A job discrimination lawsuit against domain registrar GoDaddy is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning. The lawsuit was brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and charges GoDaddy with national origin and religious discrimination. The ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The High Cost of Cheap Domain Registrations
· Domain RegistrarsThere's a price to pay for cut-rate domain name registrations. In November 2005 I wrote about a seemingly great offer from a webhosting company and domain reseller called IPOWER that was offering domain registrations for $2.95 with no strings attached. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Sedo Knocks Afternic off Dotster Search Results
· Domain RegistrarsSedo has signed an agreement with Dotster to place its listings in domain search results. The agreement between Sedo and Dotster comes less than a year after Afternic signed a similar agreement with Dotster. Dotster likely receives a commission on any ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Registrar Moniker Gets a Facelift
· Domain RegistrarsMoniker has updated its web site for easier nagivation; the new version is more targeted to it core types of customers. Usability of most domain name registrars' web sites is pitiful. Ordering a single domain takes a long time and a lot of clicks, and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Aplus.Net (Abacus America, Names4Ever) Acquired
· Domain RegistrarsWebhosting company and domain name registrar Aplus.Net has been acquired. Aplus.net has been acquired by Catalyst Investors. Aplus.net is mostly known as a webhosting company, but the company is also an ICANN-accredited regsistrar through its parent ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Registrations hit 112 million
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is reporting that over 112M domains have been registered as of the end of Q3 2006. A record number of domain names are now registered, at 112 million, which is 30% higher than just one year ago and 6% higher than the previous ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy Goes on Patent Filing Binge
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy, the world's largest domain registrar, has filed almost 50 patent applications in recent years. Yesterday I wrote about GoDaddy receiving a patent that covers many aspects of domain whois privacy. After digging a little further I discovered ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy Awarded Patent for Domain Privacy
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy has been been awarded United States patent 7,130,878, which covers many aspects of domain whois privacy services. In what could prove to be a major competitive coup for GoDaddy, the company was awarded a patent for so-called domain privacy ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy “Cancellation Confirmations” Cause Alarm
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar GoDaddy is now sending out "cancellation confirmation" notices when users transfer their domains to other registrars. When a domain owner receives a message that one of his domains has been cancelled, he certainly takes notice. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
What Happens When Domain Registrars Merge?
· Domain RegistrarsThe recent acquisition of BulkRegister by eNom created headaches for some BulkRegister customers. Are more acquisitions on the horizon? Many years ago I used an online bank called CompuBank. It was a great internet-only bank that offered free free ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment