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{{Organization|

|city = Denver

|country = USA

|date_founded = 2003

|facebook =  

|focus = Registrar

|founders = [[Bill Mushkin]]

|linkedin =  

|logo = NameDotComLogo.png

|organization_type =  

|ownership = [[Demand Media]]

|subsidiaries =  

|website = http://www.name.com/

|x = namedotcom

'''Name.com''' is an [[ICANN]]-accredited [[registrar]].<ref>[http://www.name.com/aboutus About Name.com]</ref> As of December, 2012, Name.com has registered 544,790 domains.<ref>[http://www.webhosting.info/registrars/reports/total_domains/NAME.COM Total domains registered by Name.com]</ref> It was acquired by [[Demand Media]] in January, 2013. The reasons for the acquisition were noted as adding a new outlet to sell as many [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]] as possible, and bolster Demand Media's line-up by adding a "retail registrar", given that its current [[eNom]] service is a "reseller registrar".<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2013/01/07/demand-media-acquires-name-com-as-registrar-consolidation-continues/ Demand Media Acquires Name Com As Regsitrar, DomainNameWire.com]Published 7 Jan 2013, Retrieved 9 Jan 2013</ref> [[Demand Media]] is itself an applicant for 26 [[New gTLD Program|new gTLDs]], with a partnership with the largest applicant, [[Donuts]], to partner on an additional 100.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2013/01/07/breakingdemand-media-acquires-name-com/ BreakingDemand Media Acquires Name Com, TheDomains.com]Published 7 January 2013, Retrieved 9 January 2013]</ref> In March 2013, it was reported that the acquisition cost a total of $18 million USD.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2013/03/24/demand-media-paid-18-million-for-name-com-registrar/ Demand Media Paid 18 million for Name.com, TheDomains.com]Retrieved 24 March 2013</ref>

 

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