EuRid, the .eu registry operator,.eu introduced a revised trade and transfer procedure for .eu domains names today, 21 November 2012. The revised procedure aims to automate the .eu trade and transfer process, making it more user …
Read More »Sedo sells 948 domains worth $1.6 million: jobcentre.co.uk sells for 27,500 USD and good.net for 26,500 USD – Week 13/11-19/11 2012
This week, 948 transactions (919 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million ($2.2 last week). Only 245 domains (213 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …
Read More »GoDaddy.com: Sorry there is nothing “huge” for doing the obvious!
I got this email with the subject: “GoDaddy.com: Our latest update to Premium Listings is huge!!”. When I opened it I just saw an obvious change that should have been there from the beginning. There …
Read More »BindersFullOfWomen.XXX did not sell for $0.99 – Stop buying these 1-day domains! – BindersFullOfMoney.DownTheDrain
BindersFullOfWomen.XXX did not sell for even $0.99 at Ebay. On the 16th of October during the presidential debate Mitt Romney said that when he was governor and filling his cabinet, women’s groups brought him “whole …
Read More »Backorder Zone review and how to win a free backorder credit
I got an email from Backorder Zone to complete an online survey and win a free backorder credit. Backorder Zone is a fairly new backorder service compared to others like Snapnames, Pool and Namejet. Apparently …
Read More »Domain transfer requests for transfers you didn’t initiate – I don’t think it’s a scam…
Every once in a while I get a domain transfer request that I have not initiated. Over 90% of the time this transfer request is from Go Daddy. I am pretty sure that Go Daddy …
Read More »Warhol auction at Christie’s nets $17 million – Christies bought WarholArt.com for $6,457 last September
Christie’s, the global auction house, bought the domain name WarholArt.com for $6,457 last September at Afternic. The domain name WarholArt.com now redirects to http://www.christies.com/warhol/ that is the official website for the Andy Warhol auctions held …
Read More »Your Auction Is Now Private: GoDaddy fixes an everlasting problem…
About a month ago I complained about the GoDaddy auction system that allows previous owners to renew their expired domains up to a week after the auction has finished at TDNAM. This means that a …
Read More »What to do if you accidentally let your domain name expire. By 1&1…
I was browsing the 1&1 registrar website today (no I am not a customer) and found this useful advice to domain owners that did not intent to let their domains expire and their domains have …
Read More ».xxx sales mystery – 4 domains totaling $5,445 confirmed and 3 domains totaling $48,825 pending
I made a post earlier today saying that no premium .xxx domains have been sold in the past three weeks since ICM Registry put up a list of over 1000 .xxx domain names. Kevin Murphy …
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
Mike Mann made a few posts on social media about the GoDaddy automated domain name appraisal tool, calling it a total scam and a racket. I can’t say I blame him. I have written numerous posts about this ridiculously badly made automated tool. Here is the latest post: GoDaddy appraisals …
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GoDaddy appraisals display comparable domain sales from 2004 (!!!)
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Domain name portfolio audit (in 8 steps)
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Dicker failed again to pay money owed as promised
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Greek banks think GoDaddy is a betting company!
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GoDaddy acquires Dan.com
Dan.com and Reza Sardeha announced today that “Dan & GoDaddy join forces”. If you ask me it feels like a sad day in domaining today. Hope I am wrong but previous GoDaddy acquisitions, like Uniregistry, didn’t go the way everyone was hoping. It feels like less competition, less innovation and …
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DAN adds domain categories and a hybrid PPC for sale page template
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Escrow.com partners with MicroAcquire
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Liquid market report Q1 2022: $16M in Escrow.com sales
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Dan improves domain portfolio management (and makes many other updates)