Demand Media has announced its acquisition of registrar Name.com Demand Media already owns eNom, which is a reseller / wholesale registrar. Name.com, however, is retail based and has worked hard to build up its reputation in terms of customer service. According to the release Name.com has over 1.5 million domain names under management. According to the release from … [Read more...] about Demand Media Buys Name.com
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Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
RegistrarStats, which is run by eNom / DemandMedia, re-opened yesterday. The site is no longer free (even though there's no indication of pricing on the site) with prices starting at $500 / month with a minimum commit of 3 months. Whether the reports being offered are any different or any better than those that were available previously is not clear. … [Read more...] about Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
Registrars Adding Seasonal Bling?
At various times throughout the year websites end up getting adorned with various "bling" to celebrate holidays of various kinds.Enom have tweaked their header image slightly in advance of US Thanksgiving:Have any others? … [Read more...] about Registrars Adding Seasonal Bling?
Enom Founder Moves On
Paul Stahura, who founded Enom, has announced that he will be leaving DemandMedia via his Facebook page:"After much thought, and 12 years after founding eNom, I've decided to join the ranks of eNom alumni. Demand Media, the company I sold eNom to nearly four years ago, is a great company and will be even greater in the years to come. Truly "going big"... Huge. The board, the … [Read more...] about Enom Founder Moves On
Enom and Netsol Win WIPO Case
Enom and Network Solutions won a WIPO case involving the domain "nameje.com".The domain is a very close typo to "namejet.com", which eNom and others use for an aftermarket service.Full details of the case may be found on the WIPO site … [Read more...] about Enom and Netsol Win WIPO Case
Solidhost Saga Continues
I mentioned the issue facing Solidhost a while back. Although the legal proceedings are still ongoing the Dutch company have managed to regain control of the domain name in the interim.In a post on the company's forum Andre van Vliet was very candid about what was going on:As of today we have recovered our domain solidhost.com - it now belongs to us again and is completely … [Read more...] about Solidhost Saga Continues
Enom Revamps
Enom, which is part of DemandMedia, has relaunched their main site with a brand new design and interface.The new site appears to have a simpler interface and also appears to be a bit more responsive in terms of load times. … [Read more...] about Enom Revamps
Solid Host To Sue Enom and Namecheap
Normally when I see headlines about companies suing registrars I have to read "more" to find out what has happened. In the case of SolidHost that isn't the case, as I've been following this story quite closely over the last couple of weeks.Around 7pm on August 4th Solidhost sent their clients an email saying that their site was unavailable as the domain had been hijacked.They … [Read more...] about Solid Host To Sue Enom and Namecheap
Enom Targetted By Phishers
Enom, one of the largest registrars in the world, has been targetted by phishers.The company has posted an alert on the main page of their website with a screenshot of the fraudulent site.It's good to see them being public about this sort of attack, though it is worrisome nevertheless … [Read more...] about Enom Targetted By Phishers
NameJet Launched
Today marks the launch of NameJet which replaces eNom's auction service.If you have an eNom login you can use it on the new site.In terms of functionality the site seems to offer pretty much the same set of features that were available via eNom, however it is one ugly website!The search function is currently not working for me, so it's not much use, though I'd suspect … [Read more...] about NameJet Launched