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== Company History ==
== Company History ==
'''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''', is an [[ICANN]] accredited registrar, and is the world's second-largest domain name registrar providing of domain name registration, hosting and other online services.<ref>[http://nomcom.icann.org/bios-2008.htm icann.org]</ref><http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150442240.html Highbeam Research Article]</ref> It was started in 1997 by founder and CEO, [[Paul Stahura]].<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/person/paul-stahura Crunchbase - Paul Stahura]</ref>
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>
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>
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.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.
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.
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>
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>