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Name.com sign 2013 RAA — eNom and

Name.com sign 2013 RAA — eNom and

Demand Media gears up for fresh TLDs by signing fresh registrar agreement.

eNomDemand Media’s eNom and Name.com domain name registrars have signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the firm disclosed today.

That makes four of the top 10 domain name registrars who have signed the fresh agreement. In addition to Demand Media, other top ten registrars that have signed the agreement include GoDaddy, 1&1, and Melbourne IT.

Signing the fresh agreement is required ahead of domain name registrars can sell fresh TLDs, and so far only a handful of registrars have executed the agreement. The updated RAA places significantly more burden on domain name registrars than the previous agreement, counting whois verification.

Demand Media was among the firms that was at the negotiating table to help craft the 2013 RAA. With the exception of Key-Systems, all of the registrars that were part of the negotiating team have now signed the agreement.

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