Tucows rebranded on Friday getting a new logo, new site and a new look. Tucows owns OpenSRS, Enom, EPAG, Hover and Ascio and is the second largest domain registrar in the world by volume and …
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Expedited transfers have stopped working at GoDaddy
It seems that nothing works at GoDaddy lately. People have been complaining for weeks that they get error messages going to domain auctions or trying to manage their domain names. See here the latest problem …
Read More »Epik is running a .COM promo
Rob Monster and Sufyan Alani from Epik are running a .COM promo on Namepros. Epik has, as of yesterday, reduced prices at $5.49 for new .com domain name registrations and at $6.49 for .com domain …
Read More »Corporate domain name management becoming more difficult
Brandsight concluded their Third Annual Domain Management Survey. The survey was sent to more than 300 companies. Of those that responded, 18% had portfolios smaller than 500 domains, 34% had mid-sized portfolios containing 501 – …
Read More »NameSilo hits 3 million domains under management
NameSilo announced that it has surpassed 3 million active domains under management. This comes less than 10 months after surpassing 2 million active domains in September 2018. This continued growth puts NameSilo in the top …
Read More »Cloudflare registrar is now open to all but still without domain registrations!
The Cloudflare domain name registrar was announced in September. They launched the registrar by making it available in waves to its existing customers. So now the Cloudflare Registrar is available to all customers. The Cloudflare …
Read More »Renew or drop? Using GoDaddy domain name appraisals!
To renew or not? The one question that comes up tens, hundreds or thousands of times each year for every domainer. Should you pay for the domain name renewal or drop the (bad) domain and …
Read More »Namecheap launches new two-factor authentication (TOTP 2FA)
Namecheap announced the launch its new two-factor authentication TOTP 2FA (Time-based One-Time Password algorithm two-factor authentication). Two-factor authentication is done by verifying your identity through another device, such as a smartphone. Most often, a code …
Read More »Uniregistry: the absolute mathematical madness of “Domain Perks”!
I don’t know who inside Uniregistry thought of “Domain Perks”. But it seems like a mathematical disaster happened while calculating the 3 subscription plans and their annual prices. Were the subscription plan prices selected randomly? …
Read More »Uniregistry: Huge price increase on domain name registrations and renewals!
Uniregistry has recently pushed huge price increases on domain name registrations and renewals (including .com) to some of its customers. The domain name registrar has quietly introduced “Domain Perks” that is a discount subscription system. …
Read More »Namecheap to offer true TOTP Two-Factor Authentication and U2F
Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap, announced that the popular registrar is currently implementing true TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Namecheap will also be implementing U2F (Universal Two-Factor Authentication). Look for TOTP to be …
Read More »Namesilo reaches 2 million domain names
NameSilo announced it has surpassed the 2 million domain milestone. This puts NameSilo in the top 20 of the nearly 3,000 ICANN-accredited registrars in the world. The registrar has added over 170,000 domains under management …
Read More »Cloudflare is launching a registrar with wholesale domain prices
Cloudflare is launching a domain name Registrar that according to the company “lets you securely register and manage your domain names with transparent, no-markup pricing that eliminates surprise renewal fees and hidden add-on charges.” The …
Read More »Michael Cyger explains all the features of the new Efty (video)
The New Efty went live just a few weeks back. Pretty much all of the new features they shipped over the past few years were build on top of the original framework that was developed …
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