Afternic DLS Announces Dramatic Expansion in Europe
Leading European Registrars Join Industry’s Largest Domain Listing Service
WALTHAM, MASS—March 10, 2011 —NameMedia’s Afternic domain marketplace continues its dramatic expansion with the signing of DaDaPro, EuroDNS and GroupNBT; collectively these companies operate 12 separate registrars across Europe. Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) is the world’s leading premium domain marketplace, reaching tens of millions of domain buyers monthly.
The twelve registrars include: Register.it, Nominalia.com, Names.co.uk, Amen.fr, Amen.pt, AmenWorld.nl, Register365.com, NetNames.com, Easily.co.uk , Speednames.com, Ascio.com and EuroDNS.com.
The registrars will deploy Afternic’s “Instant Transfer” technology, allowing domain buyers the opportunity to purchase a secondary market domain in the purchase path on the registrar’s website by placing the domain in their shopping cart and having the domain in their control within minutes.
Afternic has been first to market with Instant Transfer for the secondary domain market, and now has more resellers participating than any other platform by a wide margin.
Italian-based DaDaPro, whose member companies are ICANN accredited, has offices in Italy, Spain, the UK, Portugal and France operating as Register.it, Nominalia, Namesco and Amen. In addition to domain name registration, DaDa offers domain and brand management tools.
Luxembourg-based EuroDNS has branch offices throughout Europe as well as America and Asia. EuroDNS specializes in international domain extensions and has established accreditation with more than 70 registries worldwide.
UK-based GroupNBT comprises NetNames.com, Easily.co.uk, Speednames.com, NetBenefit, Envisional, Indom and Ascio.com. GroupNBT provides domain-related and hosting services and maintains offices in London, Cambridge, Copenhagen, Stockholm, New York, Paris, Nice, Munich, Zurich and Oslo.
Collectively these registrar properties service millions of customers across Europe and worldwide. These new DLS partners will offer their customers access to millions of premium domain names, and listing access to the world’s largest domain marketplaceCurrently Afternic DLS helps connect buyers and sellers via a network incorporating more than 50 partners, including many of the world’s top registrars.
“The inclusion of these major registrars in DLS now gives Afternic a presence across Europe. This furthers the goal of creating a unified and efficient secondary market for domains,” said Jason Miner, NameMedia Senior Vice President and Afternic General Manager. “By bringing value and liquidity to the domain aftermarket we are helping to eliminate barriers to sale—increasing returns for domain sellers and better meeting the needs of domain buyers worldwide.”
Read more about these partners:
About DaDaPro
DadaPro is one of the most successful companies in the domain name, professional hosting, virtual and dedicated servers and advanced online advertising industries in Europe today.
DadaPro combines the activities of Register.it, historic leader in the registration of internet domains and the management of the online presence of people and businesses, which in 2006 acquired Nominalia S.L., in July 2007, Namesco Ltd., top players in Spain and the UK in the hosting and domain sector. In July 2008 DadaPro also acquired the Amen Group, one of the main operators in France, Portugal and Netherlands.
Dadapro represents one of the most innovative companies in the online scene today and offers its clients an advanced technological platform to manage their online presence, from ‘domain to click’.
About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. www.eurodns.com
About GroupNBT
Group NBT plc is a leading provider of domain names and internet-related services. Established in 1995, the company has registered hundreds of thousands of domain names and hosts tens of thousands of websites. Group NBT’s clients come from many industries and include well-known companies such as British Airways, The New Statesman and Centrica.
Group NBT plc currently has over 280 employees world-wide, with offices in London, Copenhagen, New York, Nice, Munich, Zurich, and Oslo. With five market-leading brands, Group NBT plc is now made up of the following companies: NetBenefit, providing high quality managed hosting services in both the UK and continental Europe; NetNames, providing registration services for every Top Level Domain available and providing corporate domain name management to large organizations through its industry leading NetNames Platinum Service, which is now used by over 30% of the FTSE 100; Easily.co.uk, a top UK provider of cost effective web hosting and domain name services to UK businesses and consumers; Speednames, the dominant provider of domain name services in Denmark; Ascio, which is responsible for the provision of domain name services indirectly through more than 300 partnerships including telecom operators, web hosting companies, internet access providers and IP law firms; andEnvisional, whose services monitor the Internet for brand abuse, fraud, counterfeiting and piracy.
About Afternic/NameMedia
Afternic DLS is the world’s largest domain marketplace, partnering with the world’s leading domain registrars and sellers. Through DLS, domains are promoted for sale to millions of active domain buyers worldwide. Afternic is part of NameMedia, a leader in the acquisition; development and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. The company’s marketplace allows owners of premium domain names to list their domain properties for sale, and for domain buyers to review the largest available inventory. Through its ownership of one of the largest domain portfolios in the world, its innovative website development platform, and its broad distribution, NameMedia now serves more than 50 million visitors to its network of websites and sells domains to customers in more than 100 countries. Headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, more information is available at www.namemedia.com.
Contacts:
For Afternic/NameMedia: Ellen O’Brien, 781-839-2873, eobrien@namemedia.com
For Dada: Chiara Rivella, Relazioni Esterne Dada, chiara.rivella@dada.net
For EuroDNS: Laure Adlani, ladlani@eurodns.com
For GroupNBT: Stuart Fuller: Stuart.fuller@groupnbt.com
