Domain name registrar picks up patent for domain name reseller programs. The USPTO has granted The Go Daddy Group, Inc, parent company of GoDaddy, a patent for "Turnkey reseller program for registering domain names". The patent describes a system for ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Archives for 2010
Tucows Takes Over Domains from 1stDomain.net [Updated]
· Domain RegistrarsICANN selects Tucows to receive bulk transfer. [Update: I have received clarification from Tucows that 1stDomain did not renew its accreditation with ICANN, rather than being terminated due to any sort of breach of contract. Further, it appears that ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Ranking Domain Name Stocks in 2009
· UncategorizedMixed results for domain name stocks in 2009. The U.S. stock markets returned about 35% in 2009. Domain name stocks were a mixed bag, however. Here's how six publicly traded companies fared last year, based on the closing price December 31 of 2008 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
2010 Domain Name Wire Survey Opens
· UncategorizedNow in its fifth year, the 2010 Domain Name Wire survey will collect the opinions of hundreds of domain name owners and service providers around the globe. The survey is open until February 4, 2010. Not much has changed about the structure of this ... Continue Reading2 Comments
MSNBC Buys BreakingNews.com to Complement Twitter Handle
· Domain SalesWith Twitter handle in hand, MSNBC buys matching BreakingNews.com domain name. File this under breaking news: the MSNBC Digital Network has purchased the domain name BreakingNews.com. What makes this interesting is that the purchase seems to have ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Report: China Halts Overseas Registrars from Registering .CN Domains
· Policy & LawRegistrar reports that overseas registrars are restricted from registering .cn domains. According to a report at RRPproxy, .Cn registry CNNIC has temporarily halted overseas registrars from registering .cn domain names on behalf of registrants. The ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Simple Automatic Wordpress Backup is Finally Here
· UncategorizedThe first truly simple backup tool is worth installing. Backing up your Wordpress files is something we all know we need to do. But, much like backing up our computers, few of us do it as often as we should. I've tried a few backup plugins in the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Leisure.com Price Tag $150,000
· Domain SalesLeisure.com sold for the price of a luxury vacation. Last week I reported about a pending sale of Live Current Media's Leisure.com domain name. Today we have confirmation from Sedo that it brokered the sale of the domain name for $150,000. Perhaps ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Australian Gripe Site Back Up After Domain Name Deleted
· Policy & LawDeleted domain back in hands of gripe site. What happens when you register a .au domain name for a gripe site about a politician behind Australia's push for net censorship? It gets censored. That's what happened to the registrant of ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Poor IDNs. The Media Will Never Understand.
· Policy & LawRecent coverage of internationalized domain names was erroneous. They sky is falling! The sky is falling! Or so the headlines read. Last week I mentioned an article in The London Times about the introduction of domain names with non-Roman ... Continue Reading11 Comments