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Name.com

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Internet domain name registrar and web hosting company
Name.com
FoundedJune 17, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06-17)
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerIdentity Digital
Founder(s)William Mushkin
IndustryDomain Registrar
ProductsWeb Services
URLname.com

Name.com is anICANN accrediteddomain name registrar andweb hosting company based inDenver, Colorado. Since the company was founded in 2003, it has since grown to become one of the leading domain registrars in the world, offering close to 600 Top Level Domains. On its website, Name.com offers a wide range of products and services to help individuals and businesses build and maintain a successful online presence. The company sellsDNS domains,web hosting,email services,SSL certificates, and other website products.

History

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Name.com was founded in 2003, by BillMushkin. Mushkin bought the company Spot Domain LLC (Domainsite.com) in 2002. There are multiple registrars NAME.COM LLC uses for reselling: domainsite.com, name.com, name.net, sunmounta.in, alohanic.com, briarwoodtechnologies.com, and domainregservices.com.[1]

Acquisitions

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On January 7, 2013, it was announced that Name.com was acquired byDemand Media.[2] According to 10K reports from Demand Media the company paid $18 million to acquire Name.com.

Rightside Group, a spin-off company from Demand Media, became the parent company of Name.com in August 2014.[3] Rightside also owned domainaftermarket service NameJet anddomain registrar eNom, as well as operating adomain registry with 40nTLDs.[4] Rightside stock was publicly traded under the stock ticker NAME, inspired by their ownership of Name.com.[5] On June 13, 2017, Rightside wasacquired byDonuts Inc. in a transaction valued at $213 million. In a Merger Agreement approved unanimously by Rightside's Board of Directors, all of Rightside's assets, including Name.com, became part of Donuts Inc.[6]

On June 22, 2022 Donuts Inc rebranded to becomeIdentity Digital.[7]

Community involvement

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Name.com regularly hosts ahackathon called Hack the Dot, where developers, marketers, and creatives come together to create quick-fire projects within a two-hour timeframe based on a mysterydomain name which is revealed at the time of the event. The company has partnered with Galvanize, Turing School of Software and Design, and a variety of othercoding schools andcoworking spaces in the past.[8]

In 2016, Name.com partnered with Galvanize to offer free coding classes to interested students with a program called Learn to Code. These classes were offered over the course of a year in multiple cities across the U.S. including Denver, Boulder, San Francisco, Seattle, and Austin.[9]

Support of net neutrality and internet free speech

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In December 2011, whenGoDaddy voiced its support forStop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Name.com was among several other anti-SOPA domain registrars[10] that offered transfer discounts for anyone who wanted to move their domains to another provider.[11]

When net neutrality came under review by theFCC in both 2014 and 2017, Name.com created educational videos and articles explaining to their customers why net neutrality was important and what individuals could do to protect it.[12] During the July 12, 2017Day of Action to raise awareness and support of net neutrality, Name.com posted a banner on the homepage of its website encouraging visitors to contact the FCC to voice their support forTitle II.[13]

Domain tasting allegation

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In 2007, Name.com was accused oftrademark infringement byNeiman Marcus andBergdorf Goodman. The companies declared the domain registrars Name.com and Spot Domain had registered over 40 domains of various misspellings, such as NeimanMarco.com and BerdgorfGoodman.com. These domains failed to show accurate contact information or provided false details.[1] In the complaint, which was filed in March 2007, in the US District Court in Denver, the high-end retailers sought damages of at least $100,000 per name.[14]

Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman claimed that the registrars were taking advantage of their special status with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), to secure misspelled domains during the five-day grace period and paying only for the ones with valuable revenue. This practice calleddomain tasting, resulted incybersquatting on various trademarked names. Neiman Marcus had accused the registrar Dotster in 2006 of the same infringement.[15] Mushkin, however, denied the accusations of "domain tasting," explaining that Name.com and Spot Domain were merely registrars, caught in the crossfire. He also argued that "the industry is young," and the issues were not clear-cut. In the settlement, there were several stipulations imposed on the companies Name.com and Spot Domain. Mushkin declined to specify the agreement that was reached.[1]

DNS hijacking

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Reports ofDNS hijacking by Name.com have appeared on the Internet as early as 2010.[16] The registrar will never return a NXDOMAIN status for DNS queries, and instead directs users to an advertising site they operate. When faced with criticism over this practice, the company points[17] to a clause of their Domain Registration agreement that relates to "parked domain names," which is standard practice among registrars.

Name.com stopped the practice of DNS wildcarding in March 2013.

Services

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Name.com registration oftop-level domains (TLDs), includinggTLDs,ccTLDs,nTLDs, and legacy domains, and offers an aftermarket domain brokerage.

Service offerings include website hosting,email,Google Workspace,[18]SSL certificates, awebsite builder,WordPress installation and cloud hosting.[19] Name.com also supportsTwo-Step Verification to help users add an extra layer of security to their user accounts.[20]

Bearglecorn mascot

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Name.com's mascot is called "Bearglecorn", a mix of bear, eagle, and unicorn, which can be seen on the company's404 page[21] and in some marketing material. The word was coined by employee Jared Ewy and the original likeness was made by Owen Borseth using various images from the internet. Rightside filed atrademark on the Bearglecorn in early 2016, citing its first use in 2013.[22]

Philanthropy

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Name.Gives

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In November 2017, Name.com launched a philanthropy program called Name.Gives, funded by their parent company Donuts, Inc. Each quarter, Name.com employees have the opportunity to apply for funds to be donated to a charity or community organization they support. Organizations in the Denver-metro area that have been awarded financial contributions in the past include SafeHouse Denver, theSpecial Olympics Denver Swim Team, Metro Caring, Rangeview High SchoolTrack and Field, and the Northfield High School Solar Rollers.[23]

Other community programs

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The company has supported several non-profits, including a small literary magazine in South Africa,Amazwi, and a local environmental organization, Environment Colorado. Many of the charities featured are small, grassroots efforts, thoughSusan G. Komen andElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are also listed on the company's sponsorship page.[24]

The company previously had a bike-to-work incentive program that involved payback for a new bicycle.[24] Though the project appears to be at a standstill, Name.com worked briefly on a system of maps forlaptop.org,[25] and offered to guide interns in their Denver office.[26] In April 2008, Name.com sponsoredIdealist.org for the Webby's People's Voice Awards, which was in turn sponsored by ThePublic Interest Registry, the registry behind the.org TLD. The event featured a panel of non-profits, includingGreenpeace andWikipedia.[27]

Notes

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  1. ^abcPaton, James (2008-01-30)."PATON: Big brands target entrepreneur in domain name battle".Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  2. ^Naidu, Taryn.Naidu, Taryn (2012-01-07)."Name.com Joins the Demand Media Family".Demand Media. Archived fromthe original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  3. ^"Super Corporate Blog Post: We joined the NASDAQ with Rightside - Name.com Blog".www.name.com. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  4. ^Global Newswire retrieved March 17, 2016
  5. ^"NAME Stock Quote - Rightside Group Ltd".Bloomberg.com. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  6. ^"Rightside and Donuts Announce Definitive Merger Agreement - Donuts News".Donuts News. 2017-06-14. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  7. ^"Donuts Inc. and Afilias, Inc. Rebrand to Identity Digital".PR Newswire. 2022-06-22. Retrieved2023-12-06.
  8. ^Name.com."Hack the Dot: Powered by Name.com".www.name.com. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  9. ^"Name.com partners with Galvanize to offer free coding lessons".Confluence. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  10. ^Warren, Christina."HOW TO: Move Your Domain Name Account".Mashable. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  11. ^Dachis, Adam."Ditch GoDaddy's SOPA-Loving Butt and Get a Better Web Host at a Discount".Lifehacker. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  12. ^"Why net neutrality is a big deal (and why you should care) - Name.com Blog".www.name.com. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  13. ^Fine, Gabe (2017-07-14)."Name.com Joins Nationwide Protest Against Net-Neutrality Rollbacks".Westword. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  14. ^Jesdanun, Anick.Jesdanun, Anick (2007-03-23)."Neiman Marcus sues over domain names".NBC News.Associated Press. Archived fromthe original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  15. ^McCullagh, Declan (2006-06-02)."Dotster named in massive cybersquatting suit".CNET News. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  16. ^Hammond, Nathan (2011-04-13)."Name.com: Another Unscrupulous Registrar". nathanhammond.com. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  17. ^"Pro Tip: How to get rid of that pesky parking page". Name.com. 2012-01-05. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  18. ^Name.com."Google Workspace Business Starter Plans | Name.com".www.name.com. Retrieved2025-02-19.
  19. ^"Name.com Customer Reviews 2025 with Pricing, Datacenters & More".hostdean.com. 2025-02-18. Retrieved2025-02-19.
  20. ^"Name.com Stays a Step Ahead of Online Criminals by Joining VeriSign(R) Identity Protection Network".CNN Money. 2009-01-28. Archived fromthe original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  21. ^"Name.com: Heck yeah, we're from Denver: | Tech+ — The Denver Post".Tech+. Retrieved2016-11-04.
  22. ^"Name.com to trademark the Bearglecorn| Domain Name News & Views".Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views. 2016-02-17. Retrieved2016-11-04.
  23. ^"How Name.com is helping the community during the season of giving - Name.com Blog".www.name.com. Retrieved2018-02-08.
  24. ^ab"For the Good of Our Community, Our Company, and Our World". Name.com. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  25. ^"Name.com".One Laptop per Child. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  26. ^"Summer of Content organizations".One Laptop per Child. Retrieved2014-02-08.
  27. ^Jared (2008-04-26)."Doing Good Is Cool Again". Name.com. Retrieved2008-12-15.

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