GoDaddy VP no longer using his accredited registrar.
I always thought it was odd that DNForum owner Adam Dicker still owned his own domain name registrar after he took a job as VP at GoDaddy. So when I saw that ICANN was not renewing his accreditation for Domain Jingles, Inc., it gave me a chance to reach out to him.
As it turns out, Dicker moved his domains to GoDaddy a long time ago and hasn’t been actively using his registrar.
In response to an email, Dicker wrote “It has been inactive for about 4 years and I am happy with all my names at GoDaddy”.
I see a number of “abandoned” domain name registrars end up shutting down due to non-renewal from ICANN. But waiting for ICANN to shut down your registrar for you can be expensive: ICANN claims Dicker still owes it over $30,000 in past due accreditation fees.
if we not market well then no use of holding accreditation
There are many private registrars.
And, they don’t need to market themselves to the masses.
Mike Berkins, Frank Schilling and other major domainers own private registrars to protect their investments.
There are a number of private registrars strictly for internal use. (law firms – MarkMonitor, data collection – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo).
Adam could have sold it or totally closed it down. But, I’m sure there is much more we don’t know. And, probably none of our business.