After the New York-based Anti-Defamation League accused eNom of aiding a terrorist organization, eNom has asked its resellers to watch who they do business with. At the end of July, news broke that the Anti-Defamation League asked US Treasury Secretary ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
eNom asks resellers to watch their customers
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Bob Parsons and his big fat mouth
· Domain RegistrarsBob Parsons couldn't keep his mouth shut; just one of the reasons GoDaddy's IPO failed. GoDaddy's boss Bob Parsons likes to speak his mind. Although he's done a great job growing GoDaddy, I've often said he wouldn't make a good public company CEO. ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy withdraws IPO
· Domain RegistrarsThe world's biggest domain registrar decided the time wasn't right to go public. Breaking news on the financial wires...GoDaddy has thrown in the towel on its IPO, at least for now. After filing its S-1 in May and exposing its finances to the world, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Moniker Acquired
· Domain RegistrarsIn another landmark domain name deal, Moniker has been acquired by advertising company Kanoodle. Just months after eNom was acquired, popular domain registrar Moniker has been acquired. Kanoodle, known for its contextual advertising services, is ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Analyzing the eNom acquisition of BulkRegister
· Domain Registrars, UncategorizedeCommerce Times has a good article analyzing eNom's recent purchase. The two-part story debuted last week but the second half was just published today. Despite having some inaccuracies (such as saying Business.com is the highest-ever reported domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain tasting hits .uk domains
· Policy & LawThink domain tasting is only a problem for .com domains? Think again. Domain tasting, a.k.a domain testing a.k.a. domain kiting, is the practice of registering a domain only to delete it within the 5 day registry grace period. This allows the person ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Zealand domain scammer at it again
· Policy & LawAccording to PCWorld, Blair Rafferty has ressurected his brother's domain name scam. Blair Rafferty's brother Chesley Rafferty ran a scam that sent notices to domain name owners that looked like invoices. Chesley's business partner in crime, Bradley ... Continue Reading1 Comment
AboutUs domain and web site guide
· ServicesRay King has launched AboutUs in beta mode. I first met Ray King at a search engine conference a couple years ago. King is former CEO of SnapNames. When I met him he talked about his plans for AboutUs, but kept most of the details under wraps only ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CNNMoney.com article on domain names
· UncategorizedCNNMoney just published a domain name article about acquiring the right domain. The article is very high level and probably won't be helpful to experienced domains (it is geared to the mass market of business owners). Nonetheless, it's great to see ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TrafficClub RPM hits all-time high
· ServicesMy revenue per thousand (RPM) at TrafficClub.com in July hit a personal record. My RPM (revenue per thousand views) hit $65.85, which is extremely good for a mixed portfolio of domains and is the best I've ever had. My portfolio was largely unchanged ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
