LOS ANGELES, California - Wednesday December 2nd 2009 – eNom, Inc., the world’s largest ICANN accredited domain name wholesaler, and BulkRegister, today announced the immediate availability of the award-winning, communications-focused .tel domain name extension. eNom and BulkRegister are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Demand Media, Inc., the leader in distributed social media.
“We’ve been watching the .tel extension for some time now and it is our belief that this innovative platform has the potential to transform how people are found online,” said Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales for eNom. “We’re excited to offer .tel domains today and look forward to bundling other value-added services with this offering in the near future “We’re delighted to welcome eNom into the .tel community,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO of Telnic Limited, the Registry Operator for .tel. “Both organizations have strong reputations, in online branding as well as social media and reputation management, and we know that their experience will soon provide existing and future .tel owners with new added-value services.”
eNom, which has in excess of 10 million domains under management and over 30,000 resellers, will be providing .tel names for their resellers from today at www.enom.com. Retail customers, can purchase .tel domains at www.bulkregister.com.
Over a quarter of a million .tel names have been registered since they were launched in March of this year. For more information regarding .tel, please visit http://telnic.tel.
About Telnic Limited
Founded in 2000, Telnic Limited is the UK?based Registry Operator and Sponsoring Organization for the new .tel sponsored top level domain (sTLD). Telnic’s backend registry services are provided by NeuStar.
About Demand Media
As the leader in distributed social media, Demand Media™ makes possible more than 3 billion conversations every month. The Demand Media platform harnesses the creativity of individuals to deliver valuable content and help websites grow by providing content and community features that consumers truly want. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., please visit: www.demandmedia.com.
Contacts
eNom: Quinn Daly, Quinn@demandmedia.com, 310-394-6429
Telnic: Justin Hayward, jhayward@telnic.org, 44-709-215-3072
Unique Self-Serve Content Solution Helps Customers Grow their Business
Posted in Press Releases on August 10, 2009BELLEVUE, Washington — August 10, 2009 — eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale registrar, today announced the general availability of RichContent, a cutting edge content offering, allowing eNom resellers access to a library of millions of high quality articles, blogs and videos. eNom resellers can now offer their customers contextually relevant content via this new tool to expand their websites and engage their audiences.
“We are always striving to offer our customers ways to differentiate themselves and experience exponential growth. We believe this ground-breaking tool will ignite new domain registrations, increase domain renewals, and ultimately deliver an enriching experience for both customers and end consumers,” said Jeff Eckhaus, senior vice president and general manager of eNom. “We also see this as anoffering that complements web site hosting services magaged by our resellers, which is why we have brought RichContent to the market at this year’s HostingCon.”
eNom resellers have access to a continuously updating pool of over four million pieces of rights-cleared content through a simple self-serve widget that can be added in minutes using an easy step-by-step wizard. Once enabled, RichContent automatically provides related articles and videos sourced from various high-quality content providers, including the Internet content studio of eNom’s parent company. The full article or video content is viewed within the site, driving user traffic and engagement.
“We were invited to participate in the beta of RichContent, and to date, we are really happy with the solution,” said Richard Kirkendall, CEO of NameCheap.com. “Domain sales has become a highly competitive market and a solution like this can help set us apart by offering more benefits to our customers. In addition, it would allow us to deliver a unique hosting experience to help us retain and grow our user base.”
“This partnership with eNom enables our merchants to have access to informative, product category content to go along with the dynamic, unique content they already create on their MerchantCircle listings,” said Ben T. Smith, IV, chairman and cofounder of MerchantCircle. “With 800,000 merchants, we look forward to working with eNom more in the future to bring innovative, scalable offerings to our network.”
RichContent accesses an extensive and growing library of professional articles and videos from a selection of leading websites, blogs, and premium brands. Over 3,000 new pieces of content are added to the library every day, covering more than 300 categories including autos, business, entertainment, finance, food, health, sports, and travel. Sites can choose to accessorize their site’s existing content with related stories, features and videos from the RichContent network and can even create dynamically updating sections of new content, organized by topical keyword that fill out a site with fresh, engaging content to drive interaction and audience appeal.
In addition, RichContent offers a wealth of unique features and benefits to domain registration customers including:
RichContent is available today at www.enom.com/richcontent. This subscription-based service is available for a free 30-day trial period. Pricing is available monthly or annually.
HostingCon Presentation
Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales at eNom, will be presenting at HostingCon on Monday, August 10th at 9am and on Tuesday the 11th at 10:30am. His presentation titled “Leveraging Content to Differentiate Your Hosting Business” will discuss the RichContent solution in detail.
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 11 million names on its platform.
Reseller to provide complete online reputation management solution, increasing profitable relationships using feedback, email marketing and survey tools
Posted in Press Releases on June 10, 2009NEEDHAM, Mass. – June 3, 2009 – RatePoint, Inc., a leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, today announces the addition of eNom to its strategic partner program. eNom, the world's No. 1 domain reseller registrar, will promote RatePoint's customer feedback tools through its reseller and retail distribution channels.
"Addressing the needs of our customers, especially in these economic times, is a constant priority for us," said Jeff Eckhaus, senior vice president and general manager at eNom. "Small- to medium-sized businesses cannot afford an increase in customer churn and eNom is committed to seeking ways to help our customers with solutions to help make their business a success. Offering RatePoint to our customers provides them with a complete set of tools to help them build a credible online brand while encouraging more profitable customer relationships."
RatePoint's patent-pending solution allows small businesses to manage their online reputation by easily capturing, managing and promoting consumer reviews and feedback directly from their Web sites. RatePoint verifies actual consumer ratings for authenticity and provides businesses with an opportunity to respond to any negative feedback before it's posted online.
"It's critical in today's business climate to stay connected with customers to provide a more satisfying customer experience," said Tom Serani, co-founder and vice president of sales at RatePoint. "eNom's customers now have a wealth of customer communication tools at their disposal to build and grow important business-critical relationships."
eNom's customers will receive a 30-day promotional trial of RatePoint's Web-based reputation management solution, which includes feedback tools, email marketing, survey and dispute resolution capabilities to improve customer satisfaction and service while strengthening relationships and building trust with existing customers.
eNom's suite of Web services includes hosting, email, SSL Certificates and more for every stage of the small-business lifecycle. With the addition of RatePoint, eNom's customers can add an increased sense of security and credibility for consumers buying services online.
In addition to registering domains directly through www.eNomCentral.com and www.BulkRegister.com, eNom operates one of the largest, most active reseller networks in the domain industry. RatePoint will be available to all eNom resellers through eNom's platform-independent API and its retail Web sites.
About RatePoint, Inc.
RatePoint, Inc., the leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, helps businesses protect and build their online reputation, allowing businesses to harness the power of credible customer feedback and leverage it into a sales, marketing and customer service asset.
RatePoint's easy-to-use, Web-based communication services include customer feedback tools to collect business and product reviews, email marketing, survey and dispute resolution capabilities to provide small- and medium-sized businesses with the ability to collect, manage and promote customer feedback directly from their Web site. For more information, contact us at: 888-777-1636 or visit: www.ratepoint.com.
New Agreement with VeriSign and eNom Further Extends Reach of the Most Trusted Mark on the Internet
Posted in Press Releases on March 25, 2009Mountain View, Calif. – March 25, 2009 – VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, and eNom, the world’s No. 1 domain registrar for resellers according to Name Intelligence, today announced a new agreement to make it easier than ever for eNom resellers to offer their customers Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates. Under the new agreement, eNom will promote and distribute VeriSign branded SSL Certificates through its retail and reseller channels.
“Through this new agreement, VeriSign and eNom are creating a reseller program built around the most trusted mark on the Internet,” said Jeff Eckhaus senior vice president and, general manager at eNom. “Now, Web site hosting companies, registrars and resellers can provide their customers with SSL Certificates that bear the brand recognized more often than any other on the Web. With VeriSign, our resellers have an instant competitive advantage by launching the established VeriSign brand.”
In addition to registering domains directly through www.enomcentral.com and www.BulkRegister.com, eNom operates one of the largest, most active reseller network in the domain industry. VeriSign SSL Certificates are available to eNom resellers through its platform-independent API and its PDQ Instant Reseller solution.
The VeriSign SSL Certificate offers the strongest SSL encryption available today. The VeriSign Secured Seal appears on Web pages of merchants whose identities have been verified by VeriSign through SSL certification. Site visitors click on the seal to verify a merchant’s site information in real time. Studies have shown that sites certified by VeriSign SSL experience lower shopping cart and other transaction abandonment and increased visitor-to-sales conversions.
“We’re pleased to extend the reach of VeriSign SSL Certificates through this reseller relationship with eNom,” said Michael Lin, vice president and general manager of SSL at VeriSign. “By offering VeriSign branded SSL Certificates to its retail customers and its resellers, eNom is helping domain registrars and resellers deliver value for their customers and build trust throughout its distribution chain.”
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.
Contacts
Stefani Carver, scarver@verisign.com, 650-426-5028
Investor Relations: Nancy Fazioli, ir@verisign.com , 650-426-5146
Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new products and services and customer acceptance of any new products or services, including VeriSign Secured Seal solutions; the possibility that VeriSign’s announced new services may not result in additional customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition and pricing pressures. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.
©2009 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved. VeriSign, the VeriSign logo, the checkmark circle, and other trademarks, service marks, and designs are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc., and its subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
©2009 All rights reserved. eNom is a registered trademark of eNom, Inc.
New Tool Transforms Existing Web Pages into Mobile Content that Works on Any Phone, on Any Network
Posted in Press Releases on Feb 13, 2009BELLEVUE, Washington — February 25, 2009 — eNom, Inc.®,the largest ICANN-accredited wholesale domain registrar, and dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet address, today announced the immediate availability of Instant Mobilizer for all eNom .mobi resellers and end-users at www.eNom.com, www.eNomCentral.com, and www.BulkRegister.com.
Instant Mobilizer is a new, patent-pending service designed to help small and medium businesses around the world reach their customers quickly and affordably through the mobile Web by seamlessly transforming their existing PC-based Web sites for use on all mobile phones, on all networks.
“We are working closely with eNom to give all businesses the tools to easily and quickly build a great mobile-friendly Web site,” said Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi. “In an increasingly competitive domain industry, we are removing barriers to mobile Web adoption, which historically has been difficult for smaller businesses due to time and technical constraints.”
Instant Mobilizer allows users to automatically convert an existing Web site into a dynamic, mobile-friendly site without any need for technical knowledge or development efforts. Instant Mobilizer is the latest in a series of product and promotional initiatives between eNom and dotMobi. In July 2008, eNom introduced competitive .mobi new registration pricing and $5.99 transfer pricing. Earlier this month, eNom and dotMobi partnered at the Parallels Summit to promote .mobi to the event’s 1,000-plus attendees, offering reseller incentives to sign up based on .mobi promotions.
“Our expanding relationship with dotMobi, the growth of the .mobi extension and the launch of Instant Mobilizer is very important to eNom, our resellers and their customers,” said Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales at eNom. “We have seen significant growth in .mobi domain sales since the launch of our new marketing partnership. As a result, we are very happy to be the fastest growing .mobi registrar globally.”
For more information, visit www.enom.com/instant-mobilizer/imobilizer.aspx.
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 11 million names on its platform.
About dotMobi
Headquartered in Dublin, dotMobi is a worldwide leader in enabling the development & discovery of quality mobile content through innovative services, helping businesses and individuals reach the world’s billions of mobile phone users. dotMobi spurs mobile industry innovation by giving content providers the tools they need to ensure the Web will work on mobile phones with speed, accuracy and relevant content.
dotMobi is backed by leading mobile operators, network & device manufacturers, and Internet content providers, including Ericsson, GSM Association, Hutchison 3, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), Visa and Vodafone.
Visit http://dotMobi.mobi for information on .mobi domains and all dotMobi services.
© 2009 All rights reserved. eNom is a registered trademark of eNom, Inc. eNom. PR Contact: Quinn Daly, eNom/Demand Media Quinn@demandmedia.com | Phone: (310) 394 6429
BELLEVUE, Washington — February 13, 2009 — eNom, Inc.® (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain name registrar, and the CentralNic Registry (www.centralnic.com announced today that they are working together to grow the CentralNic domain extensions and enhance CentralNic’s reseller channel.
In order to increase CentralNic domain registrations and generate greater awareness among their resellers, eNom® is offering the lowest wholesale prices ever for CentralNic domains and making one-year registrations available (replacing the previous two-year default). These changes enable resellers greater flexibility in an extremely competitive environment.
Joe Alagna, CentralNic's GM, North American Markets, stated, "Since 1995, our domains have increased profits for registrars and resellers alike. It's a way for them to increase revenues now, so we're excited about our relationship with eNom and about growing our channels even more together."
Additionally, CentralNic and eNom will co-manage a portion of CentralNic's resellers to promote the CentralNic domains using eNom's internal sales force. eNom’s robust technology platform will enhance CentralNic’s reseller program by providing their resellers an opportunity to expand their businesses.
eNom, which represents the world largest domain reseller channel, has a robust offering of value-added products and services. In addition to an excellent reseller API, the eNom platform includes Linux and Windows Web Site Hosting, SSL Certificates, ID Protect, POP3 Email, a Web Site Creator, DNS, Web & Email Forwarding, and Turn Key Private Label Reseller Websites (PDQ).
"By combining our platform, we will be providing tremendous value to our resellers on CentralNic domains, and we're confident that this is going to be a home run." said Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales for eNom. He went on to say, "It will be the best pricing that resellers have ever seen on CentralNic domains and they will also gain expanded support and product offerings by working closer with us."
About CentralNic
Originally founded in 1994, CentralNic (www.centralnic.com) is an independent global domain name registry committed to making it easier for Internet users to establish new and distinctive domain names with regional and country-specific identities. CentralNic has a portfolio of 23 domain names, including eu.com (Europe), uk.com (United Kingdom), & us.com (United States).
In London: Jenny.White@CentralNic.com | Phone: +44 (0) 870 017 0900
In the US: Joe.Alagna@CentralNic.com | Phone: +1 (909) 606 9175
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 11 million names on its platform.
For more information, press only: Quinn@demandmedia.com | Phone: (310) 394 6429
BELLEVUE, Washington — November 19, 2008 — eNom, Inc.® (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain registrar, announced today the renewal of their Domain Name Services Agreement with VeriSign, the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world, under which eNom serves as the registrar for premium .tv domain names. Under the renewed agreement, both companies have reinforced their commitment to building the .tv brand as the premier destination for video and rich media content on the Internet.
According to VeriSign, the .tv domain has experienced annual growth of over 60 percent for the .tv base and a doubling of new .tv domain name registrations.
“We are very excited about extending our relationship with VeriSign on .tv. We are generating a lot of momentum around branding .tv as the destination site for rich media,” said Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales for eNom. “With VeriSign’s continued branding efforts, our eNom Resellers should be well positioned to participate in the continued positive growth of this popular extension.”
As a part of this relationship, eNom.com will work on promoting the .tv brand through various channels, including:
“VeriSign has long believed that .tv is a global brand which everyone understands to mean television and video on the web,” said Jill McNabb, director of naming services at VeriSign. “eNom and its parent company, Demand Media, have been crucial in building the .tv brand by sharing their channel sales and social media expertise to help us communicate this message with its family of resellers and the general consumer marketplace.”
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 11 million names on its platform.
© 2008 Demand Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Demand, Demand Media are trademarks of Demand Media, Inc. eNom is a registered trademark of eNom, Inc. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
BELLEVUE, Washington — November 12, 2008 — eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain name registrar, announced today it is working with Microsoft to enable the new domain name registration service in Windows Small Business Server 2008. This functionality will allow Microsoft customers to register their business online via a domain name and is available at http://ms-sbs.enomcentral.com/.
“We are very excited to work with Windows Small Business Server 2008 and we appreciate that Microsoft recognizes the value domain name registration brings to the SBS feature set,” said Chris Sheridan, vice president of sales for eNom. “Customers benefit from the seamless integration of the ability to register their business online as part of the Microsoft process.”
"We understand how important a Web presence can be for many of our customers, “said Russ Madlener, director, Windows Server Division, Microsoft Corp. "We are pleased that "eNom’s integration with SBS will help provide the infrastructure, tools and domain knowledge they need to create these unique and personalized addresses on the Web. "
Windows Small Business Server (SBS) is the award-winning server solution designed to meet the networking needs of smaller companies. SBS 2008 provides businesses with file and printer sharing, a secure Internet connection for all PCs, access to data away from the office, an internal company Web site and a full-featured messaging system that also enables e-mail access e-mail mobile devices.
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 11 million names on its platform.
About Demand Media, Inc.
Demand Media™ is a leading social media company that provides an interactive, personalized and vertically-focused media experience for over 73 million unique users. By using its proprietary social media tools and the unique distribution platform of the world's second largest domain registrar, the company connects content creators and audiences to grow its network of vertical media web properties. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in Bellevue, WA, Austin, TX, New York, NY and London, UK. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., please visit: http://www.demandmedia.com.
© 2008 Demand Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Demand, Demand Media, trademarks of Demand Media, Inc. All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. For more information, press only: Quinn Daly, eNom/Demand Media, 310-394-6429 direct, Quinn@demandmedia.com
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.
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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