My domain registrars auto-renew anywhere from the expiration time to 60 days in advance. It's smart for domain name registrants to place their domain names on auto-renew. This means your domain name registrar will renew your domain name each year ... Continue Reading10 Comments
FFM launches .Stream domain this week, and you can get them cheap
· Uncategorized.Stream is inexpensive if you know where to look. Famous Four Media is launching the .stream top level domain name on Wednesday. The company makes it a practice of offering domain names cheap for the first year. And indeed, 101Domain is charging ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Afilias is Likely “One and Done” with 101Domain Acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsCompany doesn't expect to acquire other domain name registrars any time soon. Last Friday, domain name registrar 101Domain disclosed that it had been acquired by domain name registry Afilias. It's Afilias' first acquisition of a domain name ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Afilias acquires 101Domain
· Domain RegistrarsHello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
My .website results: Hexonet wins the day
· Domain RegistrarsHexonet did remarkably well with my .website pre-orders. On Wednesday, I wrote about the challenges I had pre-registering domain names at various registrars. I was specifically trying to pre-register .website domains. .Website was supposed to launch ... Continue Reading18 Comments
1&1 begins pre-registration, and new TLDs are getting much more confusing
· Domain RegistrarsTop ten domain registrar 1&1 is now accepting pre-registrations on a first come basis, and the various pre-registration offerings are rather confusing. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy was beginning to accept paid pre-registrations for a handful of ... Continue Reading1 Comment