Momentous
Momentous.ca is an intenet-based company specializing in the growth of a wide range of other internet businesses. Momentous.ca provides various internet services for government agencies, individuals, law firms, financial institutions, and packaged goods producers in Canada.
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1995(Canada) |
| Founder(s): | Rob Hall |
| Headquarters: | 26 Auriga Dr Nepean, ON K2E 8B7, Canada |
| Employees: | 30 |
| Revenue: | 2,469,060 |
| Website: | Momentous.ca |
| Key People | |
| Rob Hall, CEO | |
Situated in "Silicon Valley North", this wholly owned Canadian business has additional offices in Barbados and Australia.[1] Currently, Momentous.ca has an annual revenue of $2,469,060, and employs a staff of about 30. [2].
The company has a strategic partnership with Canada Post. [3] Portfolio companies for Momentous.ca include: DomainsatCost, Internic.ca, MAD Inc, Namescout, Zip.ca, Rebel.com.[4] Together these companies have over 1,000,000 individual and corporate customers.[5]
History
- Rob Hall, University of Ottawa computer science graduate and IT Entrepreneur started Romel Corp in 1995.[6] In 2000, the company changed its name to Momentous when the company was launched as an "Internet Ebusiness Incubator" to provide strategic support services to internet start-ups.[7]
- In 1997, Rob Hall started his first registrar company, Internic.ca, a subsidiary of Momentous.ca. According to Rob Hall, Internic.ca is Canada's largest registrar, with customers such as the Government of Canada and Chapters.ca. [8]
- In 1999, the company added two more registrar subsidiaries DomainsAtCost.ca, an ICANN and CIRA accredited registrar providing mainly providing low-cost domain name registration services and NameScout.com, a Barbados based subsidiary providing premium registrar services to international clients [9] In December, 2001, Namescout.com obtained provisional accreditation from the Australian Domain Administration (auDA) as one of the first registrars in .au registration market. [10]
- In early 2003, Momentous.ca lunched Pool.com a domain market place company in in Ottawa, Canada. [11] Momentous.ca also started Zip.ca Inc, an online video rental service provider company for Canada in 2003. [12]
- In November 2005, Momentous.ca formed a lobby group called called Coalition for ICANN Transparency (CIFT) and filed a lawsuit against ICANN and VeriSign in order to stop implementation of the proposed .com registry agreement[13] between ICANN and VeriSign. [14] The Trail court granted Verisign's motion to dismiss the case but later appeals Court revived the anti-trust suit against VeriSign in 2009. [15]. It was reported August 2010 that VeriSign is considering a settlement for CFIT lawsuit. Domain Incite
- In 2006, Momentous.ca lunched another domain name registrar named Rebel.com. [16]. In 2007, the company lunched MyRebel.com offering domainers the ability interact directly with the domain registries.
- In 2009, Momentous.ca started its newest subsidiary, MAD (Momentous Advertising and Design) Inc. , an advertising and graphics design company.[17]
Products and Services
Momentous.ca is a holding company of several Internet and consumer companies. [18]The subsidiaries include
- Internic.ca: ICANN and AUDA (.au) accredited registrar and Canada's first accredited .CA registrar providing domain name management services.
- DomainsAtCost.ca:CIRA and ICANN accredited registrar providing low-cost domain name registration services.
- NameScout.com: ICANN accredited registrar providing domain registration, web hosting and email services
- Pool.com: A domain-market place company to buy and sell domain names in auction or fixed price formats.
- Zip.ca: A video rental company providing movie and television programs all over Canada.
- Rebel.com:ICANN accredited domain name registrar which also offers bulk domain & portfolio management.
- MAD Inc.: digital marketing agency providing website design, digital content development, social media soluutions etc