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The company mainly sells registrations for general extension i.e. .com, .net, .org , .co , .biz and also country based extensions i.e. .uk, .us, .jp, .ca etc.The company serves an extensive range of customers from individuals and small businesses to large corporations, and it has more than 2.5 million domain names under its management. <ref>[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/99/99569.html Yahoo! Finance]</ref> | The company mainly sells registrations for general extension i.e. .com, .net, .org , .co , .biz and also country based extensions i.e. .uk, .us, .jp, .ca etc.The company serves an extensive range of customers from individuals and small businesses to large corporations, and it has more than 2.5 million domain names under its management. <ref>[http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/99/99569.html Yahoo! Finance]</ref> | ||
Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million in mid 2010.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance </ref> | Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million in mid 2010.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance ]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The company was founded in 1994 by brothers Richard Foreman and Peter Foreman as an Internet Service Provider under the name Forman Interactive. The company changed its name to Register.com in 1999. | The company was founded in 1994 by brothers [[Richard Foreman]] and [[Peter Foreman]] as an Internet Service Provider under the name Forman Interactive. The company changed its name to Register.com in 1999. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Registrar |
| Founded: | USA (1999) |
| Founder(s): | Richard Foreman Peter Foreman |
| Headquarters: | 575 8th Ave., 11th FL New York, NY 10018-3011, USA |
| Employees: | 489 (2008) |
| Revenue: | 51.70 M (2008) |
| Website: | http://www.register.com |
| Key People | |
| David L. Brown, (President) Gary S. Michel , EVP and CFO | |
Register.com is a web hosting and internet domain register company based on NY, USA.
The company mainly sells registrations for general extension i.e. .com, .net, .org , .co , .biz and also country based extensions i.e. .uk, .us, .jp, .ca etc.The company serves an extensive range of customers from individuals and small businesses to large corporations, and it has more than 2.5 million domain names under its management. [1]
Register.com was acquired by Web.com for about $135 million in mid 2010.[2]
History
The company was founded in 1994 by brothers Richard Foreman and Peter Foreman as an Internet Service Provider under the name Forman Interactive. The company changed its name to Register.com in 1999.