Moniker
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| Industry: | Registrar |
| Founded: | 2002 |
| Founder(s): | Monte Cahn |
| Ownership: | KeyDrive SA |
| Headquarters: | 20 SW. 27th Avenue, Suite 201 Pompano Beach, FL 30069 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | moniker.com |
| Twitter: |  @MonikerSnap
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| Key People | |
| Craig Snyder, CEO | |
Moniker.com works with Snapnames.com to provide domain name auctions and management; both are a part of KeyDrive SA. Oversee.net acquired Moniker.com in 2008, and then merged its operations with SnapNames.[1] Moniker was sold to Oversee.net by Seevast Corp. for $24 million USD,[2] which had acquired Moniker in 2005.[3] In January 2012, it was acquired for an undisclosed amount from Oversee.net by KeyDrive SA, which is the parent company of competitive registrar Key-Systems. SnapNames was also acquired in that deal. This move made Key-Systems the world's sixth largest ICANN accredited registrar.[4]
Background
Moniker is known as the first, and arguably only, provider of Domain Asset Management™, a complete set of business services that provide companies a single-point-of-access to help manage and maximize the value of their domains. These services include: name creation, registration, acquisition, portfolio management, appraisal and escrow services, traffic monetization and after-market sales – all backed by unsurpassed customer service and security.
Moniker holds the industry's highest customer retention rate and pioneered the industry’s first domain appraisal formula.[5]
In cooperation with Key-Systems Moniker.com has extended its offer of TLDs - including now over 300 TLDs.
High Profile Sales
Moniker completed the Industry's first domain sale for over $1 million dollars (wallstreet.com), and the first over $2 million dollars as well (autos.com).[6] Other notable sales include:
- Porn.com - $9.5 million
- Cameras.com - $1.5 million
- Scores.com - $1.2 million
- Property.com - $750,000
- Freeporn.com - $4 million[7]
- Slots.com - $5.5 million
- KK.com - $ 2 million+
- Dating.com - $1.75 million
- Photo.com - $1.25 million
- Zip.com - $1 million+
- Guns.com - $800,000
Monte Cahn, Moniker, and Oversee
In 2008, Moniker was purchased by Oversee.net for $35 million USD. It had previously been acquired by Seevast in 2005.[8] Part of the acquisition of Moniker by Oversee stipulated that its Founder and CEO, Monte Cahn, come along as the President of Moniker for 3 years. During this time he also filled other roles within the company, such as President of SnapNames.[9] He left in December, 2010.</ref>
References
- ↑ Domain Name News
- ↑ KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames, DomainNameWire.com
- ↑ Seevast Corp. News
- ↑ KeyDrive Acquires Moniker and SnapNames, DomainNameWire.com
- ↑ Moniker Press Release
- ↑ Moniker Press Release
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monikercom-brokers-domain-name-sale-for-us-4-million-56769252.html PR Newswire]
- ↑ Seevast.com
- ↑ BlueGlass.com