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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 February 2010, it manages over 9 million domains.
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 continues to operate as a domain name registrar and as the registrar platform for its media properties.
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 February 2007, eNom dropped RegisterFly
as a reseller citing consumer complaints.
Many other eNom resellers with ETP account provide eNom sub-account with free, such as http://enomreseller.org . It's good for who want to take an eNom reseller account but don't want to pay eNom the setup fee.
, or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component. eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".
As of September 2011 eNom is listed as the #1 registrar in terms of the number of spammer registered domains listed on URIBL
. It describes eNom’s disabling of a European travel agent’s Web sites advertising travel to Cuba, which appeared on a U.S. Treasury Department list published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC). The article’s sources use words varying from “scandal” to “legally required” to describe “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law”, especially when the operation is as “mysterious” as that of the OFAC list.
Domain name registrar
A domain name registrar is an organization or commercial entity, accredited by both ICANN and generic top-level domain registry to sell gTLDs and/or by a country code top-level domain registry to sell ccTLDs; to manage the reservation of Internet domain names in accordance with the guidelines of...
and Web hosting company that also sells other products closely tied to domain names, such as SSL certificates, e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
services, and Website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
building software. As of February 2010, it manages over 9 million domains.
Company history
eNom was founded in 1997 in Redmond, WashingtonRedmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 54,144 at the 2010 census,up from 45,256 in 2000....
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
Demand Media
Demand Media, Inc. is an online media company and content farm that operates online brands such as eHow, and Cracked, and is known for creating online content through its Demand Media Studios division based on a combination of measured consumer demand and predicted ROI...
, headquartered in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, US. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is surrounded on three sides by the city of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles on the northeast, Mar Vista on the east, and...
. Within Demand Media, eNom continues to operate as a domain name registrar and as the registrar platform for its media properties.
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.
Ownership of other domain registrars
eNom operates a large number of other domain registrars, including "Enom1, Inc.", "Enom2, Inc.", "Enom3, Inc.", and additional numbered entities through "eNom1038, Inc". eNom also operates "EnomAte, Inc.", "Enomsky, Inc." and other similar names.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
RegisterFly
RegisterFly was a New Jersey based internet hosting and domain name registrar that had their ICANN-accredited status terminated in March 2007.-History:...
as a reseller citing consumer complaints.
Many other eNom resellers with ETP account provide eNom sub-account with free, such as http://enomreseller.org . It's good for who want to take an eNom reseller account but don't want to pay eNom the setup fee.
Spam control
SpamE-mail spam
Email spam, also known as junk email or unsolicited bulk email , is a subset of spam that involves nearly identical messages sent to numerous recipients by email. Definitions of spam usually include the aspects that email is unsolicited and sent in bulk. One subset of UBE is UCE...
, or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component. eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".
As of September 2011 eNom is listed as the #1 registrar in terms of the number of spammer registered domains listed on URIBL
Law enforcement
In March 2008, a New York Times story mentioned that eNom is known to disable domain names which appear on a US Treasury Department blacklistBlacklist
A blacklist is a list or register of entities who, for one reason or another, are being denied a particular privilege, service, mobility, access or recognition. As a verb, to blacklist can mean to deny someone work in a particular field, or to ostracize a person from a certain social circle...
. It describes eNom’s disabling of a European travel agent’s Web sites advertising travel to Cuba, which appeared on a U.S. Treasury Department list published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control
Office of Foreign Assets Control
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury under the auspices of the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. OFAC administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on U.S...
(OFAC). The article’s sources use words varying from “scandal” to “legally required” to describe “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law”, especially when the operation is as “mysterious” as that of the OFAC list.
External links
- Cybercrime goes to Wall Street Host Exploit, 10 August 2010.