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Type of site | Private |
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Founded | November 22, 2010 |
Dissolved | June 22, 2022 |
Successor(s) | Identity Digital |
Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | Akram Atallah, President and CEO |
Industry | Internet |
URL | https://donuts.domains/ |
Donuts Inc. was a domain name registrar and registry providing paid domain names under 270 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program, as well as 173 other TLDs including .au ( ccTLD) and .org ( gTLD managed by the Public Interest Registry), through its own registry status (for example, managing the .social gTLD) and contracts between its subsidiaries and other registries. [1]
It was co-founded in 2010 by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler. [1] The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington. [2]
In July 2017, Donuts acquired Rightside, along with domain registrar Name.com. [3] [4] [5] [6]
On August 11, 2018, Donuts entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners. [7] [5] [8] [9]
In December 2020, Donuts acquired the registry division of Afilias, Inc., [10] [11] a registry, registrar and mobile software developer [12] headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In January 2021, Ethos Capital acquired Donuts after their failed bid to gain control over the .org internet domain. [13] [14]
In 2022, Afilias and Donuts Inc were merged under Identity Digital. [15]
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Type of site | Private |
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Founded | November 22, 2010 |
Dissolved | June 22, 2022 |
Successor(s) | Identity Digital |
Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
Key people | Akram Atallah, President and CEO |
Industry | Internet |
URL | https://donuts.domains/ |
Donuts Inc. was a domain name registrar and registry providing paid domain names under 270 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as made possible by ICANN's gTLD expansion program, as well as 173 other TLDs including .au ( ccTLD) and .org ( gTLD managed by the Public Interest Registry), through its own registry status (for example, managing the .social gTLD) and contracts between its subsidiaries and other registries. [1]
It was co-founded in 2010 by Paul Stahura, Jonathon Nevett, Richard Tindal, and Daniel Schindler. [1] The company's headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington. [2]
In July 2017, Donuts acquired Rightside, along with domain registrar Name.com. [3] [4] [5] [6]
On August 11, 2018, Donuts entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners. [7] [5] [8] [9]
In December 2020, Donuts acquired the registry division of Afilias, Inc., [10] [11] a registry, registrar and mobile software developer [12] headquartered outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In January 2021, Ethos Capital acquired Donuts after their failed bid to gain control over the .org internet domain. [13] [14]
In 2022, Afilias and Donuts Inc were merged under Identity Digital. [15]