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| logo              = Name.JPG

| logo              = Name.JPG

| type              = Private

| type              = Private

| industry          = Internet, Registrar

| industry          = Registrar

| founded          = USA (2003)

| founded          = USA (2003)

| founders          = [[Bill Mushkin]]

| founders          = [[Bill Mushkin]]

Denver, Colorado 80230 USA

Denver, Colorado 80230 USA

| keypeople        = [[Bill Mushkin]], Founder and CEO<br>

| keypeople        = [[Bill Mushkin]], Founder and CEO<br>

[[Scott McBreen]], Business Administration Manager<br>

[[Scott McBreen]], Bus Admin Manager<br>

[[Sean Leach]], CTO<br>

[[Sean Leach]], CTO<br>

[[Paul Carter]], Director of Operations)  

[[Paul Carter]], Dir of Operations)  

| website          = http://www.name.com/

| website          = http://www.name.com/

}}

}}

Name.com is an ICANN-accredited registrar of top-level domain (TLD) names<ref>[http://www.name.com/aboutus About Name.com]</ref>. Total Domain Names registered by NAME.COM, as of 11/15/10 are 734,188<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/NAME.COM Total domains registered by Name.com]</ref>.

Name.com is an ICANN-accredited registrar for top-level domain names<ref>[http://www.name.com/aboutus About Name.com]</ref>. Total Domain Names registered by NAME.COM, as of 11/15/10 are 734,188<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/NAME.COM Total domains registered by Name.com]</ref>.

== History ==

== History ==

Name.com was founded by Bill Mushkin, in the year 2003. Bill Mushkin also holds two other registrars, [[domainsite.com]] and [[name.net]].

Name.com was founded by Bill Mushkin, in 2003. Bill Mushkin also holds two other registrars, [[domainsite.com]] and [[name.net]].

==Products and Services offered by Name.com==

== Products and Services offered by Name.com ==

* Name.com offers more than 50 gTLD and ccTLD extensions and an aftermarket domain brokerage.

* More than 50 [[gTLD]] and [[ccTLD]] extensions

* Name.com offers web hosting.

* Aftermarket domain brokerage

* Name.com offers a product called Rapid Blog, which is a customized version of WordPress.

* Web hosting

* Rapid Blog, a customized version of [[WordPress]]

==Awards==

== Awards ==

* Lifehacker, a popular tech/lifestyle blog, featured Name.com in it's list of Five Best Domain Name Registrars<ref>[http://lifehacker.com/5683682/five-best-domain-name-registrars Five Best Domain Name Registrars by Lifehacker]</ref>.

* Lifehacker, a popular tech/lifestyle blog, featured Name.com in it's list of Five Best Domain Name Registrars<ref>[http://lifehacker.com/5683682/five-best-domain-name-registrars Five Best Domain Name Registrars by Lifehacker]</ref>.

==Controversies==

== Controversies ==

Name.com has been accused of registering a plethora of domain names based on or closely resembling the trademarks of the luxury retailers-Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, and the computer giant-Microsoft, and another company.

Name.com has been accused of registering a plethora of domain names based on or closely resembling the trademarks of the luxury retailers-Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, and the computer giant-Microsoft, and another company.

Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman argued that Name.com and Spot Domain registered more than 40 domain names that infringed on their trademarks and sought damages of at least $100,000 per name. Examples included NeimanMarco.com and BerdgorfGoodman.com.

Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman argued that Name.com and Spot Domain registered more than 40 domain names that infringed on their trademarks and sought damages of at least $100,000 per name. Examples included NeimanMarco.com and BerdgorfGoodman.com.

The defendants allegedly took advantage of five-day trial periods for each domain name to figure out how much traffic each site attracted and cancelled registrations that failed to draw enough eyeballs. Neiman Marcus said Mushkin's domain name operations hosted Web sites featuring pop-up ads and got paid when people clicked.

The defendants allegedly took advantage of five-day trial periods for each domain name to figure out how much traffic each site attracted and canceled registrations that failed to draw enough traffic. Neiman Marcus said Mushkin's domain name operations hosted Web sites featuring pop-up ads and got paid when people clicked.

In the settlement, Name.com and Spot Domain were required to "perform several tasks," according to the court documents. Mushkin declined to say what the agreement specifically called for<ref>[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/30/paton-big-brands-target-entrepreneur-in-domain/ Big brands target entrepreneur in domain name battle]</ref>.

In the settlement, Name.com and Spot Domain were required to "perform several tasks," according to the court documents. Mushkin declined to say what the agreement specifically called for<ref>[http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jan/30/paton-big-brands-target-entrepreneur-in-domain/ Big brands target entrepreneur in domain name battle]</ref>.

* [http://www.name.com/ Official website of Name.com]

* [http://www.name.com/ Official website of Name.com]

* [http://blog.name.com/ Name.com Blog]

* [http://blog.name.com/ Name.com Blog]