Commercial Connect LLC
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Internet Industry |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Founder(s): | Jeffrey Smith |
| Headquarters: | 1418 S 3rd St. Louisville, KY 40208 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.dotshop.biz |
| LinkedIn: | Commercial Connect Llc. |
| Key People | |
| Jeffrey Smith, CEO Dr. Steven Locke, CIO | |
Established in 2000, Commercial Connect is a technology company applying for the .shop new gTLD and to serve as registry operator if approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Its bid for the .shop TLD is supported by major retail associations and individual retailers like Macy's. The company claimed that there are already 30,000 .shop domain names are reserved with BestRegistrar.com, which will be officially registered once the TLD becomes operational. Jeffrey Smith is the CEO of the company. [1] In December 2011, US National Retail Federation Foundation Director Richard Last joined Commercial Connect's board of directors. Last also serves as chairman emeritus of Shop.org. [2]
Management Team edit
Th management team of Commercial Connect include: [3]
- Jeffrey Smith, CEO
- Dr. Steven Locke, CIO
- Brad Yeager, COO
- Sheila Wilson, CFO
- Ethan Galyon, Customer Support Mgr.
- Daniel Smith, Sr. Programmer
Partners edit
The company's bid for .shop new gTLD is supported by the following entities: [4]
- Macy's, Inc.
- Chase Securities
- Merrill Lynch
- Morgan Stanley
- Housing Capital Company
- Former Fed. Chair and Treasury Secretary G. William Miller
- U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar (IN)
- Former U.S. Senator Birch Bayh (IN)
Competitor edit
GMO Registry, a subsidiary of GMO Internet Inc. offering global internet services including domain name registration, web hosting, global online security services, e-commerce solutions, and Internet media is the strongest competitor of Commercial Connect on its bid for the .shop string. [5] [6]