Tag Archives: registrars

Sun 31st July 2011
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Monte Cahn: Acquisition of Moniker Violated Google Contract - Moniker founder says Oversee.net contract with Google violated in Moniker acquisition. Monte Cahn has filed a response (pdf) to Oversee.net’s motion to dismiss certain claims he brought against his former employer. One of the more interesting claims in his response relates to the Moniker acquisition from Seevast and how it may have violated Oversee.net’s contract with ad provider Google: Additionally, since filing the First Amended Complaint, it has come to our ... read more ...
Thu 21st July 2011
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Irony Alert: Jillian Michaels Protests Treatment of Elephants - No joke: Go Daddy girl to protest alongside PETA in defense of circus elephants. How’s this for irony: fitness guru and GoDaddy Girl Jillian Michaels is joining with PETA to protest Ringling Bros. circus and its treatment of elephants. I’m not kidding. In case you aren’t familiar with the story, GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons shot an elephant in Africa this year. It’s not the first time he’s done it, but the story went viral this time and a number of people ... read more ...
Mon 18th July 2011
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With Lock Up Period Ending, Demand Media Shares Hover during $11 - With one week to go, Demand Media shares hit fresh lows. Next week ends a 180 day lock up period in which many Demand Media option holders can finally sell their shares in the company. Unfortunately for them, shares are now trading at only $11. That’s well below its $17 opening price for its debut in January, when the share price promptly shot up to $23.50. The stock peaked at $27.38 before beginning its precipitous fall. That doesn’t mean you need to feel ... read more ...
Thu 14th July 2011
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Epik Acquires Domain Name Registrar IntrustDomains - Company acquires domain name registrar with a checkered reputation. Epik has acquired domain name registrar IntrustDomains for an undisclosed account. In a blog post, Epik founder Rob Monster explains that the acquisition will provide a number of services for managing your domain name assets. In addition to registering domain names, Epik customers will get access to a self-service backorder system. They will also be able to manage their domains at other registrars ... read more ...
Tue 12th July 2011
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Go Daddy Gets Gripe Site NoDaddy.com - Go Daddy gets control of NoDaddy.com domain name. GoDaddy.com now owns NoDaddy.com, Kevin Murphy reports for The Register. NoDaddy.com was set up as a gripe site after the domain registrar suspended the registration of security mailing list SecLists.org. Since then it has been a gathering place for customers and ex-employees of the world’s largest domain name registrar. They aired their grievances there, often times sending traffic to Domain Name Wire articles ... read more ...
Thu 7th July 2011
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Domain Registrar Offers Social Login to Registrar Account - Australian domain register lets you login with your Facebook account. Domain name registrar Whois.com.au has enabled social login functions to access your registrar account. In other words, instead of logging in with your registrar credentials you can login with Facebook, Twitter, etc. I’m not aware of any other registrars that offer this, but I’m sure there are some off my radar. My first reaction was that this scares me. If your Facebook account is compromised ... read more ...
Tue 5th July 2011
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In Case You Missed It, Friday Was Not a Slow News Day in a Domain Industry - Biggest domain name company transaction ever announced just before the U.S. holiday. The Friday before a holiday weekend is usually a slow news day. But I heard some whispers Friday that Go Daddy was going to make a big announcement, hence my tweet around noon. Indeed, a few hours later Go Daddy announced that it took an investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. I talked with GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons Friday evening. Since most of my ... read more ...
Fri 1st July 2011
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Breaking: Go Daddy Takes Investment from KKR, Silver Lake, and TCV - Go Daddy takes investment but doesn’t sell out. Read my interview with Bob Parsons about the sale here. Bob Parsons didn’t end up selling the company after all. But Go Daddy just announced it has entered into a partnership with KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures in which the three will make an investment in the company. There had been rumors that KKR and Silver Lake were in talks to acquire the company for over $2 billion. It’s interesting that ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons Explains Go Daddy – KKR Deal to Domain Name Wire - Investment makes 36 millionaires, will help company expand overseas and acquire complementary businesses. I just got off the phone with GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons, who explained the deal his company just struck with KKR, Silver Lake, and Technology Crossover Ventures. Contrary to reports in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, this was not an outright acquisition. Parsons remains the single largest shareholder in the company in what he terms a “partnership”. Before ... read more ...
Mon 27th June 2011
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Go Daddy Could Shake Up Domain Registry Market - Registrar could take a big chunk of back end services business for new top level domain names. Last week new TLD consultancy Minds + Machines announced flat rate registry services pricing of $100,000 per year. Apparently this is the first time there’s been “transparent” pricing in the registry business, although the pricing doesn’t apply to super-generic top level domains (i.e. ones that get a lot of volume). Although this might lay it out on the table a ... read more ...
 
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My Thoughts on a Go Daddy Buyout - What a Go Daddy sale would mean. If the chatter is to be believed, The Go Daddy Group could announce a multi-billion dollar buyout sometime this week. While neither Go Daddy nor the buyers will confirm or deny this, it’s typical for bankers involved in the deal to leak news like this. It helps bring other potential suitors to the table and puts pressure on the buyers to close the deal. Go Daddy has been shopping itself around unofficially for a while. Word is ... read more ...
Fri 24th June 2011
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Bloomberg: Godaddy.com In Talks To Be Bought Out For $2 Billion - According to Bloomberg/Business Week, Godaddy.com the world’s largest registrar is in talks to be bought by a group led by KKR Co. and Silver Lake Partners for more than $2 billion. “Silver Lake is a Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm that focuses on investing in technology companies. KKR, the leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, invests in private equity, debt and capital markets.” The New York Post reported earlier on the talks and possible purchase ... read more ...
 
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NYP: KKR Looking to Buy Go Daddy for $1 Billion Plus - New York Post says web hosting and domain giant may be sold for over $1 billion. The New York Post is reporting that Henry Kravis’ KKR is leading a group that is trying to buy Go Daddy for over $1 billion in a leveraged buy out. Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports the deal is in the $2B range. A Go Daddy spokeswoman told the New York Post “”We’ve heard rumors like this before and when there’s something happening we will comment” and KKR said it doesn’t comment ... read more ...
Thu 23rd June 2011
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NameCheap.com Says It Now Has Over 2 Million Domains Under Management - According to a press release by the company, NameCheap.com an ICANN accredited registrar says they now have broken the 2 Million mark in domain names under management. “Reaching 2 million domains is an incredible milestone for us,” Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap said. “We’re a service-oriented business that prides itself on providing the best deals with a support team that strives to make each and every customer happy. This goal reinforces our position in the marketplace as a customer-centric ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Adds Allegations to Complaint Against Oversee.net - Cahn adds allegations and drops one claim. Moniker founder Monte Cahn has filed an amended lawsuit against Oversee.net, which purchased Moniker in 2007 from Seevast. Cahn sued Oversee claiming that he was not properly paid under a $13 million incentive plan. Oversee has asked for most of the case to be dismissed on the grounds that it’s a simple contract dispute. [Update: Moniker has released the following statement to DNW: “This is a legal matter that is now ... read more ...
Mon 20th June 2011
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Stock Market Doesn’t React to New TLD Approval - Shares of domain name companies hardly budge. In the grand scheme of things the introduction of new TLDs is trivial. But to domain name companies it’s a big deal. Apparently investors in some of the companies that may be affected either don’t understand it or had already priced approval into the stock prices. Shares of Top Level Domain Holding, a pure-play new TLD company, are down about 4% as of right now. Granted, the company had already told shareholders ... read more ...
Thu 16th June 2011
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Go Daddy Wants To Challenge Amazon and RackSpace in a Cloud - Web host and registrar to offer extensive cloud services. GoDaddy is rolling out a new cloud based served called Data Center on Demand, reports GigaOm. The service is squarely aimed at on demand services such as Amazon’s EC2. However, it will be sold more like hosting packages with various tiers of service rather than charging based on hourly use (a la Amazon). Go Daddy is also up front about users needing to have strong technical skills; this isn’t geared to ... read more ...
Wed 15th June 2011
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Go Daddy Sued for Sending Domain Renewal Notices - Does sending renewal reminders violate patents? This isn’t meant to be a shock headline. It’s true. WhitServe LLC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit (pdf) against GoDaddy.com based on the renewal notices it sends to customers. WhitServe says the method by which Go Daddy sends these notices and allows customers to renew their expiring domain names violates two of its patents: -US Patent 5,895,468 for System Automating Delivery Of Professional Services -US ... read more ...
Tue 14th June 2011
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The Question Is Why Did Godaddy Triple Its Fees Without Sending Out A Notice To Its Customers? - So I saw the blog post of DomainNameWire.com today which refers to a post by Hybrid Domainer: “””Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today.”” So my issue is a simple one. Why did a blogger have to “notice” a change where Godaddy tripled its rate? Why didn’t Godaddy send out notices to its customers or even bloggers well in advance of such an increase? TheDomains.com gets notices, lets call ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy.com Goes Down for “Several Hours” Last Night - Domain name registrar’s web site goes down. [Updated story to reflect timeline as last night, not this morning. Note that if you still can’t reach GoDaddy.com it’s probably your ISP’s cache. You can test any site here to see if it’s just you. Also, if for some reason your Go Daddy hosting isn’t working, this is unrelated. You should call Go Daddy support.] Customers trying to register new domain names or manage their accounts at GoDaddy.com last night ... read more ...
Fri 10th June 2011
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Go Daddy To Sell .XXX Domain Names - .XXX domain names coming soon to Go Daddy. In a major win for ICM Registry, Go Daddy announced today that it will offer .xxx domain names to its customers. From the press release: “We’ve said from the beginning … when it comes to dotXXX, we are going to listen to our customers,” said Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons. “A large number of our customers have spoken … and there is a demand for the controversial new domain name extension – for both brand ... read more ...
Mon 6th June 2011
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Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment? - A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today, courtesy of a reader, it appears that many of the unsold domains from this auction have now been deleted and are available again for registration. As we noted in our original post the domains in the auction were registered on June 1st. As of publication here are just a few of the domains ... read more ...
Fri 3rd June 2011
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Bob Parsons to PETA: Look in a Mirror - Parsons tweets about PETA hypocrisy. After Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons killed an elephant in Zimbabwe, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was quick to pounce on him. The company moved its domain names from Go Daddy to a rival domain name registrar. But Parsons won’t let PETA get away that easy. Today he tweeted the following to his 34,000 followers: The first link is to a PETA story about “Deadly Destinations“, which blasts places like Disney’s ... read more ...
Thu 2nd June 2011
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Moniker.com Drops To Number 9 On a Top 10 Registrar List - Six weeks ago we noted that Moniker.com was on Pace to drop from the worlds 8th largest registrar to the 9th. It took two weeks longer than we estimated but now according to WebHosting.info which tracks domain registrars, Moniker.com has in fact now slipped to number 9. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. Replacing Moniker in the 8th spot, is ResellerClub.com Moniker still have a big lead over the 10th largest  registrar,  Register.com which is still 370,000 domains ... read more ...
Fri 27th May 2011
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Godaddy Loses Appeal On Case Holding Them Negligent In Turning Over Ownership Of Domain Accounts - Go  Daddy.com,  Inc.,  filed an appeal  from a judgment entered in favor of Jeff Eysoldt, Mark Eysoldt, and Jill Eysoldt who had an account with Godaddy only to see the account control turned over to another person.  Here are the facts as laid out by the court: “In  November  2002,  Jeff  Eysoldt  opened account number 1165490 with Go Daddy and transferred his domain name, Eysoldt.com, into that account. When he set up the account, he agreed to the terms of  Go   Daddy‟s  Domain  ... read more ...