Tag Archives: registrars

Mon 15th July 2013
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Q&A with Matt Mazur, who only sole his domain name hunt association to Automattic - Lean Domain Search founder Matt Mazur explains why he sold his business to Automattic. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has acquired domain name discovery company Lean Domain Search. I’ve written extensively about this company over the past year, as it was one of the best tools on the market for finding available domain names. I reached out to Lean Domain Search founder Matt Mazur today to learn more about the acquisition. DNW: Now that Lean Domain Search ... read more ...
 
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First 5 domain name registrars pointer 2013 RAA - Five domain name registrars, including GoDaddy, signed the new registrar accreditation agreement today. Five domain name registrars signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) during a signing ceremony at ICANN’s meeting in Durban today. The group was headlined by GoDaddy, which registers about half of all new domain names. The 2013 RAA places significant new requirements on domain registrars, including validating registrant information and retaining ... read more ...
Thu 11th July 2013
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GoDaddy’s offline selling of .LA in Los Angeles - Old school advertising to promote the .la domain name. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted a photo of a .LA billboard in Los Angeles yesterday (see photo). As more “local” domains come to the internet, this type of targeted offline advertising will become more common. GoDaddy already does a lot of TV and promotional advertising and is probably good and tracking results from campaigns like these billboards. I had someone in Los Angeles check a couple times to see ... read more ...
Mon 8th July 2013
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.LA gets GoDaddy’s selling energy to assistance code domain for Los Angeles - .LA to get another push as the domain for Los Angeles. GoDaddy announced this morning that it has teamed up with DOT LA Marketing Company and CentralNic to help push the ccTLD .la as a domain name for Los Angeles. The domain name registrar is offering annual .la domain name registrations for $39.99 and will hold auctions for some premium .la domain names as well. .LA is actually the country code for Laos, also known as Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a country ... read more ...
Sat 6th July 2013
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Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles -   According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with  CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Laos. Godaddy and CentralNic are apparently taking the upcoming new gTLD launch as an opportunity to re-brand .LA in the same light as other cities that have backed new gTLD applications including New York City’s .NYC, Miami’s application for .Miami Rich ... read more ...
Fri 5th July 2013
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Article 29 Working Party hurdles new RAA information influence requirements - Group provides a blanket statement for registrars wishing to get a waiver for data retention under new registrar agreement. The Article 29 Working Party has lent a helping hand to EU registrars (and potentially others) concerned about data retention requirements in the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). There are a number of requirements to retain data in the 2013 RAA approved last week, ranging from the IP address of domain registrants to their credit ... read more ...
 
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Verisign files patents for a Domain Manager and preventing antagonistic domain registrations - Company that is looking to assert its patents files two more applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published to patent applications yesterday that were filed by Verisign. Both applications were filed in 2011. Application 13/339466 (pdf) is titled “Methods and Systems for Creating New Domains”: Systems and methods for creating a new domain, such as a top-level domain or a second-level domain, make use of a Domain Manager that enables a user to enter ... read more ...
Wed 3rd July 2013
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123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK - According to a press release we received this morning,  123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with Google to become a Premier SME Partner (PSP) of Google’s AdWordsTM advertising programme in the UK. “As a PSP, 123-reg will gain access to Google’s training and support, to provide an end-to-end AdWords account management service for its customers. “AdWords is a cost effective, efficient way for businesses ... read more ...
Tue 2nd July 2013
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Ingenious? Network Solution offers Expiration Protection. - Company charges $9.99 to renew your domain name for another year in case you forget. As Web.com points out frequently on its investor conference calls, it believes that it has room to grow its cross selling activities to existing customers. This latest sales pitch gave me a good laugh. Network Solutions (owned by Web.com) is offering its customers “Domain Expiration Protection”, which makes sure your domain doesn’t expire for a least a year if they can’t auto ... read more ...
Mon 1st July 2013
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1 & 1 Jumps Into The New gTLD “Pre-Order” Game - 11 Internet Ltd, become the latest registrar to start accepting “pre-orders” or expressions of interest in new gTLDs. In a press release 1 1 says: “The new wave of domains will see scores of attractive new endings to be launched such as .london, .restaurant, .rugby, .shop and .web. 11’s portal offers the chance to express interest in registering such domains, and provides a range of informative advice and news on the subject. ” “Over the next 3 years, the creation of more than 1000 new ... read more ...
 
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DomainsBot Announces Release of TLD Relevancy Suggestion Engine -

Early adapters of a Engine seem to be Tucows and Enom and Melbourne IT. which were enclosed in a press release

The DomainsBot TLD Recommendation Engine is giveaway to registrars and resellers that now use a DomainsBot Name Suggestion API.

To representation a demo chronicle of a TLD Recommendation Engine, greatfully visit:

Via: thedomains.com

Fri 28th June 2013
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New RAA ushers in large changes (and demands) on domain name registrars - Developers at domain name registrars will be working overtime this fall. ICANN announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement. It’s the conclusion of a long and contentious process that has resulted in arguably the most sweeping changes ever in the contract that governs the relationship between ICANN and domain name registrars. I’ve written previously about the impact this will have on domain registrants. Yet ... read more ...
Thu 27th June 2013
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It’s time to direct additional confidence from your domain registrar - Latest security lapses are another reminder of why we need added security. We are constantly reminded that thieves want to hack into our domain registrar accounts and steal our domains. Security has always been a concern for domain registrants and is frequently cited in the Domain Name Wire survey near the top of the list as to what’s important in a domain registrar. I think it’s time registrants demand better security from their registrar, or threaten to move ... read more ...
Tue 25th June 2013
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DENIC doesn’t see most hazard from new TLDs - DENIC downplays threat of new TLDs against .de, citing latest eco survey. eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry released its third Registrar Atlas this week. The Registrar Atlas is a survey of businesses that offer domain names. The non-scientific survey targets mostly Germany, but includes respondents from eight countries primarily in Europe. .De registry DENIC sponsors the survey, along with a number of other registries such as Verisign. DENIC ... read more ...
Mon 24th June 2013
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TLD field representation new web addresses during HostingCon - Applicants prepare web hosts and resellers for the coming namespace expansion. The annual HostingCon conference took place in Austin last week, drawing a large contingent of domain name companies to the city. There was a lot of talk about new top level domains and some exhibitors were at the show primarily to pitch the new domain extensions. .Host had a large booth where it tried to get web hosting companies to pre-register .host domain names. Top Level Domain Holdings, ... read more ...
Thu 20th June 2013
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Moniker Does System-Wide Password Reset Effecting Every Account - According to an email sent to all of its clients tonight, the domain name registrar Moniker.com notified its client they did a “system-wide password reset” tonight that will require ALL Clients to reset their passwords. Here is the email Moniker.com send out tonight: “”Moniker’s Operations Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Moniker network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access a number of Moniker user accounts. “”As a precaution ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo ID recycling should put domain registrars on edge - Making Yahoo IDs available for registration again could lead to domain theft. If you have access to a domain account holder’s email, it’s fairly easy to steal a domain from them. Which is why domain name registrars should be on high alert about Yahoo’s plan to recycle dormant user IDs. The company plans to re-offer dormant user IDs to the public in an effort to make better IDs available. Although only a small amount of the IDs are apparently connected to Yahoo ... read more ...
 
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After questionable activity yesterday, Moniker asks users to reset passwords - Company says it has no evidence that domain names were stolen. Domain name registrar Moniker discovered suspicious activity on its network, and as a precaution is asking all account holders to reset their passwords today. The suspicious activity occurred yesterday. There’s no notice on the site about the password change requirement, and if you try to log in you’ll just get a message that your password is invalid. However, the company sent an email to all account ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy uses discerning consult to shred customers - GoDaddy segments its customers using quick survey. When I logged in to my GoDaddy account this morning I was greeted by a friendly blonde asking me what I was up to. “We’re working on new ways to give you a more personalized experience,” a pop-up survey proclaimed. Indeed, GoDaddy is working to customize what you see — and surely what the company tries to sell you — based on the type of business you run. The first question reads “Which best describes you?”, ... read more ...
Tue 11th June 2013
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Domain attention heads to Austin for HostingCon - Ten Eleven Twelve domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of the companies were reseller registrars and the like, there’s a bit of a shift this year as new top level domains creep toward reality. Exhibit A: Minds + Machines, a pureplay top level domain applicant, has a booth. Web hosting companies ... read more ...
Wed 5th June 2013
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A pointed (yet big) change in GoDaddy’s ads - Verisign paying to include .com in GoDaddy ad. I was watching the Cardinals game last night when I noticed ads for GoDaddy.com behind the batter. This is nothing new. GoDaddy frequently advertises on baseball broadcasts. But something about the ad looked different. Take a look. Can’t see the difference? Here’s a close-up. We already know that GoDaddy is rebranding by dropping .com from its name. But this ad not only drops the .com from the original GoDaddy.com ... read more ...
Tue 4th June 2013
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GoDaddy releases vital refurbish to Domain Manager - Upgrades to Domain Manager make it easier to complete common tasks. GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, has released a new Domain Manager for managing domain names held at the registrar. Compared to other registrars, GoDaddy’s system has always been a bit bloated. The new interface is a step in the right direction. Whereas before it took multiple clicks and pageviews to change a nameserver, you can now do it from the main Domain Manager screen: You ... read more ...
Sat 1st June 2013
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ICANN Orders Transfer Of Domains At 4 De-Accredited Registrars To Astutium - ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from four registrars, three are due to the de-accreditation of the registrars; C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center Corp. and one transfer was ordered  due to the termination of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement of Dotted Ventures, Inc. All of the domains from all four domain name registrars were transferred to Astutium Limited which is headquartered out of London. The affected gTLD registries ... read more ...
Thu 30th May 2013
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ICANN warns AsiaRegister over late payments - Hong Kong based domain name registrar at risk of losing ICANN accreditation. ICANN has sent a breach notice to AsiaRegister, Inc. for its failure to pay past due accreditation fees. [Update 6/26/13: the breach has been cured.] According to the breach notice sent yesterday, the Hong Kong registrar owes past due accreditation fees of $16,362.64. ICANN also says the registrar is not linking to ICANN’s Registrant Rights and Responsibilities webpage on AsiaRegister’s ... read more ...
Thu 23rd May 2013
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Who’s this new GoDaddy girl? - GoDaddy.com has replaced Danica Patrick with a real small business customer. For most of last five years, GoDaddy girl Danica Patrick has graced the GoDaddy.com home page. Over the past few months GoDaddy has tried a couple different approaches, as you can see at Screenshots.com. Today there’s a new home page design with another “girl”, but she’s not a celebrity spokesperson. She’s a real small business customer. Sindy Alexandra, a stay at home mom and photographer, ... read more ...