Rogers Cadenhead has donated his BenedictXVI.com domain name to charity. My question: will a charity effectively use this domain name? I assume it will try to generate advertising from the domain for funding purposes? Nope. It will just us the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Pope site goes to charity
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GoDaddy cans advertising firm
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy has fired The Ad Store, which created the company's famous Super Bowl ad. GoDaddy will now handle advertising in house and focus less on general branding. Although I thought the Super Bowl commercial (both the decision to advertise and the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Nominet acts over Firevision debacle
· Domain Registrars.co.uk registry Nominet has finally stepped in to "help" domain name owners who registered domains with registrar FireVision. Domains at FireVision have effectively been locked to any changes and transfers for over two months. FireVision also sells ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Do $5.99 domain names really come with no catch?
· Domain RegistrarsThe price of registering domain names continues to fall. Recently, GoDaddy started offering $3.99 registrations with a catch. In order to qualify for the price, you had to buy a "non-domain" product with the domain (e.g. web hosting). That makes it not ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dotster coupon $5 off purchase
· Domain RegistrarsDotster has a coupon expiring this Saturday for $5 off any purchase of $10 or more. The coupon is good on anything Dotster offers, including domain names and webhosting. At checkout, enter coup0n code 'FREEMONEY'. Click here to go to Dotster. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Falling dollar boosts domain name sales outside United States
· Domain SalesThese days you read about high dollar domain name sales every week. The number of 5- and 6-figure domain name sales continues to grow. Although most of this is due to the growing recognition of the value of domain names, another factor is the fall of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Designs.com sells for $50,000
· Domain Sales5-figure domain name sales continued in droves last week. Designs.com sold in a private sale for $50,000, according to DNJournal. One of the biggest surprise sales was a .TV domain, SMS.tv, going for $18,000 on Sedo. .TV sales rarely break the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex acquires domain names
· Domain SalesMarchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) has acquired domain names and other assets from Pike Street for $16.5M. You may know of Marchex for their huge domain portfolio purchases in the past. Here's the press release: Marchex Acquires Assets of Pike Street Industries ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How to choose the right domain name for your company
· Services, UncategorizedAs the editor of DomainNameWire.com, I'm frequently e-mailed by people asking for domain name advice. Specifically, what should they look for when registering a domain name for their company? This may be basic for some of you, but I hope some of my ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy topples Network Solutions
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy has officially knocked Network Solutions off its perch! GoDaddy now has more .COM, NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, and .US domain names under management than any other registrar. This is quite a feat given that GoDaddy sold its first domain name in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
