OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions
I have been wondering in the past few weeks where the domain name investors have gone. It seems that a significant percentage has left the industry. This happened in the end of 2017 so it …
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A few domain name registrars that are already masking or blocking whois
We are less than 2 months away from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and it seems that a few domain name registrars are already masking or blocking whois details. Blocking has been going on …
Read More »ICANN must reduce its budget now!
Göran Marby, President and CEO of ICANN, seems to pretend that he doesn’t understand how much more money than it should ICANN is spending every year. He published a blog post called “Budget Discussions at …
Read More »Empty legal threats and/or the passive aggressive domain name “buyer”
Some people think they somehow deserve a domain name so they try to acquire it using baseless and empty legal threats and/or subtle indirect threats. I received an inquiry for a 2-word .com 2 weeks …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in February: DigitalTown, Mike Mann, domain name value, domain appraisals, .blog
In February the most popular articles were about DigitalTown, Mike Mann, domain name value, domain appraisals, .blog, a new domain name organization, GoDaddy and some other subjects. See here the Top 5 domain name articles …
Read More »Sometimes you just get lucky and you forget to bid on a domain auction…
I remember it very vividly. I wanted to buy a domain name that was in an auction in 2014. I totally forgot to bid for the domain name and I was bummed. The domain name …
Read More »“Α domain name is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay”
Another clueless “buyer” has arrived. What else is new? He asked if I was selling one of my domain names and what the price was. I replied with a $9,500 quote. All good this far… …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in January: Topcoin, GoDaddy, CryptoWorld.com, New gTLDs, Home.Loans
In January the most popular articles were about Topcoin, GoDaddy violating ICANN rules AND having no mobile APP, CryptoWorld.com selling for $195,000, New gTLDs, Home.Loans selling for $500,000 and some other subjects. About 220 comments …
Read More »Top 5 domain name articles of 2017 (Frank Schilling, bitcoin and .xyz, Rick Schwartz, Uniregistry, .XYZ)
These are the top 5 domain name articles from 2017. It was a year full of controversial news and opinions and few people got distracted from domains but that is another story. It was a …
Read More »Top domain name articles of 2017 (part 2) (Uniregistry, Mike Mann, Rick Schwartz, New gTLDs)
These are the top domain name articles from 2017. It was a year full of controversial news and opinions and few people got distracted from domains but that is another story. It was a busy …
Read More »Top domain name articles of 2017 (part 1) (domaining, Namejet, best domains, brokers, Google, Mike Mann, GoDaddy)
These are the top domain name articles from 2017. It was a year full of controversial news and opinions ana few people got distracted from domains but that is another story. It was a busy …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in December: Mike Mann moving his domains to GoDaddy, brokers, the GoDaddy valuation tool, DropCatch, Domaining.com
December was a slower month but still had some important articles. The most popular articles were about Mike Mann moving his domains to GoDaddy, brokers, the GoDaddy valuation tool, DropCatch, Domaining.com and some other subjects. …
Read More »Topcoin sale has started – Anybody that buys TopCoin is simply an idiot.
Topcoin conversion and sale round started yesterday Tuesday 1/16/18. Topcoin is distributing 1 billion tokens in a Token Distribution Event (“TDE”) scheduled to run from December 1st, 2017 until March 1st of 2018. Existing Topcoin …
Read More »GoDaddy violates ICANN whois rules and now makes it official
GoDaddy has been blocking whois access at Port 43 for years… It returns the date related information of each domain name, nameserver info and the registrant name. It has been blocking address, telephone and email …
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