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| '''eNom''', a technology provider in the domain name services industry, was started in 1997 by founder and CEO, [[Paul Stahura]].<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-stahura Crunchbase - Paul Stahura]</ref> | | '''eNom''', a technology provider in the domain name services industry, was started in 1997 by founder and CEO, [[Paul Stahura]].<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-stahura Crunchbase - Paul Stahura]</ref> |
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− | In May 2006 eNom was acquired by [[Demand Media]]. | + | In May 2006 eNom was acquired by [[Demand Media]], and in 2007 eNom acquired [[BulkRegister]].<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2007/january.htm The Domain Industry News Journal]</ref> |
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− | As of August 2006, eNom was the second largest domain registrar in the world with 8 million registered domain names.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150442240.html Highbeam Research article]</ref> eNom's resellers are mostly web hosting and web development companies and use eNom's application programming interface ([[API]]) to buy and sell domain names on their own web sites, or eNom's hosted reseller solution— a customer retail website branded as the reseller's but hosted by eNom. | + | As of 2007, eNom was the second largest domain registrar in the world<ref>[http://www.domaintools.com/internet-statistics/registrar-stats-2007.php domaintools.com]</ref> with over 8 million registered domain names and 70 different domain extensions.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150442240.html Highbeam Research article]</ref><ref>[http://www.enom.com/domainsearch/default.aspx enom.com]</ref> eNom's resellers are mostly web hosting and web development companies and use eNom's application programming interface ([[API]]) to buy and sell domain names on their own web sites, or eNom's hosted reseller solution—a customer retail website branded as the reseller's but hosted by eNom. |
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− | Their back-end systems can handle about 2 billion [[DNS]] queries a day, and maintains its name server constellation across six datacenters around the world. They forward over 11 million emails and block over 28 million spam messages every day. | + | Their back-end systems can handle about 2 billion [[DNS]] queries a day, and maintains its name server constellation across six datacenters around the world. They forward over 11 million emails and block over 28 million spam messages every day.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-stahura Crunchbase]</ref> |
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| In October, 2007, eNom sunsetted its drop catcher website ([[ClubDrop]].com) to partner with ([[Network Solutions]]) to create the aftermarket auction venue ([[NameJet]].com). NameJet became the auction venue for the expired domain inventory of Network Solutions. | | In October, 2007, eNom sunsetted its drop catcher website ([[ClubDrop]].com) to partner with ([[Network Solutions]]) to create the aftermarket auction venue ([[NameJet]].com). NameJet became the auction venue for the expired domain inventory of Network Solutions. |