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{{CompanyInfo|
{{Organization|
| logo           = [[File:120-px mm logo rgb logo small.jpg]]
|city = Meridian
| type            = Publicly traded under Clarivate Analytics (NYSE:CCC)
|country = USA
| industry        = Internet, Corporate Domain Registration
|date_founded = 1998
| founded        = San Francisco, CA, 1998
|facebook = https://www.facebook.com/MarkMonitor/
| founders        = Faisal Shah
|focus = Internet, Corporate Domain Registration
| ownership       = Clarivate Analytics
|founders = Faisal Shah
| headquarters    = 3540 E Longwing Ln #300<br/>Meridian, Idaho 83642
|linkedin = https://www.linkedin.com/company/markmonitor/
| country        = US
|logo = 120-px mm logo rgb logo small.jpg
| businesses      = domain portfolio management, acquisition services, security
|organization_type = Publicly traded under Clarivate Analytics (NYSE:CCC)
| products        = Corporate Domain Management and related services
|ownership = Clarivate Analytics
| employees      = 115 (2020)
|subsidiaries = domain portfolio management, acquisition services, enhanced security
| revenue        = $65.0M (2018)
|website = http://MarkMonitor.com
| website         = [http://MarkMonitor.com MarkMonitor.com]
|x = MarkMonitor
| blog            = https://www.markmonitor.com/mmblog/domain-management/
| facebook        = https://www.facebook.com/MarkMonitor/
| linkedin        = https://www.linkedin.com/company/markmonitor/
| twitter        = MarkMonitor
| keypeople      = [[Statton Hammock]], V.P., Head of IP Strategy, Gov't & Industry Relations
}}
}}


'''MarkMonitor''' is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of domain related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names and global brands.  The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.<ref>MarkMonitor [https://markmonitor.com/ Website]</ref>  MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, [https://clarivate.com/ ''Clarivate Analytics,''] a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds scientific research data and other intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, TechStreet, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.<ref>Clarivate Analytics [https://clarivate.com/ Website]</ref>  
'''MarkMonitor''' is a corporate domain name registrar and portfolio manager and provider of domain related services to many of the world's most trafficked domain names and global brands.  The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Meridian, Idaho, with offices in London and Beijing.<ref>MarkMonitor [https://markmonitor.com/ Website]</ref>  MarkMonitor is owned by parent company, [https://clarivate.com/ ''Clarivate Analytics,''] a publicly traded company (NYSE:CCC) that holds scientific research data and other intellectual property management companies including Web of Science, Cortellis, TechStreet, Derwent, CompuMark, and Darts-IP.<ref>Clarivate Analytics [https://clarivate.com/ Website]</ref>


As of January, 2020, MarkMonitor had over 935,000 domain names under its management.<ref>DomainName [https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/registrar/others Stats]</ref> MarkMonitor is an active participant in [[ICANN|ICANN's]] multi-stakeholder policy development process having representatives in the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] and the [[Business Constituency]].  
As of January, 2020, MarkMonitor had over 935,000 domain names under its management.<ref>DomainName [https://domainnamestat.com/statistics/registrar/others Stats]</ref> MarkMonitor is an active participant in [[ICANN|ICANN's]] multi-stakeholder policy development process having representatives in the [[Registrar Stakeholder Group]], the [[Intellectual Property Constituency]] and the [[Business Constituency]].
==History==
==History==


*1998- [[Faisal Shah]] founded MarkMonitor in San Francisco, CA .<ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3786492&privcapId=3786391&previousCapId=422760&previousTitle=The%20Nielsen%20Company%20B.V. Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>  
*1998- [[Faisal Shah]] founded MarkMonitor in San Francisco, CA .<ref> [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=3786492&privcapId=3786391&previousCapId=422760&previousTitle=The%20Nielsen%20Company%20B.V. Bloomsberg Business Week]</ref>


*2000- MarkMonitor became an [[ICANN]] accredited domain registrar. <ref> [http://www.americanexecutive.com/archived-spotlights-industry/it/7401-markmonitor-keeping-watch American Executive] </ref>  
*2000- MarkMonitor became an [[ICANN]] accredited domain registrar. <ref> [http://www.americanexecutive.com/archived-spotlights-industry/it/7401-markmonitor-keeping-watch American Executive] </ref>


*2001- MarkMonitor announced strategic alliance with [[Lexis-Nexis]], a research solution provider company.<ref> [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lexis-Nexis+Announces+Strategic+Alliance+with+Markmonitor.-a074210943 The Free Library] </ref>  
*2001- MarkMonitor announced strategic alliance with [[Lexis-Nexis]], a research solution provider company.<ref> [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lexis-Nexis+Announces+Strategic+Alliance+with+Markmonitor.-a074210943 The Free Library] </ref>


*2002- MarkMonitor also formed a strategic alliance with [[Eversheds]], an UK based law firm. <ref> [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr02/news1.htm Information Today] </ref>  
*2002- MarkMonitor also formed a strategic alliance with [[Eversheds]], an UK based law firm. <ref> [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/apr02/news1.htm Information Today] </ref>


*2003- MarkMonitor announced a merger with [[Alldomains.com]],  a domain registration and management providing company from California. <ref> [http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/mar102203 The Web Host Industry Review] </ref>
*2003- MarkMonitor announced a merger with [[Alldomains.com]],  a domain registration and management providing company from California. <ref> [http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/mar102203 The Web Host Industry Review] </ref>


*2004- MarkMonitor announced  participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC. The other participants included America's largest financial institutions, like: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank, and others. <ref> [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-817373/MarkMonitor-Joins-Major-Financial-Institutions.html GOLIATH] </ref>
*2004- MarkMonitor announced  participation in a comprehensive effort to stop online fraud, sponsored by the FSTC. The other participants included America's largest financial institutions, like: Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Comerica, Visa USA, ABN AMRO, KeyBank, Capital One and University Bank, and others. <ref> [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-817373/MarkMonitor-Joins-Major-Financial-Institutions.html GOLIATH] </ref>


*2005- MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. <ref> [http://news.softpedia.com/news/AOL-Is-Starting-the-Anti-Phishing-Offensive-9957.shtml Softpedia] </ref>  
*2005- MarkMonitor signed partnership contracts with AOL to develop a new initiative to protect its users against phishing. <ref> [http://news.softpedia.com/news/AOL-Is-Starting-the-Anti-Phishing-Offensive-9957.shtml Softpedia] </ref>


*2005- It was announced that MarkMonitor, with [[Cyota]] Inc. and [[Internet Identity]] , would regularly provide information on confirmed phishing websites as part of efforts to help enhance the protection offered by Microsoft. <ref> [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/nov05/11-17EnhancesPhishingProtectionPR.mspx Microsoft.com] </ref>  
*2005- It was announced that MarkMonitor, with [[Cyota]] Inc. and [[Internet Identity]] , would regularly provide information on confirmed phishing websites as part of efforts to help enhance the protection offered by Microsoft. <ref> [http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/nov05/11-17EnhancesPhishingProtectionPR.mspx Microsoft.com] </ref>


*2005- MarkMonitor annouced to work with [[Open Technology Solutions]] (OTS) to provide anti-phishing and fraud protection services.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139428801.html HighBeam.com] </ref>  
*2005- MarkMonitor announced to work with [[Open Technology Solutions]] (OTS) to provide anti-phishing and fraud protection services.<ref> [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139428801.html HighBeam.com] </ref>


*2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million venture capital investment led by Cargill Ventures. <ref> [http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2006/0004359554&EDATE= PR Newswire] </ref>  
*2006- MarkMonitor announced the closing of a $12 million venture capital investment led by Cargill Ventures. <ref> [http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-11-2006/0004359554&EDATE= PR Newswire] </ref>


*2006- MarkMonitor and Sports Marketing Surveys formed an alliance to protect the 2006 World Cup and Olympic Winter Games Brands online.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=176699 PR Newswire] </ref>
*2006- MarkMonitor and Sports Marketing Surveys formed an alliance to protect the 2006 World Cup and Olympic Winter Games Brands online.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=176699 PR Newswire] </ref>
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