As we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic the next couple of months will be difficult for everyone worldwide. It will be especially difficult for people that don’t have a steady income and/or …
Read More »Saying domain prices are inflated is stupid…
Anyone that says that domain prices were/are inflated is stupid. Anyone that says it today, that is. Of course there are people that always say that domain name prices are going up or people that …
Read More »Ethos Capital tries to save the .org deal
Ethos Capital senses that ICANN will deny their sweet .org acquisition deal and starts making promises left and right. Or they just made a deal with ICANN to makes these promises so that ICANN approves …
Read More »My rough estimate of the Uniregistry acquisition price
After the announcement of the Uniregistry acquisition by GoDaddy some people commented that the acquisition price would be around $50m to $100m. I don’t think the price was near this level. Here is my (extremely) …
Read More »Opposing the .com price increase
Please act now. The comment period for the proposed price increases of .com closes tomorrow Friday, February 14, 2020. I could have written a lot more about this as I wrote about .org but I …
Read More »I have bought no domains this year!
I have bought no domains this year. This is for sure my biggest purchase drought since I started buying domain names in 2002. I have not been extremely active in expired auctions lately but I …
Read More »GoDaddy domain auctions: Just got a refund 5 days after the auction ended
I won the auction for a domain name at GoDaddy expired auction on the 25th of January. I paid $1,500+ for it and while I wanted to share my purchase something was holding me back. …
Read More »ISOC saved PIR and .org!!!
We all got it wrong people! Read this to understand how ISOC saved PIR and .org from starving to death!!! According to a Mike Godwin, ISOC and its board of trustees saved PIR and the …
Read More »Adam Dicker went MIA
Adam Dicker proved once again his trustworthiness by not showing up at today’s scheduled live video interview on YouTube. The live video started with the interviewer from 27.be stalling for about 10 minutes talking about …
Read More »Has everybody gotten their money owed by Adam Dicker?
Has everybody gotten their money owed by Adam Dicker? If I get 10 comments that say yes and not a single no, I will delete this post. But I think I know the answer… He …
Read More »ICANN and Verisign agree to .com price increase
ICANN and Verisign announced today the proposed amendment to .COM registry agreement. Verisign and ICANN agreed to amend the .COM Registry Agreement to permit an increase to the price for .COM registry services, up to a …
Read More »Warning about the .org domain stability and price increases
Packet Clearing House sent a letter warning ICANN about the Operational Stability of the .ORG Domain. In short they claim that unless prices are increased significantly (more than 10% as claimed) the buyer of the …
Read More »Save .ORG infographic #SaveDotOrg
Access Now published an infographic on Twitter about saving the .ORG extension. “It’s not too late to #SaveDotOrg. This infographic explains why civil society across the globe is fighting to stop the sale & keep …
Read More »The case of the $2,500 .org domain name
You can’t trust Ethos Capital with .org. You can’t trust them with anything. Anyone giving Ethos Capital a voice is doing a big mistake. It is ICANN that needs to be asked some hard questions …
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