Tag Archives: Web.com

Wed 2nd April 2014
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Some SnapNames-caught domains to be managed during NetworkSolutions - Domains caught by SnapName’s own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here’s the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acquired through a SnapNames credential (i.e. registrar) will now be managed via Web.com registrar Network Solutions. Previously these names were managed by Moniker. I can already hear the collective groan from domainers not wanting ... read more ...
Sat 1st March 2014
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Web.com acquires SnapNames - Part-owner of NameJet acquires competing service SnapNames. Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) has acquired expired domain name service and domain marketplace SnapNames from KeyDrive. The deal will formally be announced on Monday after the closing bell, Domain Name Wire has learned. Web.com employees tweeted about the acquisition yesterday afternoon. Web.com marks the third corporate parent of SnapNames since 2007. In 2007 Oversee.net acquired the company. It then sold it to ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Domain hunt progressing, though still not prepared for new tip turn domain names - Registrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn’t ready for new top level domain names. I admitted it was early, as Donuts’ domain names had just come on to the market. It represented the first batch of English-language domains to become available. Now a few weeks later and over 100,000 new TLD registrations ... read more ...
Wed 12th February 2014
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.Web and .Webs: “There can be usually one” - VistaPrint will have to duke it out with Web.com if it wants the .webs brand TLd. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has handed in its final determination for the controversial String Confusion Objection process. In this case, Web.com won against Vistaprint’s two applications for .webs. As a result, .webs will now be in a contention set with Web.com’s application for .web. If Vistaprint wins the contention set, then .web–often pointed out as the ... read more ...
Wed 22nd January 2014
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Web.com: WebLock module will be opt-in, not opt-out - Company will not charge customers for added security service unless they accept it. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, came under fire yesterday after informing some customers they would automatically be opted-in to a security program that costs $1,850. An email sent to 49 customers informed them that their accounts would have added security under a new service called WebLock. The email also indicated that customers would be charged $1,850 ... read more ...
Tue 21st January 2014
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Network Solutions automobile enrolls business into $1,850 “WebLock” service - If your domains are within the top 1% of traffic at Web.com, the company is going to opt you into a new program that costs $1,850 the first year. UPDATE 1/22/14 3PM CT: The company says the program will actually be opt-in, not opt-out. Read more here. Domain name registrar Network Solutions, part of Web.com, is taking some heat today for notifying a customer that it is auto enrolling him into a program that will cost $1,850 per year. Brent Simmons, who says he has ... read more ...
Wed 6th November 2013
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Marchex and Web.com recover earnings - Domain portfolio owner and large registrar group report earnings. Two domain name companies released third quarter earnings results after the bell yesterday. Marchex reported GAAP revenue of $40.6 million, compared to $33.7 million in the same quarter of 2012. Its adjusted EBITDA fell to $3.4 million from $4.8 million in Q3 2012. The company is primarily a pay-per-call business, but it also owns the Archeo domain name business. Archeo sold 81 domain names last quarter ... read more ...
 
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How Web.com upsells and cross-sells the customers - Whether you’re a DIYer or full service customer, Web.com wants to make a mint selling you more than just a domain name. If you’ve ever registered a domain name at Register.com or Network Solutions, then you’ve undoubtedly received their follow-on sales pitches. These pitches cover everything from Facebook services to premium domains. Web.com CEO David Brown gave a good, succinct description of how this works on the company’s earnings call yesterday. …let’s ... 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 ...
Wed 30th May 2012
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Domain bonds doing really good this year - Tucows more than doubles and other domain stocks also on a tear. It has been a decent year for the NASDAQ so far. But returns on domain stocks have been exceptional. Consider Tucows (TCX), which opened the year at 75 cents. It has more than doubled to $1.52 at today’s open. The company continues to buy back stock, but I also think there’s overall enthusiasm for its domain business and the prospects of its mobile phone offering Ting. Demand Media, which owns eNom, ... read more ...
 
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Web.com rigourously announces bid for .web - Web.com formally announced .web application. Web.com, parent company of Network Solutions and Register.com, formally announced its bid for the .web top level domain today. Of course, we’ve known about the company’s plans since at least October of last year. The company has been taking pre-reservations on its web site. The company also applied for a trademark on .web (that will be rejected) and said it’s been using it in commerce since last June. I suspect ICANN ... 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 ...
Thu 17th June 2010
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Web.com Buys Register.com for $135 Million - Large registrar agrees to be acquired by small business hosting and design company. Web hosting and design company Web.com has agreed to purchase privately held domain name registrar Register.com for $135 million. The company views domain name registration as a lead generation tool for other services such as setting up web sites and hosting, and also sees cost savings of $10 million by merging the two entities. Register.com is one of the original higher cost domain ... read more ...