Tag Archives: registrars

Fri 7th October 2011
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Large Moniker Client Sues Over Expired Domains - Company says Moniker didn’t appropriately notify it of expiring domain names. [Update: see Moniker Oversee.net comment below] A large client of domain name registrar Moniker has sued the company and parent company Oversee.net over alleged shenanigans with expired domain names. Mainstream Advertising, Inc. filed the suit (pdf) claiming breach of contract, conversion, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. The company started using Moniker in 2005 and claims that ... read more ...
Tue 4th October 2011
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Moniker.com Drops To Number 10 As Register.com Passes Them - According to WebHosting.info Moniker.com has just been passed by Register.com and now is the 10th largest registrar in the world. According to the stats Register.com now has 40,000 more domains under management than Moniker.com Webhosting.info stats do not include all ccTLD’s but is a good measure for registrars that are gaining or losing registrations. The 11th largest registrar is Key-Systems which is about 400,000 domains behind Moniker.com It was just a few months ago in June of this year that ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Calls Oversee’s Motion to Dismiss “Boilerplate” - Judge again to decide on motion to dismiss some of Cahn’s claims against his former employer. Monte Cahn has responded (pdf) to Oversee.net’s Motion to Dismiss certain claims in his case against his former employer. Cahn’s lawyers write: “As this is Oversee’s second Motion to Dismiss, Oversee has defaulted to boilerplate, insubstantial objections to Cahn’s claims.” The judge struck many of Cahn’s claims in Oversee.net’s previous motion to dismiss. ... read more ...
Tue 27th September 2011
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Go Daddy’s Real Number: 225 Million - Registrar has 50 million domains on the books. But how about over time? This past weekend Go Daddy topped the 50 million domain name mark. This number is kind of like a balance sheet: it means the company has 50 million domain names currently registered with it. But what about the longer view? I asked Go Daddy for some indication of how many domains it has registered over time. Since it became a registrar, Go Daddy has registered more than 225 million years worth ... read more ...
Mon 26th September 2011
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Domain Registrar HiChina May Go Public in U.S. - Parent company considers spinning off registrar it bought two years ago. Alibaba’s domain name registrar HiChina may be spun off into a public offering in the United States according to a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange. Alibaba paid $79 million for a controlling stake in HiChina in 2009. HiChina could be considered the “Go Daddy of China”. This begs the question if Go Daddy should buy the company. As it turns out, one of Go Daddy’s new owners Silver ... read more ...
 
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Oversee.net Blasts Monte Cahn’s Amended Lawsuit - Oversee.net continues to say lawsuit with Monte Cahn is merely about contract claims. Oversee.net has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) numerous claims in Monte Cahn’s second amended lawsuit. The motion to dismiss starts out with this telling line: “Apparently, the third time is not the charm.” The second amended lawsuit was the third complaint brought by Cahn. Oversee.net claims Cahn’s latest complaint is “fundamentally flawed”. It asks the court to dismiss ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Over Weekend - Big milestone for world’s largest domain name registrar. Last week I said Go Daddy was going to hit 50 million domains sometime this week. Turns out the world’s insatiable appetite for domain names made it happen a bit faster than predicted: Go Daddy says it hit the milestone over the weekend. The lucky registrant who will now get added exposure for his domain name? Kranthi Kumar Kukkala of India. Kukkala registered DBAkit.com. Fortunately for him the site about ... read more ...
Thu 22nd September 2011
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Go Daddy Poised to Hit 50 Million Domain Milestone Next Week - A big milestone for the biggest domain name registrar. The Go Daddy Group, which includes domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, is likely to cross the 50 million domain milestone next week. The company hit 45 million domains registered just nine months ago in December. The 50 million domains number represents the total number registered at a point in time. If you add up all the domains registered over time the number would be much higher. As of the end of May GoDaddy.com ... read more ...
Thu 15th September 2011
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Oversee.net Lays Off 13% of Staff - Company lays off staff after executive transitions Los Angeles, CA domain name company Oversee.net has fired 13% of its workforce. The company just announced the layoffs with the following statement: As part of its plan to address new growth opportunities, Oversee.net has realigned its work force resulting in a staff reduction of 13 percent. These moves, along with pending new hires, will allow the company to leverage core assets to innovate more effectively, improve ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Responds Over Compromised Hosting Accounts - Redirects inserted into .htaccess files of 445 hosting accounts. Internet security company Securi wrote a blog post yesterday noting that a number of web sites hosted with Go Daddy’s had been compromised. According to Securi, the .htaccess file on these sites had compromised and a conditional redirect was inserted. Site visitors coming from a set of pre-determined search engines were automatically forwarded to a malware site. I reached out to Go Daddy to find out ... read more ...
Wed 14th September 2011
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Demand Media is Down 55% from Its IPO, But It’s Not Alone - Majority of 2011 U.S. IPOs are under water. If you managed to buy Demand Media’s stock at the $17 offering price in January, you’ve taken a 55% hit. The stock closed today at $7.62. More likely if you bought on the first day you paid north of $20 for the stock. But is this fall because the company is weak or is it just a case of bad timing? (or good for those that got to sell there shares in January?) Data tracker Dealogic says 63% of U.S. initial public offerings ... read more ...
Thu 8th September 2011
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Registrar Renewal Notices: Damned if we Do, Damned if we Don’t - Guy complains about receiving renewal notices after his domain expires. I just read a post on ZDNet by Scott Raymond that lambasted GoDaddy.com for a number of its practices. The article starts out complaining about how GoDaddy continued to send him renewal notices for his domain even after it expired: Recently I had deliberately allowed a domain to expire, since I no longer used it and it wasn’t worth maintaining for sentimental reasons. However, GoDaddy has a ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Updates Lawsuit Against Oversee.net with New Details - Cahn claims company deliberately shifted Moniker’s revenue to other Oversee.net entities. Monte Cahn has filed an amended complaint (pdf) against Oversee.net after a judge tossed out many of his original claims against his former employer. The amended complaint includes new details regarding how Oversee.net allegedly affected Moniker’s revenues after the acquisition. First, Cahn explains that the acquisition violated Oversee.net’s advertising agreement with ... read more ...
Wed 7th September 2011
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Here’s A .XXX Domain Name Sunrise Price Sheet - Price guide to domain registrars offering .xxx domain names. Companies wishing to participate in the .xxx sunrise kicking off today have a number of registrar options. I compiled a list of accredited registrars and their prices to help you choose. First, some caveats: 1. Only registrars included on ICM Registry’s web site are included here. I also only included registrars that have a direct link from the site to their .xxx page and have conspicuous pricing for .xxx ... read more ...
Tue 6th September 2011
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Dynadot.com Site Gets Makeover - It looks like the popular domain name registrar, Dynadot.com got a makeover during the labor day holiday. The new site sports sharper graphic’s, bolder colors and an jazzier interface. To me its carrying forward a style of makeover along the lines of Name.com a couple of months ago. I like the new design, what do you guys think. According to Webhosting.info,  Dynadot.com has just under 400K domain names under management. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Fri 26th August 2011
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GoDaddy Inks Deal with Andretti Family - Domain registrar gets in bed with another Indy deal. Just a day after Danica Patrick announced her move to NASCAR full time, GoDaddy has announced a new IndyCar sponsorship. The domain name registrar has inked a deal with all three Andretti’s — Mario, Michael and Marco Andretti — as spokespeople for the company. It will also sponsor one of the Andretti Autosport IndyCar entries. The deal begins next year and goes through the 2013 season. The three drivers will ... read more ...
Thu 25th August 2011
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Moniker Privacy Services Named in Lawsuit Against Top Porn Site - More proof that providing whois proxy services isn’t free. Remember when a Miami blog suggested that Moniker provided child porn? Now Moniker is named in another porn lawsuit (pdf), and it appears the lawyers filing the case are confused. But it’s another example of why I say providing whois privacy isn’t free. Adult movie producer Fraserside, a division of publicly traded company Private Media Group Inc., sued “Moniker Privacy Services, dba DrTuber.com” ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Files Patents for Domain Appraisals and Domain Spinning - Four patent applications provide method of domain name valuation and domain suggestions. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed four patent applications related to domain name appraisals and spinning. The applications list Paul Nicks, who is Director of Product Development for GoDaddy’s auction service, as inventor. They were filed in February 2010 and just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today. The domain name appraisal portion (pdf) of the patents ... read more ...
 
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Judge Dismisses Verizon Lawsuit Against DirectNIC - Judge grants Motion to Dismiss against large domain name registrar and its parent company. The judge presiding over Verizon’s cybersquatting lawsuit has granted a Motion to Dismiss (pdf) filed by Intercosmos Media Group, Inc., directNIC, LLC and Domain Contender, LLC for lack of personal jurisdiction. Domain Contender is a subsidiary of directNIC and directNIC is a subsidiary of Intercosmos. Verizon argued that the entities had operations in Florida. The court found ... read more ...
Wed 24th August 2011
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United Domains Integrates SedoMLS Premium for Aftermarket Sales - United Domains pitches existing domain names to registration customers. United Domains has added SedoMLS Premium to its offerings, which means it now offers fixed price, instant transfer domain names to its customers. Here’s an example of what users see when they search for a domain that’s for sale: Sedo has two levels of SedoMLS that closely mirror a similar offering from Afternic. SedoMLS Premium includes syndication to more sites than regular MLS as well as ... read more ...
Thu 11th August 2011
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Godaddy Sets Prices For .XXX Domain Names - Godaddy.com the world’s largest registrar has announced it pricing for the .XXX Sunrise period, Land Rush and General Availability for .XXX domain names. Pricing for .XXX is as follows: Sunrise AT — $209.99 for the non-refundablе application feе and first year of domain name registration (renewals are $99.99 per year) Sunrise AD — $209.99 for the non-refundablе application feе and first year of domain name registration (renewals are $99.99 per year) Sunrise B — $199.99 for the one-timе, ... read more ...
Tue 9th August 2011
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Demand Media Renews Ad Deal With Google - Demand Media renews advertising deal with Google as loss widens. Demand Media released earnings this afternoon for the second quarter. Some of the GAAP financial highlights include: -Revenue up 32% compared to Q2 2010 -Net loss increased to $2.4 million -Traffic acquisition costs (the amount shared with partners) decreased from $3.1 million in Q2 2010 to $2.8 million this year But also buried in the press release is an announcement that the company renewed its advertising ... read more ...
Mon 8th August 2011
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You May Have Missed Some Big Domain Name News Last Week - If you missed these stories, take a look. There were a couple big domain name stories last week that you may have missed, especially since some of it came out Friday afternoon. And the news all comes out of Canada. First, on Thursday I wrote about how domain name registrar Tucows (OpenSRS, Hover) is integrating Afternic DLS’ premium network. The company will list domain names in Afternic’s inventory for sale on its network and customers can instantly purchase ... read more ...
Wed 3rd August 2011
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Register.com Owner to Acquire Network Solutions - Register.com and Network Solutions to get married. Two of the highest priced and oldest domain name registrars are getting married. Web.com, which owns Register.com, will pay $405 million plus 18 million shares of Web.com stock as well as take on Network Solutions’ debt. The cash portion of the deal will be funded with new debt: $600 million of First Lien Credit Facilities and $150 million of Second Lien Credit Facilities, as well as a $50 million revolver. The ... read more ...
Tue 2nd August 2011
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Tucows Buys Domain Registrar EPAG Of Germany For $2.5 Million; Expands To Over 200 TLDs; & Picks Up 400K Domain Registrations - According to a Press Release, Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TCX), announced today that it has acquired all the shares of EPAG Domainservices GmbH from QSC AG for approximately US$2.5 Million (€1.5 Million to purchase the shares and the settlement of a working capital adjustment of €0.25 Million) through an all-cash transaction. EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over 400,000 domains under management and is notable for offering over 200 Top Level Domains (TLDs). Tucows ... read more ...