eNom to Power New Feature of Google Apps for Your Domain

WebKnowHow
Friday, December 15, 2006; 04:02 AM

eNom, Inc. (www.enom.com), the largest ICANN accredited wholesale domain registrar, announced today it has partnered with Google to enable the new domain registration services feature in Google Apps for Your Domain. The feature is available starting today as part of the sign-up process for Google Apps for Your Domain (www.google.com/a).

“One of the main objectives in the Demand Media-eNom merger was to expand our world class domain services to leading new media companies,” said Paul Stahura, eNom founder/CEO and president of Demand Media. “This relationship with Google clearly demonstrates that expanded focus and we are excited to offer Google our leading infrastructure, tools and domain knowledge.”

Google Apps for Your Domain is a platform that allows organizations of any size to offer powerful communication and collaboration tools to their users -- and have them all hosted by Google so there's no hardware or software to install or maintain. eNom will power private domain registration and identity protection for a $10 annual fee, and includes domains at .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz.

“We are excited to partner with an industry leader like eNom who can help ensure that organizations have a great experience getting their own domain,” said Raju Gulabani, director of product management for Google Apps for Your Domain. “It’s important to have their scale, reliability, and customer focus working behind the scenes of Google Apps for Your Domain.”

“We hope that today’s announcement, combined with the .tv announcement earlier this week, demonstrates our strategy of building a new media company on top of a leading domain registrar platform,” said Richard Rosenblatt, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Demand Media. “We look forward to rolling out more partnerships and technologies in the coming months.”

About eNom

eNom is an ICANN accredited registrar offering world-class Internet domain name services at competitive prices. In business since 1997, eNom specializes in domain name registration and related services, and is the #1 reseller registrar, according to Name Intelligence®, with the largest and most active distribution network in the domain industry. eNom currently ranks as the second largest domain name registrar worldwide with nearly 9 million names on its platform.

About Demand Media

The Demand Media™ proprietary media platform powers the company's unique content verticals and highly-trafficked domains and unique content verticals. The Company leverages cutting edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools in its quest to define the next generation of new media companies. The privately held company was founded in May and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA.