GoDaddy will not return domain; other registrars say what they would do in the same situation. It's been just a few days since Domain Name Wire broke the story about GoDaddy deleting a domain registration due to an invalid e-mail address in whois. ... Continue Reading28 Comments
GoDaddy Responds to Deletion Over Invalid Email Address
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's Director of Domain Services explains its actions in the case of FamilyAlbum.com Yesterday I reported about how GoDaddy deleted the domain registration for a domain due to invalid Whois information. This invalid information was limited to the ... Continue Reading101 Comments
GoDaddy Deletes Domain Name for Inaccurate Email Address
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawOwner of FamilyAlbum.com finds his domain was re-registered by another GoDaddy customer. The (previous) owner of FamilyAlbum.com was surprised to find that he no longer owned the domain, which had not expired. He contacted GoDaddy to task what ... Continue Reading30 Comments
GoDaddy Launches Discount Club
· Domain RegistrarsDomain Registrar GoDaddy launches discount membership club. The world's largest domain name registrar, GoDaddy, has launched a membership club called Discount Domain Club that offers reduced pricing. The club costs $89.95 per year and provides a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Network Solutions Acquired
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar Network Solutions has been acquired by a private equity firm. Private equity firm General Atlantic announced that it is acquiring domain registrar Network Solutions from Najafi Companies (formerly Pivotal Private Equity). Since this ... Continue Reading4 Comments
VeriSign Says Domain Name Price Hikes Coming
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawVeriSign says it will hike prices on .com, .net domains in 2007. The domain name industry knew it was coming, but VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) CEO Stratton Sclavos dropped the bomb during the company's earnings call on Wednesday. During the 33rd minute of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CNET Surveys Registrars about GoDaddy Suspension
· Domain RegistrarsCNET sent surveys to 12 registrars asking them about their policies for suspending domains. Last week GoDaddy changed the DNS on a customer's domain name at the request of MySpace. MySpace complained that the site in question was displaying the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Digging into GoDaddy’s Terms of Service
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTaking a look at GoDaddy's Terms of Service (TOS) It's been a few days since GoDaddy became the center of controversy over its abrubt decision to change the DNS of one of its customer's domains. We still haven't heard from GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy Faces PR Nightmare Over Domain Suspension
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy abrubtly suspends registration. GoDaddy chief Bob Parsons is a big supporter of free speech. He's also a big supporter of privacy as a way to do this by promoting domain whois privacy services. That's why the internet world was shocked today ... Continue Reading26 Comments
MyDomain offers $4.99 .mobi domains
· Domain RegistrarsMyDomain.com is offering a coupon for a $4.99 .mobi domain registration. .Mobi is hot. The domain, designed for mobile devices, has seen lots of aftermarket activity since its release last year. The best known sale is Flowers.mobi, which sold for ... Continue Reading4 Comments