Gandi 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 Reading3 Comments
Epik updates: layoffs and technical issues
· Domain RegistrarsCEO addresses layoffs and technical issues. I've heard more chatter about Epik over the past couple of weeks, and I reached out to Epik CEO Brian Royce for an update. First, I noticed a couple of Epik employees/contractors posting that they'd ... Continue Reading30 Comments
How to fix the “wrong country” problem at GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsGet stuck in the wrong country? Here's what to do. The other day I was on GoDaddy when I noticed the URL in my address bar changed. It was no longer just GoDaddy.com. Every page was godaddy.com/en-au. I had landed Down Under. Most frequent ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Latest .com rankings: a slow month
· 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 September 2022. It ... Continue Reading3 Comments
GoDaddy acquires Dan – 2022 top stories
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy gobbled up a competitor, and domain investors are worried. A single acquisition rarely rises to the level of being a top annual story in our industry, but GoDaddy's acquisition of Dan.com this year rises to that level. For domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
