Tag Archives: registrars

Tue 29th August 2006
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It’s official: GoDaddy cans reward auctions - GoDaddy confirms it is no longer offering premium auctions on its TDNAM service. On Monday I wrote about how TDNAM appeared to no longer offer premium auctions. I wasn’t able to get a clear answer from GoDaddy support, but today I received a response to my message to the GoDaddy Office of the President: Dear Andrew, Thank you for the email. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Please accept our apology for any confusion there has been regarding this ... read more ...
Mon 28th August 2006
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Where are TDNAM’s Premium Auctions? - GoDaddy’s TDNAM premium auctions have disappeared. And so has GoDaddy’s support. On August 11 I wrote about how GoDaddy was offering “premium auctions” on its TDNAM domain aftermarket. All of the domains in the premium category had traffic and most had starting bids around $10. In order to bid on premium domains you had to pay the $19.99 monthly fee to join at the premium level of GoDaddy’s domain parking service. I paid the $19.99 so I could test drive ... read more ...
Thu 10th August 2006
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eNom asks resellers to watch their customers - After the New York-based Anti-Defamation League accused eNom of aiding a terrorist organization, eNom has asked its resellers to watch who they do business with. At the end of July, news broke that the Anti-Defamation League asked US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to take action against domain registrar eNom becaues terrorist organization Al-Manar TV registered its domain name at eNom. As I previously wrote, there’s not much a registrar can do about this. Today ... read more ...
Wed 9th August 2006
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Bob Parsons and his large fat mouth - Bob Parsons couldn’t keep his mouth shut; just one of the reasons GoDaddy’s IPO failed. GoDaddy’s boss Bob Parsons likes to speak his mind. Although he’s done a great job growing GoDaddy, I’ve often said he wouldn’t make a good public company CEO. He’s the type of guy who would chew out analysts on a phone call and blame short sellers for all of his company’s problems (ala Overstock.com). In fact, back in April, I wrote: It will be interesting ... read more ...
Tue 8th August 2006
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Analyzing a eNom merger of BulkRegister - eCommerce Times has a good article analyzing eNom’s recent purchase. The two-part story debuted last week but the second half was just published today. Despite having some inaccuracies (such as saying Business.com is the highest-ever reported domain name sale) the articles do a good job of surveying the domain name landscape and how this acquisition can shake up the industry. Author Anthony Mitchell analyzes why BulkRegister fell on hard times and became ripe for ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Acquired - In another landmark domain name deal, Moniker has been acquired by advertising company Kanoodle. Just months after eNom was acquired, popular domain registrar Moniker has been acquired. Kanoodle, known for its contextual advertising services, is buying Moniker but will operate it as a separate business unit. The new company will be called Seevast. I’m a big fan of Moniker and hold most of my domains with the company. Moniker focuses on clients with large portfolios ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy withdraws IPO - The world’s biggest domain registrar decided the time wasn’t right to go public. Breaking news on the financial wires…GoDaddy has thrown in the towel on its IPO, at least for now. After filing its S-1 in May and exposing its finances to the world, GoDaddy will now sit on the sidelines or look for another strategic exit. GoDaddy faced an uphill battle for its IPO despite its market dominance. Not only has the market for IPOs been muted lately, but the company ... read more ...
Wed 26th July 2006
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eNom helping militant organization? Um, sure. - I’ve seen some crazy articles about domain names, but this one tops the list. The New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has written a letter to US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson asking him to take action against domain registrar eNom. The reason? Terrorist organization Hezbollah’s TV station, Al-Manar TV, registered its domain name at eNom. The ADL claims that by allowing Al-Manar to register a domain and by allowing it to “quickly move its site from ... read more ...
 
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eNom completes BulkRegistrar acquisition - eNom has completed its purchase of BulkRegistrar, making it the world’s second largest registrar. eNom’s acquisition of BulkRegistrar comes after eNom itself was purchased by Demand Media earlier this year. Demand Media is a recently formed domain acquisition company headed by a former MySpace founder. It competes with the like of iREIT, Internet Real Estate Group, and BuyDomains. After the acquisition eNom has 6.8M domains under management. The acquisition ... read more ...
Tue 25th July 2006
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Ignorance gives domain attention a bad name - Comments on tech articles about domains show how ignorance makes us all look bad. Whenever I come across a domain article on CNET and its peers I am amazed by some of the comments made by John Q Public. The comments show that the readers don’t understand the domain name system and industry, so they assume the worst — and are typically incorrect. Just today I read an article from eWeek titled “Whois Hijacking My Domain Research?” The article was about the ... read more ...
Mon 24th July 2006
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EURid suspends 74,000 .eu registrations - EURid, which manages the .eu country code, has suspended 74,000 registrations. When Bob Parsons and others criticized EURid for its handling of .eu registrations, most people thought no action would be taken. But EURid has taken action, although not because some of the registrants were actually US companies. EURid announced it suspended 74,000 registrations made by three registrars because the domains weren’t registered by the registrar’s customers. Instead, ... read more ...
Thu 20th July 2006
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Registrar ratings - Web site offers consumer reviews of domain registrars. Everyone has their horror story. The registrar that suddenly changed the DNS on their domains. The registrar that loses their domain in the system so it can’t be edited. The registrar that won’t unlock their domains. Here’s a cool site to read about other users’ experiences with over 20 registrars: domainsbot.com/rate-registrar.aspx. Users rate registrars on four aspects including ease, price, services, ... read more ...
Fri 14th July 2006
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Domain name reassignment foils Google - Direct reassignment of expired domain names is foiling Google in its attempts to clean up its search results. When Google announced it had become an ICANN-accredited registrar, the world questioned what the company’s ambitions were for domain names. This issue was further confounded when Google announced that it wouldn’t offer domain registration to the public. Why become a registrar if you aren’t going to register domains? In March 2005 I discussed my beliefs ... read more ...
Fri 7th July 2006
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Not-so-certified offers from Network Solutions - Network Solutions’ Certified Offer Service doesn’t guarantee a transaction will go through, despite the company’s claims. I have received offers on three of my domain names through Network Solutions’ “Certified Offer Service”. This service allows people to make an anonymous offer on a domain name for a $19 non-refundable fee plus 5% of the sales price. I believe that most people that make offers through this service are unsophisticated domain buyers. ... read more ...
Thu 6th July 2006
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GoDaddy banking formula from Amazon.com - GoDaddy coupon code ships with Amazon.com orders. I received an order from Amazon.com today that came packaged with a GoDaddy bookmark. The bookmark includes a coupon code for 10% off your order at GoDaddy.com. Just enter code FUN when you check out. The discount isn’t good on renewals, transfers, and bulk priced domains. GoDaddy Coupon Code: FUN Discount: 10% Expires: Unknown, but likely a long time given it’s mass printed on bookmarks. ... read more ...
Tue 27th June 2006
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.DE, .EU continue to grow - Over 10 million .de domains registered, .eu approaches 2 million. Some people say the recent .eu domain launch was the most successful launch in history. Others say it was just a sham speculative event. Either way, .eu registry EURid is making a mint. .eu registrations are approaching 2 million. As a country code domain, .eu does not fall under ICANN governmental policy. Another country code domain, .de has become one of the most popular domains on the web. .de ... read more ...
Mon 19th June 2006
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GoDaddy throws shawl into domain parking ring - GoDaddy has opened up its domain parking service to the public — but charges a fee to participate. GoDaddy has long been one of the internet’s biggest domain parking companies, but it has limited its parking pages to domains registered through its company and not put to use. GoDaddy didn’t share its parking revenue. A while back it started offering revenue share to its resellers. If someone registered a domain through a reseller and didn’t put it to use, ... read more ...
Fri 16th June 2006
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Tucows acquires domain portfolio - Domain registar Tucows had acquired NetIdentity and its portfolio of domain names. Tucows is paying approximately $18M in cash, notes, and stock for NetIdentity, also known as Mailbank.com. NetIdentity holds a large portfolio of surname domains, such as Smith.net . Tucows (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) expects the transaction to have a net negative effect on earnings per share until 2008. However, the transaction will signficantly boost Tucows cash flow: the company expects ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy releases trade data - In a new twist to its expiring domain auctions, GoDaddy is starting to add traffic data to select domains. GoDaddy’s TDNAM service is the exclusive source for expiring GoDaddy domains. Several months ago TDNAM listings started being separated for “High Value Domains”. These domains receive significant traffic and have higher starting bids than other expiring domains. GoDaddy didn’t provide specific stats for these domains, other than to say that buyers ... read more ...
Wed 14th June 2006
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Dotster Happy Hour to offer giveaway domain transfer - Dotster’s next happy hour will offer a free domain transfer as a launch for its $5 transfer promotion. Domain Registrar Dotster will hold its next “domain name happy hour” this Thursday at 1PM PDT. Visitors to the site will receive a coupon for a free domain name transfer. This will kick of Dotster’s $5 transfer special that will run until June 22. If you have a lot of domains at various registrars it might make sense to transfer them to dotster for the ... read more ...
Mon 5th June 2006
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GoDaddy’s Bob Parsons on BusinessWeek.com - Bob Parson is taking his fight against abuse of the 5-day domain registration grace period beyond his blog. Bob Parsons has written a couple blog entries about abuse of the 5-day domain registration grace period. He has named the abuse “domain kiting”, which basically allows people to try domain names for 5 days without paying for them (or longer, by simply re-trying domains in successive 5-day periods.) Now Parsons is taking his fight beyond his blog. A June ... read more ...
Fri 2nd June 2006
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Dotster named in cybersquatting lawsuit - Domain registrar Dotster has been named in a large cybersquatting lawuit. However, it is likely the actions of a rouge employee that put the company in the hotseat. According to an article on CNET, domain registrar Dotster has been sued in federal court by Neiman Marcus for cybersquatting and typosquatting. According to the article, Dotster allegedly tested domains during the five day grace period alloted to registrars and then kept the ones that received typo traffic. ... read more ...
Wed 31st May 2006
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Domain Name Registration now Free - Domain Name Wire has launched FreeDN.com, your source for free domain registrations. FreeDN provides users with free domain registrations at Dotster, a leading domain registrar. Here’s how it works: 1. Sign up for a free account at FreeDN.com. 2. Complete various advertiser offers to earn points. Many of these offers are completely free, such as completing a survey or signing up for a free trial. Others have small fees but are typically much cheaper than domain ... read more ...
Wed 24th May 2006
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.eu delegate recover information - EURid has released details about the release of domains applied for (and rejected) during the sunrise period. After taking a lot of flack for the number of .eu domains that went to investors rather than individuals and businesses, .eu is training to limit this sort of activity during the secondary release. Instead of releasing an entire list of domains to become available, EURid is listing the availability dates in the Sunrise .EU Whois database. People will have ... read more ...
Thu 18th May 2006
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Pulling behind a sheets on GoDaddy - I have to disagree with the writer of this piece in this Domain Name Wire article. Not Parsons, I think Parsons is the ultimate Underdog here. Look what he’s built. He’s built a great one stop shop to get the services needed to make it simple. I’m a Realtor in Southern Ca. I have found his company’s services a perfect solution for my needs. I’ve had my .com’s registered there, ever since I wanted to create my own Website. I didn’t know how to do it, but I was savvy enough ... read more ...