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	In February 2007, eNom dropped ] as a reseller citing consumer complaints.<ref name=registerfly>{{cite news\|date=2007-02-19\|author=Burke Hansen\|title=Registerfly on the fly, ICANN on the run\|publisher=The Register\|url=http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/\|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref>		In February 2007, eNom dropped ] as a reseller citing consumer complaints.<ref name=registerfly>{{cite news\|date=2007-02-19\|author=Burke Hansen\|title=Registerfly on the fly, ICANN on the run\|publisher=The Register\|url=http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/19/registerfly_angry_customers/\|accessdate=2008-02-25}}</ref>

			==Hijacking of Customers' Domains==

			The company has been criticized for censoring the websites that it manages, where it hijacks the domain name to post cheap, web ads on it. The ] has written a report on this, where they investigated one domain holder who lost eighty domain names. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html?_r=2&bl&ex=1204779600&en=fbfa2e2586c552a8&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin</ref> This includes the ] domain, where Enom seized the ]. <ref></ref> <Ref></ref> An online retailer of sporting goods has reported this activity from Enom. <ref></ref> <ref></ref> <ref></ref> <ref></ref> Even the mega-conglomerate, ], has sued Enom over this issue. <ref></ref> As reported by TraverseLegal, attorneys and advisors, Enom has hijacked www.yourreview.us, which presently now shows just ads by Enom. <ref></ref> The ], domain registrar Solidhost.com has also published, through a third party news agency, another allegation that their domain was stolen for ads from Enom; solidhost has filed a lawsuit against Enom. <ref></ref> <ref></ref> <ref></ref> In 2004, ] filed a complaint against Enom for stealing their domain name out from under them. The ], for UDRP Disputes, has ruled in favor of the domain name owner and against Enom. <ref></ref>

			Similar websites have registered their domain with Enom, only to find that it is stolen to run ads for Enom. Others include aleong.com, <ref>http://www.theleong.com/</ref> radleybalko.com, <ref></ref> MakeUseOf.com, <ref></ref> aip.com, <ref></ref> malaysiaproduct.com, <ref></ref> <ref></ref> FamilyAlbum.com, <ref></ref> BodogLife.com, <ref></ref> <ref></ref> autounleashed.com, <ref>[http://www.bloggedintraffic.com/tag/hijack Blogged In Traffic: "
			My domain name was hijacked from Namecheap"]</ref> thirty-seven domain names owned by SEO Marketer Dave, <ref></ref> and more than fifty domain names owned by Mikel Marcus Elasmo<ref></ref>. The internet security firm ] has described Enom's behavior as "Hijacking Vulnerability". <ref></ref>

	==Spam control==		==Spam control==
	], or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component.<ref name="Sauver2008">{{cite conference \|last=St Sauver \|first=Joe \|title=Spam, Domain Names and Registrars \|booktitle=MAAWG 12th General Meeting \|place=San Francisco, USA \|year=2008 \|url=http://www.uoregon.edu/~joe/maawg12/domains-talk.pdf \|format=pdf \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".<ref></ref>		], or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component.<ref name="Sauver2008">{{cite conference \|last=St Sauver \|first=Joe \|title=Spam, Domain Names and Registrars \|booktitle=MAAWG 12th General Meeting \|place=San Francisco, USA \|year=2008 \|url=http://www.uoregon.edu/~joe/maawg12/domains-talk.pdf \|format=pdf \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".<ref></ref>

			One metric of the relationship between domain name registrars and spam is number of domains that are electronically ]. In February 2008 eNom was listed on URIBL.com, a ] black list, as ranking second in absolute numbers of blocked domains.<ref name="Sauver2008" /> When the number of black-listed domain names per registrar was compared to the total numbers of domains registered, eNom ranked first in absolute numbers of all blocklisted domains on URIBL.com.<ref name="Sauver2008" /> When normalized for the total number of domains under management, eNom ranked 18th in percentage of names on the block-list.<ref name="Sauver2008" /> This however does not distinguish the domain names sold and managed directly by eNom from those sold and managed by its resellers.

	==Law enforcement==		==Law enforcement==
	In March 2008, a New York Times story mentions that eNom is known to disable domain names which appear on a US Treasury Department ].<ref name=dropdomains>{{cite news\|date=2008-03-04\|author=Adam Liptak\|title=A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears\|publisher=The New York Times\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=liptak&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin}}</ref> It describes eNom’s disabling of a European travel agent’s Web sites advertising travel to Cuba, which appeared on a U.S. Treasury Department list<ref>{{cite web \|title=ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND BLOCKED		In March 2008, a New York Times story mentions that eNom is known to disable domain names which appear on a US Treasury Department ].<ref name=dropdomains>{{cite news\|date=2008-03-04\|author=Adam Liptak\|title=A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears\|publisher=The New York Times\|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=liptak&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin}}</ref> It describes eNom’s disabling of a European travel agent’s Web sites advertising travel to Cuba, which appeared on a U.S. Treasury Department list<ref>{{cite web \|title=ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS AND BLOCKED
	PERSONS \|url=http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/sdnlist.txt \|publisher=] \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> published by the ] (OFAC). The article’s sources use words varying from “scandal” to “legally required” to describe “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law”, especially when the operation is as “mysterious” as that of the OFAC list.		PERSONS \|url=http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/sdnlist.txt \|publisher=] \|accessdate=2009-02-25}}</ref> published by the ] (OFAC). The article’s sources use words varying from “scandal” to “legally required” to describe “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law”, especially when the operation is as “mysterious” as that of the OFAC list.

			According to ], there is no legal obligation for a domain name registrar to seize its customers websites and then post cheap ads on them.

	==Footnotes and references==		==Footnotes and references==

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eNom
Type of business	private
Available in	English
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Redmond, Washington United States
Industry	domain name registration
URL	http://www.enom.com

eNom, Inc. is a domain name registrar and Web hosting company that also sells other products closely tied to domain names, such as SSL certificates, e-mail services, and Website building software. As of 2007, it was the second largest domain name registrar, managing over 8 million domains.

Company history

eNom was founded in 1997 in Redmond, Washington operating as a wholesale business, essentially reselling domains and other services under their own branding. eNom also operates retail site eNomCentral.com.

In May 2006, eNom was one of the original businesses that were acquired to form privately held Demand Media, headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Within Demand Media, eNom continues to operate as a domain name registrar and as the registrar platform for its media properties.

In July 2006, eNom bought out competitor BulkRegister. Prior to its' purchase BulkRegister was a member-supported service where clients were not resellers, but companies large enough to pay an annual membership fee to acquire low registration fees on their domain name registrations, due to the volume they potentially register. With this acquisition, eNom rose to become the second largest domain name registrar. eNom maintains BulkRegister as a separate service.

Accreditations and awards

eNom is an ICANN-accredited registrar and has been a Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Business since 2002. eNom has won the following industry awards from domain research corporation Name Intelligence:

2002-2008 Best ICANN Reseller Registrar
2005-2007 User’s Choice Award
2005-2007 Outstanding Drop Catcher

eNom was named #292 in Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing private companies in 2006.

Resellers

As of March 2008, eNom states that it has over 99,000 resellers, of which over 28,000 are active.

In February 2007, eNom dropped RegisterFly as a reseller citing consumer complaints.

Hijacking of Customers' Domains

The company has been criticized for censoring the websites that it manages, where it hijacks the domain name to post cheap, web ads on it. The New York Times has written a report on this, where they investigated one domain holder who lost eighty domain names. This includes the WikiLeaks.org domain, where Enom seized the domain name. An online retailer of sporting goods has reported this activity from Enom. Even the mega-conglomerate, First American, has sued Enom over this issue. As reported by TraverseLegal, attorneys and advisors, Enom has hijacked www.yourreview.us, which presently now shows just ads by Enom. The Dutch, domain registrar Solidhost.com has also published, through a third party news agency, another allegation that their domain was stolen for ads from Enom; solidhost has filed a lawsuit against Enom. In 2004, BB&T Corporation filed a complaint against Enom for stealing their domain name out from under them. The National Arbitration Forum, for UDRP Disputes, has ruled in favor of the domain name owner and against Enom.

Similar websites have registered their domain with Enom, only to find that it is stolen to run ads for Enom. Others include aleong.com, radleybalko.com, MakeUseOf.com, aip.com, malaysiaproduct.com, FamilyAlbum.com, BodogLife.com, autounleashed.com, thirty-seven domain names owned by SEO Marketer Dave, and more than fifty domain names owned by Mikel Marcus Elasmo. The internet security firm SecuriTeam has described Enom's behavior as "Hijacking Vulnerability".

Spam control

Spam, or "junk e-mail," requires infrastructure of which domain names are one component. eNom posts a "zero tolerance spam policy".

One metric of the relationship between domain name registrars and spam is number of domains that are electronically black listed. In February 2008 eNom was listed on URIBL.com, a URI black list, as ranking second in absolute numbers of blocked domains. When the number of black-listed domain names per registrar was compared to the total numbers of domains registered, eNom ranked first in absolute numbers of all blocklisted domains on URIBL.com. When normalized for the total number of domains under management, eNom ranked 18th in percentage of names on the block-list. This however does not distinguish the domain names sold and managed directly by eNom from those sold and managed by its resellers.

Law enforcement

In March 2008, a New York Times story mentions that eNom is known to disable domain names which appear on a US Treasury Department blacklist. It describes eNom’s disabling of a European travel agent’s Web sites advertising travel to Cuba, which appeared on a U.S. Treasury Department list published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The article’s sources use words varying from “scandal” to “legally required” to describe “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law”, especially when the operation is as “mysterious” as that of the OFAC list.

According to Net Neutrality, there is no legal obligation for a domain name registrar to seize its customers websites and then post cheap ads on them.