VeriSign's latest Domain Name Industry Brief shows that 120M domain names are currently registered. VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. Among the findings is that ... Continue Reading1 Comment
VeriSign: 120M Domains Registered
· UncategorizedFamilyAlbum.com and GoDaddy Update
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawHere's the latest about the FamilyAlbum.com fiasco with GoDaddy. Domain Name Wire's story about FamilyAlbum.com has garnered lots of attention. A story about the story has about 3,500 Diggs on Digg.com. Message boards are buzzing. Bloggers are ... Continue Reading3 Comments
An Update on GoDaddy Whois Issue and Other Registrars’ Responses
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy 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
TrafficClub Loses DomainSponsor, Google
· ServicesDomain parking optimization service cuts relationship with two large parking companies. TrafficClub, the domain name parking service I use for most of my domains, has dropped support for DomainSponsor and Google Adsense for Domains. That means that ... Continue Reading2 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
Governor Eliot Spitzer Goes After EliotSpitzer.Com
· Policy & LawFormer Attorney General, known for going after Wall Street, is now making a challenge for his name. Wall Street learned not to mess with Eliot Spitzer when he was attorney general (he is know governor of New York). An entrepreneur in New Jersey is ... Continue Reading1 Comment
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
TRAFFIC Conference Sold Out, Auction List Released
· Domain SalesNext month's TRAFFIC domain name conference is sold out and Moniker has released the auction list for its live auction. Want to attend next month's TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas? It's too late; the conference is sold out. But people not attending ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Where will the Domain Name Market Head from Here?
· UncategorizedPay-per-click, type-in traffic, social media, and valuation will all affect the domain name industry -- but how? I'm in San Francisco this week and had the chance to meet up with a long time domain veteran yesterday for drinks. We discussed some of ... Continue Reading2 Comments