I've seen some crazy articles about domain names, but this one tops the list. The New York-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has written a letter to US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson asking him to take action against domain registrar eNom. The ... Continue Reading1 Comment
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Ignorance gives domain industry a bad name
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawComments on tech articles about domains show how ignorance makes us all look bad. Whenever I come across a domain article on CNET and its peers I am amazed by some of the comments made by John Q Public. The comments show that the readers don't ... Continue Reading3 Comments
EURid suspends 74,000 .eu registrations
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawEURid, which manages the .eu country code, has suspended 74,000 registrations. When Bob Parsons and others criticized EURid for its handling of .eu registrations, most people thought no action would be taken. But EURid has taken action, although not ... Continue Reading1 Comment
What’s that domain name worth?
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsForget domain appraisals. You can get domain name sales comps online. Trying to settle on a price for the value of a domain you are buying or selling? You can do a multiple based on traffic, but that's not always the best approach. You can search ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domainer meeting his Barcelona
· ServicesConference in Spain kicks off the evening of July 25. The United States hosts its share of domain name conferences each year, but meetings outside of the US are rare. Sedo hosted a UK meeting a while back and TRAFFIC plans to expand overseas. But ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Registrar ratings
· Domain RegistrarsWeb site offers consumer reviews of domain registrars. Everyone has their horror story. The registrar that suddenly changed the DNS on their domains. The registrar that loses their domain in the system so it can't be edited. The registrar that won't ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com research in Wall Street Journal
· UncategorizedToday's Wall Street Journal has a column about .com domain name registration data. It features Dennis Forbes, who has run extensive research on the list of 47M registered .com domains. Dennis Forbes was able to acquire the entire list of 47M ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Salient Properties buys Wifi.com for $225,000
· Domain SalesAfter failing to sell at a number of live domain auctions, Wifi.com finally found a buyer in Salient Properties. The past couple domain conferences have featured Wifi.com, but it didn't sell at its high price tag. According to DNJournal, Sedo helped ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Coupon codes for free domain names
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pcNames.com Review
· Expired Domains, ServicespcNames makes it easy to find available, expired, and pre-release domain names. I use a number of web sites to find quality domains names. For example, if I need a domain name related to phones, I might search at SnapCheck or DomainTools.com to find ... Continue Reading1 Comment