Register.com Roars Into First Place

Business Wire, Dec 21, 1998

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--

Domain Name Service Declared Largest in the World

Register.com (http://www.register.com), the fastest growing domain name registration service on the Internet, claimed the top spot among domain name registrars worldwide today, according to industry observer domainwatch.com. Domainwatch.com statistics come from the Network Solutions/Internic domain name database and reveal that register.com has become the largest single source of generic level domain name .com, .net and .org registrations, surpassing the previous leader Tabnet (Nasdaq: VRIO).

According to domainwatch.com, register.com has over 96,000 generic level domain names registered in the Internic database. This level surpasses the previous leader Tabnet, which has a total of 95,000 domain names registered. Network Solutions (Nasdaq: NSOL) has registered a total of 31,000 domain names to date.

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Company         Registrations      Rank          30 day Growth
Register.com       96,179           1               30,000
Tabnet/Verio       95,553           2                8,000
Mindspring         42,121           4                3,000
Network Solutions/
 Worldnic          31,486           6                7,000

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Register.com has rocketed to the top, claiming the lead in only a matter of months, after launching the service in February of this year.

"We are elated by this latest news," said Richard Forman, President and CEO of register.com. "Within eight months, register.com has paved the way towards creating a niche portal for small and medium sized businesses that want to get started on the Internet."

One of example of this comes from customer Richard Keel, a typical register.com user. "I'm a small time web designer who does this (domain registration) as part of my tech support for real estate professionals. Your service is so easy to use and is a real asset to the services I provide."

"Register.com has become the leading domain registration brand on the Internet," stated Sascha Mornell, Director of Marketing and Online Services at register.com. "We would like to thank the tens of thousands of customers who have used and recommended the register.com service."

Register.com currently offers customers the ability to register domain names with a wide array of top level domains (TLD) extensions, including recent additions .AC and .SH. Register.com's partners include GeoCities (Nasdaq: GCTY), theglobe.com (Nasdaq: TGLO), the Infoseek Corporation (Nasdaq: SEEK), Thomson and Thomson and Spree.com.

About Forman Interactive Corp.

Register.com is a division of Forman Interactive Corp. (FIC), a leading developer of Internet-based solutions and electronic commerce development tools for small- and medium-sized businesses. Forman Interactive Corp. was founded in 1994 and is based in New York, NY. Forman Interactive was ranked by Network Computing as a top five e-commerce solution for small businesses in the December 1998 issue.

Domainwatch is located at http://www.domainwatch.com