eNom, Inc. acquired by group led by former MySpace.com chairman

[NewDotMedia]

May 1, 2006

eNom, Inc. announced today it has been acquired by Demand Media, Inc., a new company headed by former MySpace.com chairman Richard Rosenblatt. Details of the transaction were published on the front page of the May 1 Wall Street Journal.

"For eNom's valued network of resellers and retail customers, the acquisition represents no changes to existing relationships," assured Paul Stahura, eNom founder and CEO and new President and Chief Operating Officer of Demand Media. "eNom will continue to offer best-of-brand domain name and related Internet services under its own name and platform. Capital from our acquisition will accelerate our commitment to grow our core business and enhance its infrastructure enabling us to offer an even more robust suite of services."

http://www.enom.com/inthenews.asp?pr=060501demandmedia

[iBizStart]

Thats the same guy that owns flashgames.com, which is making him $150k a month

[alldig]

Thats the same guy that owns flashgames.com, which is making him $150k a month

I believe it's $150k/year.

[NewDotMedia]

And thats from parking on sedo?

[NameYourself]

As I have mentioned, DemandMedia's own strategy is to acquire more valuable generic domain names for their own portfolio. I believe there is a slight conflict of interest here. Would it be a bad thing to them if say some valuable names expire by accident only to become owned by them. Would be curious to hear some thoughts on this potential issue.

[typeins]

Lets hope they dont F&^K up a good service.

[NewDotMedia]

As I have mentioned, DemandMedia's own strategy is to acquire more valuable generic domain names for their own portfolio. I believe there is a slight conflict of interest here. Would it be a bad thing to them if say some valuable names expire by accident only to become owned by them. Would be curious to hear some thoughts on this potential issue.

Being a strong clup drop user lately this would be a big worry to me and have strongly thought about them doing such. If it has came through yours and I minds then I am pretty sure they have thought the same.

Lets hope they dont F&^K up a good service.

!!!!!

[internext]

Not happy about this deal. I hope it works out but I am very skeptical of their intent as well.

[David G]

Since they are apparently in the domain acquisition business too it would seem to be a great temptation for them to not go ahead and capture the better names (especially gaming names) their Club Drop subsidiary gets for their own account. I may be wrong in thinking that but it definately seems possible.

[tekz999]

I am very worried also, thinking of moving out.

[Explorer]

Since they are apparently in the domain acquisition business too it would seem to be a great temptation for them to not go ahead and capture the better names (especially gaming names) their Club Drop subsidiary gets for their own account. I may be wrong in thinking that but it definately seems possible.

It might upset some customers, but that wouldn't break any laws, would it?

[typeins]

I've always been an advocate of eNom, ever since i moved all my names there years ago but the most disturbing thing about enom lately to be honest isnt this, it was something i foundout a week or 2 ago as i went through one of my accounts and manually checked 600 or so domain names.

It seems that enom now as soon as your domain expires they point the names to their landing pages, we all know that.. But when you renew the domain it still points to their landing page giving you no credit for however long until you manually go in and change the IP settings back ( If you are using their DNS )

Now on my main account thats no problem as most domains have several years credit, but on the other accounts sometimes i dont have my eye on the names and they may slip into expired mode for a week till i login and take care of it.. What this makes me wonder is how many peoples domains they have pointing to their pages without them knowing it?..

I know the system never used to work like this, as soon as you renewed the name it would go back to its original settings.. this has just recently changed it seems!

[FusionX]

This guy was the former CEO of Intermix media - the same company which was accused of illegally installing spyware on a large number of computers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermix_Media

[hookah]

Time to find the other place for my Enom domains before it sinks.

[stevesko]

Time to find the other place for my Enom domains before it sinks.

MONIKER... Monte has a great company...and deals for DNF members.

Steve

[internext]

What deal does Moniker have for us? And how do we get it?

Thanks!

[dotDan]

What deal does Moniker have for us? And how do we get it?

Thanks!

Better pricing than eNom

E-mail monte@moniker.com

[MonikerMan]

Just email sales@moniker.com and mention dnforum and we will take care of you.

[stevesko]

Monte spends a lot of time here, I am surprised that he didn't jump in earlier...

I am very happy with Moniker, in the process of switching all my domains..

Steve

[David G]

...I am very happy with Moniker, in the process of switching all my domains..Steve

Ditto.