The ruling means Meta Platforms could get over $5 million from 35.cn. A court has found that ICANN-accredited domain name registrars 35.cn and OnlineNic are alter egos, potentially opening 35.cn up to paying more than $5 million to Meta ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Squarespace reports earnings, expects $1B annual revenue for first time
· Domain RegistrarsCompany reports robust growth, with more ahead thanks to Google Domains acquisition. Website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced its Q3 earnings before the market opened this morning. Total revenue grew 18% year over year to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Tucows reports slight growth in domain name business
· Domain RegistrarsCompany plans new revenue sources for its domains business. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), which operates OpenSRS, Enom, Hover, and a couple of other domain registrars, reported slight growth in its domain name business last quarter. The company grossed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy reports Q3 earnings
· Domain RegistrarsRevenue up slightly from a year ago, but segment that includes domains drops slightly. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed $1.07 billion in the quarter, up 3.5% compared to the same quarter a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy adds domain search data to domain control center
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy provides more data to help evaluate your domain names. How interested are people in owning your domain names? Domain investors get very little data about interest in their domains. It can only be measured by traffic to a domain (a bad ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Why your “on hold” domains disappear from your GoDaddy account
· Domain RegistrarsYou'll need to ask for your domain back before you can fulfill the sale. I had a sleepless night the first time it happened. I got a notice of a nice sale at Afternic late at night. The email asked me to unlock the domain and provide the ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Dynadot expands domain marketplace, changes fees
· Domain RegistrarsCustomers can now list domains that are registered at other registrars. Dynadot is making changes to its domain name aftermarket. Until now, customers could only list domains registered at Dynadot on the marketplace. Starting October 18, people ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Squarespace upgrades domain platform after Google Domains acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsCompany adds domain forwarding, email forwarding, and bulk management. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced upgrades to its domain name platform today. The company completed the acquisition of Google's domain name business last month, instantly ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Top domain name registrars for .com
· Domain RegistrarsLots of shifting on the monthly chart, but total domain rankings are unchanged. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers June 2023. Note that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN sends breach notice to Freenom’s accredited domain registrar
· Domain RegistrarsICANN has sent a breach notice to the registrar for the third time. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to OpenTLD B.V., an accredited registrar that's part of the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment