Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
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Tucows examines softness in expired domain market
· Expired DomainsCompany generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain news & Lead Center walkthrough – DNW Podcast #428
· PodcastsToday's podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic's new Lead Center. On today’s show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the latest list of the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dan adds import-a-lead “lease to own” option
· ServicesIt's a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-term ... Continue Reading4 Comments
14 end user domain sales including a $60,000 .io
· Domain SalesA shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Question: ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Cocaine Bear doesn’t get her domain name
· Policy & LawBear's cybersquatting case fails. Cocaine Bear wanted her domain name, but a UDRP panelist said no. Last month, someone filed a cybersquatting claim against the domain name CocaineBear.com. Cocaine Bear (aka Palbo EscoBear) has become famous ... Continue Reading1 Comment
SnapNames rolling out new features including auto-delete backorders
· Expired DomainsOne of these features will reduce headaches. SnapNames is rolling out new features next week that should be well-received by domain name investors. One of the best features is auto-deletion of backordered domains you don't win. As a domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Radix reports solid premium domains sales and renewals in H2 2022
· Domain SalesNew registration revenue was down, but overall revenue held steady. Radix has released its H2 2022 Premiums Report, disclosing data about how its premium domains sold in the second half of last year. Overall, registrars grossed $3.76 million ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Slots.net case amazingly doesn’t result in RDNH finding
· Policy & LawIt's the second questionable finding by the same panelist in the same month. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled that the owner of slots.net was not cybersquatting. But shockingly, she did not rule it was a case of reverse ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Com winners: Gname hops into top 10 largest by .com DUMs
· Domain RegistrarsHere are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2022. Gname ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
