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Name.com
Company typePrivate Company
IndustryDomain Registrar
Founded2003 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderWilliam Mushkin
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
,

United States United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
William Mushkin
(Founder) & (CEO)
Kellie Peterson
(COO)
ProductsWeb Services
WebsiteName.com

History

Name.com was founded in 2003, by Bill Mushkin, who previously founded the computer software company, Mushkin Inc. in 1994. [1]Mushkin bought the company Spot Domain LLC (Domainsite.com) in 2002. There are currently three registrars in the group domainsite.com, name.com and name.net.[2]

Services

Name.com is an ICANN accredited domain registrar, offering more than 50 gTLD and ccTLD extensions and an aftermarket domain brokerage. Customers have over 500,000 domain names registered with the company.[3] Name.com offers domain registrations with free Google Apps.[4]

Additional Projects

The employees at Name.com have worked on additional side projects, including Who.is, BlueRider.com and Wiki.Name.com.[5]

Philanthropy

The site good.name.com features an assortment of causes supported by Name.com.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Mushkin". Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  2. ^ "Name.com on WikiName". Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  3. ^ "Registrar Judge". Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  4. ^ "Earth Times Press Release". Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  5. ^ "About Us Article". Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  6. ^ "About Us Article". Retrieved 2008-12-11.