Republican presidential candidate could have easily gotten his .com domain name. Over the weekend Texas governor Rick Perry confirmed what a lot of us already knew: he's running for president in 2012. Perry's official web site is RickPerry.org, ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Alexander from Intrust Domains Sure Does Get Around
· Expired DomainsExpired domain emails sure are fishy. I hadn't paid much attention to Intrust Domains until Epik announced last week that it had acquired the company. [See update below] But it just so happens that I've been bombarded by email from Intrust over ... Continue Reading83 Comments
Expired Domain Rule Changes Closer to Reality
· Expired DomainsGroup issues final report with recommended changes to how registrars handle expired domain names. ICANN's Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process Working Group has issued its final report (pdf) with 18 recommendations ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Letting Your Domain Name Expire Could Lead to Identity Theft
· Expired Domains...or other shenanigans. OK, the headline is a bit sensational. But the truth is if you let a domain name expire that is tied to any sort of online accounts, you're putting yourself at extreme risk. Why the soapbox? I just finished reading this ... Continue Reading11 Comments
22 Pre-Release Domains to Backorder Now
· Expired DomainsSome domain names to add to your backorder list. It's been a while since I've published a list of dropping domain names I think are worth backordering. So here's a list of 22 domain names currently in pre-release at NameJet that I think you should ... Continue Reading1 Comment
When Domains Expire, Just Blame the Registrar
· Expired DomainsRegistrars take the blame for forgetful customers. When you screw up and don't renew your domain name, just blame the registrar when you talk to the press. I see that happen all the time. Here's another example. Liberal blog RIfuture.org let its ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Site Finds “Orphaned” Domains on Sedo and Afternic
· Expired DomainsSite lists domains listed for sale that are free to register. Have you ever seen a domain name for sale on or Sedo or Afternic only to find out that it's freely available for registration? Someone lists a domain, lets it expire, but the sales ... Continue Reading15 Comments
SnapNames Increases Prices on Deleted Domain Names
· Expired DomainsCost to get deleted domains increases from $59 to $69. On Tuesday SnapNames will increase its minimum fee for catching fully deleted domain names by $10 to $69. The fee increase only applies to domains that go completely through the deletion cycle ... Continue Reading7 Comments
WikiLeaks.com is Expired. Who Will Register it?
· Expired DomainsWikileaks.com expires but fate of domain name unknown Elliot Silver has written a series of articles about Wikileaks.COM, a domain name that was registered at Go Daddy. Here's something else that's interesting: wikileaks.com is expired. I ... Continue Reading11 Comments
VeriSign Devises Way to Sell More Expiring Domain Names
· Expired DomainsSystem would discount price of domain names until a buyer is found. VeriSign has devised a system to sell more dropping domain names by discounting their price over time. Details of the idea are in a patent application the company filed in 2009 ... Continue Reading8 Comments