Company plans to harvest some of its free cash flow. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) published its annual report (pdf) this week. The rollup of domain name and traffic monetization companies is entering a new phase with a new CEO, and three things stuck out ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy gets patent for AI-based domain valuation
· Domain RegistrarsIt's one of many patents the company owns related to domain appraisals. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has been awarded U.S. Patent number 11,615,313 (pdf) for "Using a value for a domain name determined by a machine learning engine." Here's how the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
· Domain RegistrarsCompany will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com winners: Gname hops into top 10 largest by .com DUMs
· Domain RegistrarsHere are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2022. Gname ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Total Web Solutions acquires domain registrar Gandi, forming new entity
· Domain RegistrarsGandi will now be part of Your.Online. Domain name registrar Gandi is part of a new corporate entity. Officially, Gandi and Total Web Solutions (TWS) "merged" to create Your.Online. As part of the deal, Gandi.net will remain autonomous, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
CentralNic posts unaudited financials and claims to be an AI company
· Domain RegistrarsEveryone's an AI company now. Sometimes I feel like CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) releases its earnings the same way I was taught to write an essay in school: first, explain what you're going to write. Then write it. Then explain what you just ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com leaderboard: Gname and GMO make moves
· Domain RegistrarsHere are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers October 2022. Gname ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy reports earnings and tempered outlook
· Domain RegistrarsCompany anticipates slower growth in 2023. GoDaddy (GDDY) reported Q4 and full year 2022 earnings after the market closed today. The results provide context to last week's layoffs. For Q4, bookings were flat year over year, and revenue eked up ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy announces layoffs
· Domain Registrars8% of employees being let go in second round of layoffs since 2020. GoDaddy announced yesterday that it's letting go of about 8% of its employees. CEO Aman Bhutani announced the layoffs in a notice to employees and impacted employees have ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Epik and Rob Monster fined $10,000 in DNProtect settlement
· Domain RegistrarsWashington State insurance commissioner went after company for offering insurance product. Domain name registrar Epik shut down its DNProtect service earlier this month, and now we know why. The Washington State insurance commissioner was ... Continue Reading2 Comments
