Name.com

Name.com is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web hosting company.

History
Name.com was founded in 2003, by Bill Mushkin, who previously founded the computer software company, Mushkin Inc. in 1994. Mushkin bought the company Spot Domain LLC (Domainsite.com) in 2002. There are currently three registrars in the group: domainsite.com, name.com and name.net.

Services
Name.com offers more than 50 gTLD and ccTLD extensions and an aftermarket domain brokerage. Customers have over one million domain names registered with the company. Name.com offers domain registrations with free Google Apps. Name also recently introduced two factor authentication.

Additional projects
The employees at Name.com have worked on additional side projects, including Who.is, BlueRider.com and Wiki.Name.com.

Philanthropy
The site name.com/good features an assortment of causes supported by Name.com. The company has supported a range of non-profits, including a small literary magazine in South Africa, Amazwi, and a well-known local organization, Environment Colorado. Many of the charities featured are small, grassroots efforts, though Susan G. Komen and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are listed as well.

Apart from the listed donations, Name.com has been involved in several other charitable efforts. The company has a bike-to-work incentive program which involves payback for a new bicycle. Though the project appears to be at a standstill, Name.com worked briefly on a system of maps for laptop.org, and offered to guide interns in their Denver office. In April, 2008, Name.com went to London for the Webby’s People’s Voice Awards, sponsored by The Public Interest Registry, the registry behind the .ORG extension. Name.com sponsored Idealist.org at the event, which featured a panel of non-profits, including Greenpeace and Wikipedia.

WikiQueer registrar
WikiQueer has been utilizing Name.com as a domain registrar since summer of 2011. The selection of Name.com as WikiQueer's domain registrar was based, in part, on:
 * Green initiatives compatible with WikiQueer's green initiative
 * Compliance with WikiQueer's vendor policy
 * A commitment to standing by WikiQueer and its mission should the site ever come under attack
 * LGBT friendly reputation
 * Financially supportive of nonprofits
 * USA based server
 * Position on Internet governance issues such as SOPA