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NameMedia

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Type: Privately Held
Industry: Internet Adverdisment
Founded: 1999
Founder(s): Brian Taff, Michael Mann
Ownership: Highland Capital Partners, Summit Partners
Headquarters: 230 Third Ave

Waltham, MA 02451

Country: USA
Businesses: Afternic, BuyDomains.com

SmartNames, Visionary Networks
Photo.net

Website: NameMedia
LinkedIn: NameMedia
Twitter: @NameMedia
Key People
Kelly Conlin, CEO

Mark Haseltine, CTO
Brian Lucy, CFO
Nadya Morozova, European Business Development Manager

NameMedia is network of websites initially created for the trade of domain names[1] but is now also deploying domain monetization strategy to the world's largest netwrok of their websites getting more than 60 million visitors per month.[2][3]

History

In 1999 Michael Mann and Brian Taff founded BuyDomains.com for sale and purchase of premium domain names. In start of 2005 BuyDomains was acquired by Highland Capital Partners and Summit Partners. Company changed its name to yesDirect but it was named to be NameMedia after some time with the motives of business through advertisement.[4]


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