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Moniker holds the industry's highest customer retention rate and pioneered the industry’s first domain appraisal formula.<ref>[http://www.moniker.com/pressreleases/moniker-pr-2007-05-16.jsp Moniker Press Release]</ref>
Moniker holds the industry's highest customer retention rate and pioneered the industry’s first domain appraisal formula.<ref>[http://www.moniker.com/pressreleases/moniker-pr-2007-05-16.jsp Moniker Press Release]</ref>
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Moniker.com is listed as a the primary nameserver for 2,965 domains.<ref>[http://www.dailychanges.com/moniker.com/ Dailychanges]</ref>
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In cooperation with Key
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Systems
Moniker.com
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including now over 300 TLDs
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===History===
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According to RegistratStats.com, Monkier fell from being the 7th largest registrar to the 11th largest during the course of 2011.<ref>[http://www.thedomains.com/2012/01/04/moniker
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com-falls-to-number-11-as-fastdomain-com-passes-them/
Moniker
Falls to Number 11 as FastDomain Passes Them, TheDomains
.com
]</ref> This was shortly followed by the January, 2012 departure
of
a prominent employee.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/bari
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meyerson-is-no-longer-working-for-moniker
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html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Bari Meyerson is No Longer Working for Moniker, DomainNews.com]</ref>
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==High Profile Sales==
==High Profile Sales==
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*Property.com - $750,000
*Property.com - $750,000
*Freeporn.com - $4 million<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monikercom-brokers-domain-name-sale-for-us-4-million-56769252.html PR Newswire]</ref>
*Freeporn.com - $4 million<ref>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monikercom-brokers-domain-name-sale-for-us-4-million-56769252.html PR Newswire]</ref>
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Moniker sold 5 of the top 10 most expensive domains in 2010. Moniker's only competition was from Sedo, who sold 4; the remaining domain was sold privately.<ref>[http://www.dotweekly.com/history-repeats-2010-prediction-on-highest-domain-sale DotWeekly]</ref> The top five domains sold by Moniker were:
*Slots.com - $5.5 million
*Slots.com - $5.5 million
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*KK.com - $ 2 million+
*Dating.com - $1.75 million
*Dating.com - $1.75 million
*Photo.com - $1.25 million
*Photo.com - $1.25 million
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*Guns.com - $800,000
*Guns.com - $800,000
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==Premium Improvements==
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Moniker.com announced that it was planning on improving user interface and domain acquisition by putting up fewer domains in its Premium Live auction on February 3, 2011. There will will be no more than 100 domains, and it is only scheduled to last 90 minutes. The extended auction will include less than 500 domains and last two weeks. Previously, the extended auction had over 5,000 domain names, the work involved in presenting these and sorting through them likely inspired the slimmed down auctions.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/01/25/moniker-auction-bulks-up-by-slimming-down/ Domain Name Wire]</ref>
==Monte Cahn, Moniker, and Oversee==
==Monte Cahn, Moniker, and Oversee==
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In 2008, Moniker was purchased by [[Oversee.net]] for $35 million USD. It had previously been acquired by [[Seevast]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.seevast.com/news.html Seevast.com]</ref> Part of the acquisition of Moniker by Oversee stipulated that its Founder and CEO, [[Monte Cahn]], come along as the President of Moniker for 3 years. During this time he also filled other roles within the company, such as President of [[SnapNames]].<ref>[http://www.blueglass.com/speakers/monte-cahn/ BlueGlass.com]</ref> He left in December, 2010
; in May, 20111 he filed a lawsuit against his former employer
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<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110505.htm DNJournal.com]</ref> He filed suit against Oversee, and named its CEO, [[Jeff Kupietzky]], and its founder, [[Lawrence Ng]]; the suit was over alleged non-payment of a $13 million USD incentive plan.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/05/04/monte-cahn-sues-oversee-net-over-13-million-incentive-plan/ DomainNameWire.com]</ref>
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In 2008, Moniker was purchased by [[Oversee.net]] for $35 million USD. It had previously been acquired by [[Seevast]] in 2005.<ref>[http://www.seevast.com/news.html Seevast.com]</ref> Part of the acquisition of Moniker by Oversee stipulated that its Founder and CEO, [[Monte Cahn]], come along as the President of Moniker for 3 years. During this time he also filled other roles within the company, such as President of [[SnapNames]].<ref>[http://www.blueglass.com/speakers/monte-cahn/ BlueGlass.com]</ref> He left in December, 2010.</ref>
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In September, 2011, Mr. Cahn updated his claims of breach of contract and fraud after a judge tossed out his original claim. The new claim now contains specific language on how Oversee.net allegedly affected Moniker's revenue. He now states that the original acquisition was in violation of an agreement between [[Google]] and Oversee, and that Oversee improperly deflated Moniker's revenue and performance numbers.<ref>[http://domainnamewire.com/2011/09/08/monte-cahn-updates-lawsuit-against-oversee-net-with-new-details/ Monte Cahn Updates Lawsuit, DomainNameWire.com]
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==References==
==References==