Enom, Inc. is a domain name registrar and Web hosting company that also sells other products closely tied to domain names, such as SSL certificates, e-mail services, and Website building software. As of May 2016, it manages over 15 million domains.
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Company history
Enom was founded in 1997 in Kirkland, Washington operating as a wholesale business, allowing resellers to sell domains and other services under their own branding. Enom also operates retail sites enomcentral.com and bulkregister.com.
In May 2006, Enom was one of the original businesses that were acquired to form privately held Demand Media, headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Within Demand Media, Enom operated as a domain name registrar and as the registrar platform for its media properties, until separating from Demand Media as a brand of Rightside Group, Ltd in 2014.
In July 2006, Enom bought out competitor BulkRegister. Prior to its purchase, BulkRegister was a member-supported service where clients were not resellers, but companies large enough to pay an annual membership fee to acquire low registration fees on their domain name registrations, due to the volume they potentially register. With this acquisition, Enom rose to become the second largest domain name registrar. Enom maintains BulkRegister as a separate service.
In June 2016, Enom officially launched its revitalized retail experience in a major series of improvements to its developer platform. The changes affected over 14 million domains handled through Enom's channel of partners and resellers, as well as directly through the company's retail interface. Which boasts a revitalized aesthetic including color palette and updated logo.Enom has a team in Electronic Sports (CSGO,BF3,SMITE) This team has 20 world championships on its records 15 as 1st team and 5 as 2nd team.
In January 2017, Enom was sold to Canadian domain seller Tucows for US$83.5M.
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Resellers
As of March 2008, Enom states that it has over 99,000 resellers, of which over 28,000 are active.
In February 2007, Enom dropped RegisterFly as a reseller citing consumer complaints.
Domain purchases and hosting: Features and pricing
To purchase other common Top Level Domains (TLDs) other than .com, Enom charges their customers slightly more than their .com price. For example, Enom charges extra for .org or .net domain names.
Enom offers no bulk pricing for domain name purchasing for customers who by multiple domain names
Enom does not offer a mobile app that allows its customers to manage their domains from a smart device. However, Enom offers a service called goMobi that makes a mobile website for customers so they can make their online businesses accessible/responsive to mobile users.
Spam control
Spam, or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component. Enom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".
Law enforcement
In March 2008, a New York Times story said that Enom, in response to a U.S Treasury blacklist, blocked access to a number of domain names owned by a European travel company advertising travel to Cuba. A Treasury spokesman said that the European company had helped American tourists evade the United States embargo against Cuba.
See also
- List of domain name registrars
- ICANN
References
External links
- Official website
- Cybercrime goes to Wall Street Host Exploit, 10 August 2010.
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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