GoDaddy formally announced its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wagner, effective immediately. Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR’s portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped …
Read More »ICANN sends notice of breach to 3 registrars: DomainSnap, Dattatec.com and Internet Solutions
As of 7 and 8 May 2013, 3 more ICANN accredited registrars are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these …
Read More »3rd day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Hosting.info $8,532, Jobs.info $6,800 etc
Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is …
Read More »The Name.com password reset email is REAL: time to change your name.com password
The email that Name.com has been sending is real and all name.com customers should change their password. Hackers aimed at one of name.com’s large commercial clients have caused the registrar to send emails with a …
Read More »Go Daddy Opens Global Technology Center in Tempe, Arizona in 2014 Creating 300 New Jobs
GoDaddy with Governor Jan Brewer, and representatives from Arizona State University Research Park, Ryan Companies, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), announced plans for a major Arizona expansion with …
Read More »Sedo sells 703 domains worth $1.46 million: moms.com 252k USD, fotograf.de 89,250 EUR – Week 29/4-5/5
This week, 703 transactions (763 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.46 million ($1.57 last week). Only 254 domains (253 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …
Read More »6 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .LOVE, .BOOK, etc. (total at 57)
This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 57. Global …
Read More »2nd day results of Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction at Namejet: Games.info $11,500, Gold.info $10,099 etc
Namejet partnered with Afilias to auction a list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first time. The list includes domains such as books.info, gold.info, casinos.info, shop.info, stocks.info and a lot more. Each name is …
Read More »WIPO stats for Q1 2013: UDRP complaints down, average number of domains per case up, .com domains 62% of cases
I checked the WIPO stats for the 1st quarter of 2013 and found that UDRP complaints have slowed down while the average number of domain names per case has increased. Usually the first 2 quartes …
Read More »New gTLD program posts 50 new Initial Evaluation results: 31 applications get a pass (total is 244)
The next set of Initial Evaluation Results was released by ICANN. The total number of passing applications is now 244. ICANN released Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the next set of applications with priority numbers …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales