<s>
Enom	B-Protocol
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
and	O
Web	O
hosting	O
company	O
that	O
also	O
sells	O
other	O
products	O
closely	O
tied	O
to	O
domain	O
names	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SSL	O
certificates	O
,	O
e-mail	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
Website	O
building	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enom	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
in	O
Kirkland	O
,	O
Washington	O
operating	O
as	O
a	O
wholesale	O
business	O
,	O
allowing	O
resellers	O
to	O
sell	O
domains	O
and	O
other	O
services	O
under	O
their	O
own	O
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enom	B-Protocol
also	O
operates	O
retail	O
sites	O
enomcentral.com	O
and	O
bulkregister.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
businesses	O
that	O
were	O
acquired	O
to	O
form	O
privately	O
held	O
Demand	O
Media	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Santa	O
Monica	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
Demand	O
Media	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
operated	O
as	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
and	O
as	O
the	O
registrar	O
platform	O
for	O
its	O
media	O
properties	O
,	O
until	O
separating	O
from	O
Demand	O
Media	O
as	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
Rightside	O
Group	O
,	O
Ltd	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
bought	O
out	O
competitor	O
BulkRegister	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
purchase	O
,	O
BulkRegister	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
member-supported	O
service	O
where	O
clients	O
were	O
not	O
resellers	O
,	O
but	O
companies	O
large	O
enough	O
to	O
pay	O
an	O
annual	O
membership	O
fee	O
to	O
acquire	O
low	O
registration	O
fees	O
on	O
their	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registrations	I-Protocol
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
volume	O
they	O
potentially	O
register	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
rose	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
second	O
largest	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enom	B-Protocol
maintained	O
BulkRegister	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
separate	O
service	O
until	O
Tucows	O
discontinued	O
it	O
after	O
acquiring	O
Enom	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
officially	O
launched	O
its	O
revitalized	O
retail	O
experience	O
in	O
a	O
major	O
series	O
of	O
improvements	O
to	O
its	O
developer	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
changes	O
affected	O
over	O
14	O
million	O
domains	O
handled	O
through	O
Enom	B-Protocol
's	O
channel	O
of	O
partners	O
and	O
resellers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
directly	O
through	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
retail	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enom	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
team	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Sports	O
(	O
CSGO	O
,	O
BF3	O
,	O
SMITE	O
)	O
This	O
team	O
has	O
20	O
world	O
championships	O
on	O
its	O
records	O
15	O
as	O
1st	O
team	O
and	O
5	O
as	O
2nd	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2017	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
was	O
sold	O
to	O
Canadian	O
domain	O
seller	O
Tucows	O
for	O
US	O
$83.5	O
M	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
experienced	O
a	O
botched	O
server	O
migration	O
resulting	O
in	O
all	O
domains	O
using	O
its	O
servers	O
being	O
down	O
for	O
over	O
a	O
36	O
hour	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
48	O
hours	O
after	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
eNom	B-Protocol
's	O
previously	O
announced	O
maintenance	O
window	O
(	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
6am	O
to	O
6pm	O
PST	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
stated	O
that	O
there	O
would	O
be	O
no	O
impact	O
on	O
operations	O
besides	O
users	O
not	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
log	O
into	O
the	O
eNom	B-Protocol
portal	O
,	O
many	O
eNom	B-Protocol
customers	O
were	O
still	O
reporting	O
major	O
issues	O
with	O
certain	O
DNS	O
lookups	O
and	O
email	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eNom	B-Protocol
was	O
still	O
restricting	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
make	O
certain	O
changes	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
users	O
that	O
can	O
login	O
to	O
the	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
states	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
over	O
99,000	O
resellers	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
over	O
28,000	O
are	O
active	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Enom	B-Protocol
dropped	O
RegisterFly	O
as	O
a	O
reseller	O
citing	O
consumer	O
complaints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
story	O
said	O
that	O
Enom	B-Protocol
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
a	O
U.S	O
Treasury	O
blacklist	O
,	O
blocked	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
domain	O
names	O
owned	O
by	O
a	O
European	O
travel	O
company	O
advertising	O
travel	O
to	O
Cuba	O
.	O
</s>
