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{{CompanyInfo|
{{Organization|
| logo            = Rightsidelogo.png
|city = 5808 Lake Washington Blvd., Kirkland, WA 98033
| type            =
|country = USA
| industry        = Registry, Domain Name Services
|date_founded = 2013
| founded        = 2013
|facebook =  
| founders        =
|focus = Registry, Domain Name Services
| ownership      =  Demand Media
|founders =  
| headquarters    = 5808 Lake Washington Blvd., Kirkland, WA 98033
|linkedin = @rightside
| country         = USA
|logo = Rightsidelogo.png
| businesses      =  
|organization_type =  
| products        = New gTLDs, Domain Services
|ownership =
| employees      =  
|subsidiaries =  
| revenue        =  
|website = http://rightside.co/
| email          =
|x =  
| website        = [http://rightside.co/ Rightside.co]
| blog            = [http://rightside.co/blog/ Rightside Blog]
| facebook        =  
| linkedin        =
| twitter        =
| keypeople      = [[Taryn Naidu]], CEO and Director<br />
}}
}}
'''Rightside''' is the [[Registry]] and [[Registrar]] business of [[Demand Media]]. It was started in 2013 as a way to separate the various businesses that Demand Media operates.
'''Rightside''' or '''Rightside Group, Ltd.''' is the [[Registry]] and [[Registrar]] business of [[Demand Media]]. It was started in 2013 as a way to separate the various businesses that Demand Media operates.


==Subsidiaries==
==Subsidiaries==
As the new Internet naming arm of Demand Media, a few of Demand Media's brands now fall under the Rightside brand. These include:
A number of brands now fall under the Rightside brand. These include:
 
* [[Enom]]
* [[NameJet]]
* [[NameJet]]
* [[Name.com]]
* [[Name.com]]
* [[Rightside Registry]], the Registry arm of Rightside
* [[Rightside]] Registry
* Rightside Domains Europe Limited, the back-end registry operations for Rightside and for [[Donuts]]
 
==Rightside Registry==
Rightside is the  applicant for a number of TLDs in the [[New gTLD Program]]. They applied for a number of them on their own and became owners of a number of TLDs through a partnership with [[Donuts]]. The company applied for all of its TLDs under subsidiary [[United TLD Holdco Ltd.]]
 
They currently have the following TLDs in their portfolio:
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! TLD
! # of Applicants
! Notes
|-
|[[.actor|actor]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.airforce|airforce]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.army|army]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.attorney|attorney]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.consulting|consulting]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.dance|dance]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.degree|degree]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.democrat|democrat]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.dentist|dentist]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.engineer|engineer]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.futbol|futbol]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.gives|gives]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.haus|haus]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.immobilien|immobilien]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.kaufen|kaufen]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.lawyer|lawyer]]
| 2
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside. Donuts won the contention set in a [[Private auction]] against [[Top Level Domain Holdings]].
|-
|[[.market|market]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.moda|moda]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.mortgage|mortgage]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.navy|navy]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.ninja|ninja]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.pub|pub]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.rehab|rehab]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.republican|republican]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.reviews|reviews]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.rocks|rocks]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.social|social]]
| 1
|
|-
|[[.software|software]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|-
|[[.vet|vet]]
| 1
| Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
|}
 
==Staff==
* [[Taryn Naidu]], CEO and Director
* [[Tracy Knox]], Chief Financial Officer
* [[Wayne Maclaurin]], Chief Technology Officer
* [[David Ryan]], VP & GM, Registry Services
* [[Jason Silverstein]], Senior Vice President of Engineering
* [[Bill Glenn]], Vice President of Marketing
* [[Jeff Eckhaus]], SVP, Market Development and Policy
* [[Rick Danis]], General Counsel
* [[Statton Hammock]], VP, Business & Legal Affairs
* [[Melisah Burke]], VP, Human Resources
* [[Dwayne Walker]], Business & Marketing Development
* [[Dave Panos]], Chairman of the Board<ref>[http://rightside.co/about-us/our-team/ Executive Team] ''Rightside.co''; Retrieved 11 June 2014</ref>
 
==Donuts' Offer & Rejection==
On July 5, 2016 Rightside announced that its board rejected Donut's bid to purchase Rightside's current domain name portfolio. In response to the $70 million dollar bid, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu stated that the amount "significantly undervalues" his company's domain holdings, further projecting that his company will generate revenue between $50 to 70 million annually for the next 3-5 years. <ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/07/rightside-rejects-donuts-70m-offer-to-buy-domain.html Rightside Rejects Donuts' Bid. Retrieved 06 Jul 2016.]</ref>


==New gTLD Portfolio==
==References==
Rightside is the Registry applicant for a number of TLDs in the [[New gTLD Program]]. They applied for a number of them on their own and became owners of a number of TLDs through a partnership with Donuts. They currently have the following TLDs in their portfolio:
{{reflist}}


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[[Category:Registrars]]
[[Category:Registries]]
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