrations. Verisign manages the underlying domain name registry for .TV including the back end operations and management.

About Demand Media, Inc.

Domain Name Journal: His Companies Have Sold for Over $1.3 Billion: Can Demand Media's Richard Rosenblatt Do It Again with Domains?

Posted in Press Releases on Apr 7, 2007

Despite having been founded less than a year ago (in May 2006), Demand Media has already become one of true giants in the domain industry. The mastermind behind the company’s meteoric rise is a 37-year-old serial entrepreneur from Southern California named Richard Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt is best-known as the guy who transformed Intermix Media and their marquee website, MySpace.com, from a money-losing albatross into a half-billion dollar racehorse. Less than 18 months after he became CEO at Intermix, Rosenblatt had sopped up the sea of red ink and engineered a $580 million sale of the company to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp...More

DN Journal Newsletter: eNom Reseller Summit Provides Sneak Peak at Demand Media's .TV Plans

Posted in Press Releases on Mar 7, 2007

Demand Media's popular registration company, eNom.com, rewarded its resellers with a Las Vegas bash held at the Venetian Hotel March 4th and 5th (immediately before the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference got underway at the same venue). I was on hand for this first ever eNom Reseller Summit to moderate a Monday afternoon panel discussion, but haven't had a chance to write about it until now. This newsletter item and our upcoming April Cover Story on Demand Media and company co-founder and CEO Richard Rosenblatt will help bring you up to speed on what is happening at this dynamic new domain conglomerate. Demand Media was born just ten months ago but already ranks as one of the industry's biggest companies...More

Demand Media Announces Social Networking Tools for .TV Domain Names

Posted in Press Releases on Mar 7, 2007

Exclusive Offer Allows eNom Resellers to Provide Industry Leading Community Tools Free with .TV sales, Enabling Their Customers to Build their own Personalized Channels

SANTA MONICA, CA AND LAS VEGAS, NV - Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation web media company, and its wholly owned subsidiary and largest wholesale registrar, eNom ®, announced today that eNom resellers will be able to offer their customers the Demand Media^TM industry leading social networking tools with every .tv registration. Today's news is the next step in an overall effort to drive broader adoption of .tv domain names by both businesses and consumers. For the first time, users who register a .tv domain will have simple, out-of-the-box customizable social networking tools to build their own personalized channels free of charge.

The company held an invitation only event Monday for its top resellers in advance of this week's TRAFFIC Conference. At this event, Demand Media co-founder and CEO, Richard Rosenblatt, unveiled the exclusive offer. "As media becomes more personal and community focused, users will want to build their own space and control their social network. We hope to lead that evolution by providing unique domain and media products that leverage this next generation of media," said Rosenblatt. "The .tv domain provides an opportunity for us to use our platform to combine a globally recognizable TLD with personalized video and social networking tools."

In December of last year, Demand Media announced a strategic alliance with VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), to leverage Demand Media's new media platform, industry relationships and web 2.0 expertise to increase .tv registrations.

About Demand Media, Inc.

The Demand Media^TM proprietary media platform powers the company's popular content properties and highly-trafficked domains providing a diverse new media experience for tens of millions of users. By focusing its cutting-edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools around niche' interest verticals, Demand Media offers everyone the ability to publish and partake in the evolution of new media. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit: http://www.demandmedia.com.

eNom Supports Windows Live Custom Domains Registration Feature from Microsoft

Posted in Press Releases on Jan 24, 2007

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain registrar, announced today it is working with Microsoft to enable the new domain registration services feature in Windows Live Custom Domains. The feature is available today at http://www.domains.live.com/.

"Microsoft understands the importance of providing its customers an opportunity to create permanent, unique, personalized addresses on the Web while using its Windows Live services, and we are helping make this possible," said Paul Stahura, eNom founder/CEO and president of Demand Media. "Our strategy is to offer world-class infrastructure, tools and domain knowledge to companies like Microsoft to put the power in the hands of the customer."

Windows Live Custom Domains allows consumers to easily create custom Windows Live accounts in their personal domain which then works with Windows Live and MSN services, including Mail, Messenger and Spaces. For those who do not currently have a domain and wish to create one, eNom then enables them to register for such Top Level Domains (TLD's) as .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz and provide identity protection.

"From the soccer mom to the local non-profit - more and more, we are seeing end users' desire to stake their own claim online," continued Stahura. "As a new media company with the world's largest domain reseller network, we are able to work with the likes of Microsoft and other online media leaders to give users access to this new form of personalization."

About eNom

About Demand Media, Inc.

The Demand Media^TM proprietary media platform powers the company's popular content properties and highly-trafficked domains providing a diverse new media experience for tens of millions of users. By focusing its cutting-edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools around niche' interest verticals, Demand Media offers everyone the ability to publish and partake in the evolution of new media. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit: http://www.demandmedia.com.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

DN Journal: The State of the Industry January 2007: 15 Domain Experts Ponder What Happened in 2006 and Predict What’s Coming Next

Posted in Press Releases on Jan 1, 2007

Every January we kick off the New Year with a survey of domain industry leaders who are perfectly positioned to identify the most important events and trends of the past year and to forecast what we are likely to see in the year ahead. If you don’t put much stock in predictions, you might want to revisit our January 2005 and January 2006 State of the Industry reports to see just how remarkably accurate our panel of experts have been....More

Reuters: Ex-MySpace chairman, Verisign to promote .tv sites

Posted in Press Releases on Dec 13, 2006

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chairman of MySpace.com is throwing his weight behind the ".tv" domain category, betting that it will gain popularity as more users watch, create and post videos online.

Richard Rosenblatt's Demand Media will unveil on Wednesday a deal with Internet security and dot-com registry VeriSign Inc. (VRSN.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to begin marketing .tv as a preferred Web site domain for online videos, in the same way .org is used for non-profit groups...More

CNN Money: Dot-tv gets a second chance at life

Posted in Press Releases on Dec 12, 2006

Beginning Wednesday, Verisign will launch a new marketing program with a startup called Demand Media to leverage its dormant dot-tv property. (It actually runs the company it bought from Gross, .tv Corp.)

If you don't act fast, your opportunity to own "yournamehere.tv" might be gone in a flash. (That was just an illustrative example, by the way. Yournamehere.tv isn't available. Check www.tv to find out which names are.)...More

World's Second-Largest Domain Name Registrar, eNom, Recognized by Inc. Magazine as One of America's 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Posted in Press Releases on Aug 29, 2006

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the world's second-largest Internet domain name registrar, has been recognized as one of America's 500 fastest-growing private companies by Inc. Magazine.

With 3-year growth of 461% and revenues of $45.5 million, this is eNom's first appearance on the Inc. 500, which released their 25th annual list Wednesday in New York. eNom's ranking is 261.

In its recognition of eNom, Inc. Magazine noted, "The number of registered domain names, currently about 80 million, continues to explode ..." and eNom "offer(s) its clients fast responses and competitive prices."

eNom, Inc. was acquired in May of this year by Demand Media, Inc., a new company headed by former MySpace.com chairman, and former CEO of Intermix Media, Richard Rosenblatt.

Demand Media has accelerated the growth of eNom's world-class domain and reseller platform both organically and through the acquisition of domain registrar Bulk Register. This resulted in eNom becoming the world's second-largest domain name registrar, with over 8 million domains on its platform.

Demand Media is also expanding its media properties via the recent acquisition of Hillclimb Media, a developer of premium pay-for-content websites for sports enthusiasts, including Trails.com and Golflink.com. These web sites will join Demand's other media assets, including eHow.com, an expansive web site covering hundreds of different topics.

"As the media landscape continues to evolve, consumers and businesses alike will require more than just online 'billboards'," said Rosenblatt. "Domains are the building blocks of media properties and with the right content strategy, they become extremely valuable advertising and media assets."

"Inc. Magazine's recognition is an incredible distinction for the company I started in my garage in 1997 with one small computer on an ISDN line," said Paul Stahura, eNom founder and CEO and president and chief operating officer of Demand Media. "Our growth is due in no small part to our commitment to providing the most stable, flexible and advanced domain name technology platform in the industry, while remaining the low cost provider."

About eNom

eNom is an ICANN accredited registrar offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence(R), with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the second largest domain name registrar worldwide.

About Demand Media

Launched in May 2006, Demand Media is building the next-generation of web media companies where content creation and publishing costs are immaterial, traffic is acquired for free, and advertising sales becomes automatic, recurring and predictable.

Today, Demand Media receives more than 35 million unique visitors per month through its niche content web sites and more than 250,000 domain names. Demand Media's traffic is organic and its content proprietary, user generated and viral, allowing for a unique, targeted and effective marketplace for both users and advertisers. Demand Media is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in San Francisco and in Seattle where its world-class registrar, eNom, and technology resources reside.

eNom purchases BulkRegister to become world's second-largest domain-name registrar

Posted in Press Releases on Jul 26, 2006

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), announced that it has completed the purchase of the business and operations of BulkRegister, LLC. (www.bulkregister.com). Already one of the largest registrars in the world in terms of domain names under management, the addition of BulkRegister® gives eNom® an additional 1.5 million domain names, and 35,000 bulk membership customers. With more than 6.8 million domain names under management, the combined company is now the second-largest registrar in the world, surpassing Network Solutions®, according to Name Intelligence® (www.nameintelligence.com).

"We are excited about this significant and synergistic addition to our domain platform," commented Paul Stahura, founder and chief executive officer of eNom. He continued, "Both eNom and BulkRegister have built up strong, loyal and successful customer bases, by providing great tools, high quality service, and a solid technology platform. The combination of the two companies is a natural fit."

John Kane, VP of business development for eNom, believes that the customers of both companies will benefit significantly from the combined business and its scale. "eNom's business model is built on a strong network of resellers and retail clients worldwide. Similarly, BulkRegister has been a leader in serving high-volume customers with exceptional service and innovative tools for managing many domain names at once. We believe the combined company will better serve these complementary markets, by bringing together the best practices of both BulkRegister and eNom."

In 2006, eNom's parent company, eNom Ventures, Inc., was acquired by Demand Media, Inc. The purchase of BulkRegister further expands the size and capabilities of Demand Media's new media platform. In addition to eNom, Demand Media owns hundreds of thousands of domains and niche content websites, including eHow.com.

About eNom

eNom is an ICANN accredited company offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. With the addition of BulkRegister, eNom now ranks as the second-largest domain name registrar worldwide. eNom Ventures, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media.

Leading domain name registrar eNom, Inc. purchased by group led by former MySpace.com chairman Richard Rosenblatt

Posted in Press Releases on May 1, 2006

Paul Stahura named President and COO of Demand Media, Inc.

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), one of the world's largest Internet domain name registrars, announced that it has been acquired by Demand Media, Inc., a new company headed by former MySpace.com chairman, and former CEO of Intermix Media, Richard Rosenblatt. Los Angeles-based Demand Media will broaden eNom's offerings by developing proprietary content tools and technologies, as well as new online advertising opportunities for eNom's clients.

With the acquisition, Paul Stahura, eNom founder and CEO, becomes president and chief operating officer of Demand Media. Terms of the private sale were not disclosed.

"For eNom's valued network of resellers and retail customers, the acquisition represents no changes to existing relationships," assured Stahura. "We will continue to offer domain name and related services under the eNom brand, which is one of the strongest in the domain-name business. eNom's resellers can be confident that the company will continue to build and enhance its infrastructure, enabling eNom to offer an even more robust suite of services."

"Media companies and advertising networks are now recognizing the central role a domain name plays in bringing users to Internet properties," added Stahura. "The added capital from Demand Media will accelerate our commitment to grow our business as an ICANN-accredited domain name registrar and provider of high-quality value added services."

Demand Media, Inc's Chairman and CEO Richard Rosenblatt, described by the Wall Street Journal as a "serial Internet entrepreneur," ran MySpace.com's parent company, Intermix Media Inc., and negotiated its sale to News Corp. for more than $650 million last year. Richard was also the founding investor and vice-chairman of Great Domains, as well as Chairman and CEO of iMALL, Inc. In addition to eNom, Inc., Demand Media, Inc. also purchased San Francisco-based eHow Inc., which provides niche content for websites.

Localizing a global business: Eastside Internet domain name leader eNom plays key role in upcoming Domain Roundtable Conference

Posted in Press Releases on Apr 18, 2006

Leading registrar eNom sends three speakers to Domain Roundtable Panels in Bellevue, WA

BELLEVUE, WA – When those who operate the global Internet structure gather for a summit meeting in Bellevue later this week, many of their discussions will include a Puget Sound regional element, local technology pioneer eNom (www.enom.com).

The Domain Roundtable, April 19-21 at the Bellevue Convention Center/Bellevue Westin, will bring together the leaders of the domain name industry to discuss the most important issues of Internet technology and governance. The event is sponsored by Name Intelligence®, creator of www.whois.sc.

The Puget Sound region has a wealth of experience in domain names. eNom is the world's third-largest registrar of domain names, with more than five million names registered. Three members of the company's leadership team will be presenting at the conference:

Friday, April 21, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. – Paul Stahura, chief executive officer, will be speaking alongside other leaders of the world's largest registrars at the CEO Roundtable.
On Thursday, April 20, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. – John Kane, vice president of Business Development, will be participating in the "Q & A Reselling Registration Services." eNom is the world's largest registrar of domain names through independent resellers, with more than 50,000 registered resellers.
Finally, Chris Ambler, chief software strategist, will be speaking on three panels, including:
- Domain Name Industry in 2006, Wednesday, April 19, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Domain Drop business, Thursday, April 20, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Expiring Name Marketplace, Friday, April 21, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

eNom is a pioneer in the domain "name catching" business and has garnered several awards, including Name Intelligence's ® 2005 "Best Drop Catcher" award.

Additional information on the Domain Roundtable Conference 2006, along with directions and additional venue information, can be found at: www.domainroundtable.com.

About Name Intelligence

Name Intelligence® (www.nameintelligence.com) provides tools and utilities that help extend domain organizations of any size.

About eNom

eNom, Inc. is an ICANN accredited, privately held company offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the third largest domain name registrar worldwide.

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Leading domain name registrar eNom passes milestone five million names, anticipates further global growth

Posted in Press Releases on Feb 15, 2006

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), one of the world’s largest Internet domain name registrars, announced that it has passed the milestone of five million domain names under management.

During 2005, eNom also moved up to the ranking of world’s third largest registrar of domain names. The nine-year-old, privately held company continues growing at a remarkable pace, reflected by 2005 growth of:

Domain name registrations up 29%
Revenues (GAAP) up 43%
Staff up 34%

"For a mature, accomplished company to be showing such strong growth is a tribute to strategic direction and excellent implementation of technology in an ever-changing field," explains Paul Stahura, eNom founder, president and chief executive officer. "Our emphasis on empowering volume-oriented, independent resellers around the globe is what most distinguishes eNom."

The company introduced an unprecedented number of new offerings last year, including five new country code top level domains, SSL certificates from Secure Business Services and a multilingual version of PDQ, its popular domain name reselling kit. The Spanish beta version has been introduced, with additional languages to come this year.

The company’s base of nearly 14,000 active resellers (such as web hosting companies) depends on "powered by eNom" tools that privately brand domain management and other web services.

In addition, eNom hosts the largest domain aftermarket drop-catching tool, called Club Drop, and provides value-added services, such as web site hosting, ID protection services, POP email and a web-site-creator tool.

About eNom

eNom, Inc. is an ICANN accredited, profitable, privately held company offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the third largest domain name registrar worldwide.

eNom, Inc., the #1 registrar for resellers, announces the beta release of Multilingual PDQ, its domain name business toolkit

Posted in Press Releases on Nov 8, 2005

BELLVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) releases its newest product, a beta multilingual version of its domain name reselling toolkit: PDQ. The first released language is Spanish, and more languages are expected. For an additional $99.00 USD, resellers can now buy a complete Spanish-language PDQ website. Initially, beta customers will get three months free of the service to try it out.

Spanish was chosen as the first language for several reasons. Paul Stahura, CEO of eNom, explained, "Spanish was our first priority. There are over 30 million native Spanish speakers in the United States alone, and there are fast-growing markets for domain names in Latin America."

Over the past few years, eNom has been swiftly growing its reseller business internationally. Indeed, over 50% of all new eNom domain name resellers are based outside the USA. Mr. Stahura continued, "The world is connecting to the Internet faster every day-and domain names are the foundation of all Internet activity. We intend to continue to make eNom the world's domain name reseller of choice."

PDQ is eNom's complete e-commerce domain name registration and online services web site. PDQ allows resellers to sell domain names and value added services such as ID Protect, Web Hosting, SSL Certificates, Traffic Vista and others quickly and easily over the Internet.

Many Web hosting companies, Website developers, Internet business consultants, and entrepreneurs have found using eNom's turnkey domain name reselling toolkit, PDQ, to be the quickest and most effective solution on the market. Mr. Stahura said, "eNom is the technology provider of choice for the world's domain name businesses. We consistently win awards for our reseller business tools. This multilingual functionality is just one more reason that experienced professionals turn to eNom to meet their domain name business needs."

About eNom

eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) is an ICANN accredited, privately held company offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. Founded in 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and has the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. With more than six million domain names hosted on its platform, eNom currently ranks as the third largest domain name registrar worldwide

eNom, Inc. now accredited as a .eu registrar--among the first US registrars to get accreditation

Posted in Press Releases on Jul 18, 2005

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) has recently been granted full accreditation by EURid, the official registry for .eu domain names, to offer the new .eu domain names on its world-famous domain provisioning system.

The .eu domain is projected to be one of the hottest domain extensions with an anticipated sunrise period coming near the end of 2005. The sunrise period, which is actually in two-phases, allows for those entities with a prior rights claim to their domain name to register it before .eu goes live for general registrations. eNom will be offering a pre-registration queue for this sunrise period, leveraging their size and advanced technology allowing registrants the best possible opportunity to secure the domain name they need. The queue will be submitted to EURid on a first-come, first-served basis.

"Our successful experience in the past with sunrise periods will provide a valuable knowledge base helping our customers secure their domains. As always, we will provide world-class, easy-to-use tools during the pre-registration process," noted Paul Stahura, CEO of eNom.

The pricing, sunrise information and pre-registration details will be made available shortly. Interested parties are encouraged to continue viewing the eNom website for further announcements.

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About EURid

EURid is a not-for-profit organization, established in Belgium, and has been designated as the official registry by the European Commission to operate the new .eu top level domain. EURid was established in a partnership between DNS BE, IIT CNR and NIC SE, operators of the country-code top level domain registries for Belgium (.be), Italy (.it) and Sweden (.se).

eNom, Inc., announces that it will be the largest domain registrar to offer the new .Jobs Top Level Domain

Posted in Press Releases on Jun 20, 2005

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), along with Employ Media (Cleveland, OH), announced today that it is offering customers .jobs domain registrations. eNom, Inc., one of the top registrars in the world with over 6.4 million domains hosted, will be the largest domain registrar to offer the .jobs domain.

The .jobs Top Level Domain (TLD) was created through an alliance between Employ Media, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Verisign (ICANN). The .jobs TLD will be a sponsored top level domain. This means that it will be specific for people who deal in the human side of organizations, such as recruitment. An organization would therefore need to establish that it is a legitimate employer to receive a .jobs domain.

With the .jobs TLD the public can type in the company name followed by the .jobs extension and a special company recruiting site can come up. For example, a company could type in www.shrm.jobs and see jobs posted for the Society of Human Resource Management. Steve Brown, Director of Product Management at eNom, said recently, "We at eNom are excited to be the largest registrar to offer the .jobs TLD. Our large enterprise clients will find this offering to be an excellent addition to our already strong corporate domain management system."

About eNom

eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) is an ICANN accredited, privately held company offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. Founded in 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and has the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the third largest domain name registrar worldwide.

About SHRM

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM, www.shrm.org) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 200,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. As an influential voice, the Society's mission is also to advance the human resource profession to ensure that HR is recognized as an essential partner in developing and executing organizational strategy. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 500 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries.

eNom logs six million hosted domain names

Posted in Press Releases on Jun 9, 2005

Online services provider is industry's third largest

BELLEVUE, WA -eNom, Inc., a leading provider of domain name registration and other online services, announced today that it now hosts more than six million domain names on its platform, including more than four million domains registered under its own eNom, Inc. credentials.

"Passing the six-millionth-name milestone affirms that our domain registration and services system is one of the industry's best," noted eNom CEO Paul Stahura. "Our proprietary technology has enabled us to set new standards for the industry. We also work hard to make registering domains and setting up shop online as simple as possible for small businesses and for individuals, and we've long been the go-to service for savvy resellers. All those things add up to a rapidly expanding registration base, and growing reputation for both service and value."

In addition to domain name registration, eNom offers a variety of other services for retail and reseller customers. Among them are Traffic Vista, an easy-to-use product that enables site owners to analyze traffic data and advertise more effectively; Club Drop, a domain name aftermarket auction system; Web Site Monitor, which enables site owners to keep their sites up and running; as well as web hosting, email services, and more.

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eNom, Inc., the world's #1 reseller registrar, wins three top Name Intelligence Awards -- more awards than any other registrar.

Posted in Press Releases on Jun 6, 2005

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) announced that it has been awarded three of the prestigious Name Intelligence (www.nameintelligence.com) Awards for 2004. eNom was honored as the Best ICANN Registrar with a Reseller Business, the Best Drop Catcher, and a Users' Choice Award, at a ceremony held in Seattle, WA, on Thursday, May 26th. eNom has consistently won the award for Best ICANN Registrar with a Reseller Business Model the last four years running.

All three awards accent the strengths of eNom's increasingly successful business model. "These are areas eNom has focused on." Said eNom's founder and CEO, Paul Stahura. He continued, "We at eNom pride ourselves on pleasing our customers. So the Users' Choice Award is a welcome recognition of our efforts." Stahura also described how eNom's industry-leading relationship with domain resellers has been critical to success over the years, "Resellers trust that the eNom reseller platform is the best," he added, "and these awards reinforce that."

eNom is the third largest domain name registrar in the world, and the number one registrar for resellers. The company has the largest, most active distribution network in the domain industry. In addition to domain name registration, eNom offers a variety of other services for retail and reseller customers. Among them are Web Hosting, Website Creator, Traffic Vista, an easy-to-use product that enables site owners to analyze traffic data and advertise more effectively; Club Drop, a domain name aftermarket auction system; Web Site Monitor, which enables site owners to keep their sites up and running; as well as email services and more.

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About Name Intelligence

Name Intelligence provides tools and utilities that help extend domain organizations of any size from world leading registrars to corporate IT lawyers. Our goal is to provide domain solutions to organization of any size. Our whois search engine is now being licensed by some of the fastest growing ICANN registrars.

eNom, Inc., the #1 Reseller Registrar, launches ClubDrop.com to extend it's leadership in the domain name registration aftermarket.

Posted in Press Releases on Nov 20, 2004

BELLEVUE, WA - ClubDrop.com (www.clubdrop.com), from eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), is a website dedicated to Club Drop, an aftermarket auction system that registers expiring domain names as soon as they become available again. Every day thousands of domains expire and become available for purchase because the prior registrant did not renew the registration. A small and energetic market exists around registering these domains as soon as they become available. There is no cost to participate in the Club Drop service. Customers only pay if the domain name is successfully registered.

"Our auction service is one of the most successful systems in the market today", said Paul Stahura, CEO of eNom, Inc. "We have spent a lot of time developing our system in order to get the highest percentage of dropped names available."

Features Include:

Manage your Club Drop domains in your existing eNom account. No need to hold accounts with several different registrars.
Low minimum bid of only $10.
Free to join and customers only pay if domain is registered.
Free DNS, email forwarding and URL Redirection.

The system is simple to use and available 24/7. When a name is successfully registered by eNom during the name dropping period, it goes into a private auction between all those that expressed interest in the name. An eBay style auction then ensues. eNom has also introduced proxy bidding on these auctions. Proxy bidding allows you to place a maximum amount on a domain name and the system will then bid for you, bidding only enough to make you the high bidder.

Club Drop is complimented by domain name registration, web site hosting, email services, Traffic Vista (eNom's traffic analysis tool) and Web Site Monitor (eNom's web site uptime analysis tool) in eNom's family of services for both retail and reseller clients. eNom's domain name registration services provide companies and individuals easy access to securing and maintaining domain names and related services. Club Drop and eNom's other products are available from eNom's web site at http://www.enom.com/?refs=prr

About eNom

eNom, Inc. is an ICANN accredited, privately held company offering world-class internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the fourth largest domain name registrar world wide.

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eNom, Inc., the #1 Reseller Registrar, Announces that it now manages over 4 million domains on it's Domain Name Services Platform.

Posted in Press Releases on Sep 9, 2004

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) has announced that it now has over 4,000,000 domain names managed by its domain name services platform. eNom has built its business by becoming the most popular destination for domain name resellers, and has been named the #1 reseller registrar by Name Intelligence the last two years in a row.

"The rapidly growing number of domains that we host on our platform clearly signifies the solid performance of our domain name registration and services system", said eNom C.E.O. Paul Stahura. "eNom is currently the fourth largest registrar, with our sites clearly set on number one. We will hit 5 million names at a faster rate than we hit 4 million, which we hit at a faster rate than we hit 3 million just one year ago."

Domain name registration is one of the many web services for both retail and reseller clients that eNom provides, along with its traffic monitoring product Traffic Vista, web site hosting solution, email services, its domain name aftermarket auction system Club Drop and website monitoring tool Web Site Monitor. eNom's domain name registration services provide companies and individuals easy access to securing and maintaining domain names and related services. All of the services are available from eNom's web site at http://www.enom.com/?refs=prr.

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eNom, Inc., the #1 Reseller Registrar, Announces the launch of Traffic Vista, a Website Traffic Analysis Tool

Posted in Press Releases on Aug 31, 2004

BELLEVUE, WA - Traffic Vista from eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) is a comprehensive website statistics service which enables users to monitor and analyze their website traffic. The service allows users to know exactly where their visitors are coming from and what search terms their visitors used to reach the users' website.

"We created Traffic Vista because domain holders with large portfolios wanted to track their traffic across all the thousands of names in their eNom accounts," Said Paul Stahura, CEO of eNom Inc. "Plus, it's easy to use for the guy who has just one website too."

Key Product features:

View reports across an entire domain portfolio, from one to thousands of domains.
Track domains using eNom's redirector service or by installing a code snippet on any web page.
See where your advertising dollars are best spent with website referrer statistics.
Maximize search engine strategies with keyword and search phrase analysis.
Create custom reports with "Pivot Tables®" and custom date ranges
Scales with your business' online traffic demands
Account starts with 100,000 page views per month, and can be upgraded at any time.

Traffic Vista joins Domain Name Registration, Web Site Hosting, Email Services, Club Drop and Web Site Monitor in eNom's family of web services for both retail and reseller clients. eNom's domain name registration services provide companies and individuals easy access to securing and maintaining domain names and related services. Traffic Vista and eNom's other products are available from eNom's web site at http://www.enom.com/?refs=prr

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eNom, Inc., the #1 Reseller Registrar, Announces that it now manages over 3 million domains in it's Domain Name Management System.

Posted in Press Releases on May 6, 2004

BELLEVUE, WA - eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) has announced that it now has over 3,000,000 domain names in its domain name registration system. eNom has built its business by becoming the most popular destination for domain name resellers, and has been named the #1 reseller registrar by Name Intelligence the last two years in a row.

"eNom is currently the fifth largest registrar, and we are clearly on our way to becoming number 1. We will hit 4 million names at a faster rate than we hit 3 million, which we hit at a faster rate than when we hit 2 million one year ago.", said eNom C.E.O. Paul Stahura "The rapidly growing number of domains that we host on our platform clearly signifies the solid performance of our domain name registration and services system".

Complete Statistics

Total Domain Name Registrations: 3,056,065*
Total Number of Hosts in eNom's DNS: 6,789,206
Net new registrations per month for .com .net .org .biz .info .us .name TLDs: 89,005
Average DNS queries per day: 500 million to 1 billion
Approximate number of emails forwarded per day: 11 million
Resellers: 35,222
Active Resellers: 10,059.
Resellers using eNom's API: 16,989

*eNom Registrations: 2,292,048; Other Domain Name Registrations: 764,017)

Domain name registration is one of the many web services for both retail and reseller clients that eNom provides, along with Traffic Vista, Web Site Hosting, Email Services, Club Drop and Web Site Monitor. eNom's domain name registration services provide companies and individuals easy access to securing and maintaining domain names and related services. All of the services are available from eNom's web site at http://www.enom.com/?refs=prr

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eNom, Inc., the #1 Reseller Registrar, Announces the Launch of Web Hosting, a Website Hosting Platform

Posted in Press Releases on Dec 31, 2003

BELLEVUE, WA - Web Hosting from eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com) is a comprehensive website hosting platform that allows registrants of domain names to host a website on eNom's platform.

Based on Windows technology, the -key eNom website hosting solution allows customers to keep all of their domain name, email, and hosting services in one central location. A user can create and bring a web site online in real-time and something about SQL server hosting. Multiple domain names and multiple sites can be associated with a single web hosting account.

"eNom's Web Hosting product is the most innovative in the industry. It provides webmasters the ability to set up multiple websites using one account, at a low price", said eNom C.E.O. Paul Stahura.

Features Included

Powerful Web Hosting Control Panel
Secure Data Centers and 24/7 systems monitoring
Secure SQL Server database solution
Multiple Web Sites per account
Site Statistics
ASP - ASP.NET - XML - HTML

The web hosting solution is highly geared towards the reseller market, allowing customers to customize web hosting packages and pricings. Resellers are able to sell web hosting via eNom's industry leading API or through its private label services.

Web Site Hosting joins Domain Name Registration, Email Services, Club Drop (explain) and Web Site Monitor in eNom's family of web services for both retail and reseller clients. eNom's domain name registration services provide companies and individuals easy access to securing and maintaining domain names and related services.

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