Sold to Corporation Service Company, a provider of financial and legal services; Register.com to focus on the online business needs of SMBs.

Register.com, a provider of domain name registration and Internet services, yesterday announced the sale of its Corporate Services Division to Corporation Service Company, a privately-held firm and provider of financial and legal services to corporations and law firms.

Register.com's Corporate Services Division provides online brand protection to large corporations with domain name portfolios. It also provides strategy consulting services and global domain name registrations, management and monitoring services. The company will now focus its management and financial resources on the domain name registration and web-based services needs of small- and medium-sized businesses, and individual consumers.

"Helping our customers unleash the true potential of their business through the power of the Internet is Register.com's number one priority," said David Moore, CEO of Register.com. "Today's announcement puts a fine point on our mission to be the go-to provider of web-based value added services and award-winning customer service to our core market--millions of small- and medium-sized businesses looking to harness their online potential. We're looking forward to channeling our efforts to better serve this market."