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==Subsidiaries==
 
==Subsidiaries==
As the new Internet naming arm of Demand Media, a few of Demand Media's brands now fall under the Rightside brand. These include:
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A number of brands now fall under the Rightside brand. These include:
 
 
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* [[Rick Danis]], General Counsel
 
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* [[Statton Hammock]], VP, Business & Legal Affairs
 
* [[Statton Hammock]], VP, Business & Legal Affairs
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* [[Melisah Burke]], VP, Human Resources
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* [[Dwayne Walker]], Business & Marketing Development
 
* [[Dave Panos]], Chairman of the Board<ref>[http://rightside.co/about-us/our-team/ Executive Team] ''Rightside.co''; Retrieved 11 June 2014</ref>
 
* [[Dave Panos]], Chairman of the Board<ref>[http://rightside.co/about-us/our-team/ Executive Team] ''Rightside.co''; Retrieved 11 June 2014</ref>
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==Donuts' Offer & Rejection==
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On July 5, 2016 Rightside announced that its board rejected Donut's bid to purchase Rightside's current domain name portfolio. In response to the $70 million dollar bid, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu stated that the amount "significantly undervalues" his company's domain holdings, further projecting that his company will generate revenue between $50 to 70 million annually for the next 3-5 years. <ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/07/rightside-rejects-donuts-70m-offer-to-buy-domain.html Rightside Rejects Donuts' Bid. Retrieved 06 Jul 2016.]</ref>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 15:54, 17 March 2021

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Industry: Registry, Domain Name Services
Founded: 2013
Headquarters: 5808 Lake Washington Blvd., Kirkland, WA 98033
Country: USA
Products: New gTLDs, Domain Services
Website: Rightside.co
Blog: Rightside Blog
LinkedIn: @rightside
Key People
Taryn Naidu, CEO and Director

Rightside or Rightside Group, Ltd. is the Registry and Registrar business of Demand Media. It was started in 2013 as a way to separate the various businesses that Demand Media operates.

Subsidiaries

A number of brands now fall under the Rightside brand. These include:

Rightside Registry

Rightside is the applicant for a number of TLDs in the New gTLD Program. They applied for a number of them on their own and became owners of a number of TLDs through a partnership with Donuts. The company applied for all of its TLDs under subsidiary United TLD Holdco Ltd.

They currently have the following TLDs in their portfolio:

TLD # of Applicants Notes
actor 1
airforce 1
army 1
attorney 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
consulting 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
dance 1
degree 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
democrat 1
dentist 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
engineer 1
futbol 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
gives 1
haus 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
immobilien 1
kaufen 1
lawyer 2 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside. Donuts won the contention set in a Private auction against Top Level Domain Holdings.
market 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
moda 1
mortgage 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
navy 1
ninja 1
pub 1
rehab 1
republican 1
reviews 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
rocks 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
social 1
software 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.
vet 1 Originally a Donuts application, ownership was transferred to Rightside.

Staff

Donuts' Offer & Rejection

On July 5, 2016 Rightside announced that its board rejected Donut's bid to purchase Rightside's current domain name portfolio. In response to the $70 million dollar bid, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu stated that the amount "significantly undervalues" his company's domain holdings, further projecting that his company will generate revenue between $50 to 70 million annually for the next 3-5 years. [2]

References