eNom purchases BulkRegister
eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), announced that it has completed the purchase of the business and operations of BulkRegister LLC. (www.bulkregister.com). Already one of the largest registrars in the world in terms of domain names under management, the addition of BulkRegister(R) gives eNom(R) an additional 1.5 million domain names, and 35,000 bulk membership customers. With more than 6.8 million domain names on its platform, the combined company is now the second-largest registrar in the world, surpassing Network Solutions(R), according to Name Intelligence(R) (www.nameintelligence.com).
In 2006, eNom’s parent company, eNom Ventures, Inc., was acquired by Demand Media, Inc. The purchase of BulkRegister further expands the size and capabilities of Demand Media’s new media platform. In addition to eNom, Demand Media owns hundreds of thousands of domains and niche content websites, including eHow.com.
[...] As Domain Name Wire noted, GoDaddy appears to have discontinued their TDNAM Premium Auctions, which were only available for bidding to members paying the highest Cash Parking Rate (Cash Parking is GoDaddy’s domain parking program where your pay decides the amount of revenue share you receive). DomainEditorial has received a copy of an email from TDNAM support confirming Domain Name Wire’s observation. Also Bulk Register (which was purchased by eNom a month ago) announced via email that they are discontinuing their DropGuild service, which showed traffic stats for expiring domains and allowed users to bid on those names. [...]