Read the terms, but also consider which company you trust to hold your domains. My story this week about Uniregistry adding a late renewal fee has snowballed. People actually read Uniregistry's terms for perhaps the first time, and they didn't like ... Continue Reading25 Comments
The challenges of new TLDs with Tobias Sattler – DNW Podcast #177
· PodcastsA first-hand account of selling new top level domains. What is it like integrating and selling new top level domain names as a registrar? On today’s podcast we talk with Tobias Sattler, the CIO for United Domains, a registrar with 1.6 million domains ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN terminates two domain name registrars
· Policy & LawTwo small registrars get the ax. ICANN's contract compliance efforts with domain registrars seem to go in fits and starts. The past couple months have been active, and this month the company fully terminated two accredited domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
6 Signs Your Domain Registrar is Going Defunct
· Domain RegistrarsAfter RegisterFly, ESTdomains, and Parava, here are some tips to avoid bad domain name registrars. Even when a relatively small domain name registrar, such as Parava, loses its ICANN accreditation, it can have devastating consequences for web site ... Continue Reading7 Comments
DNW Launches Domain Name Registrar Review Site
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrarJudge.com allows users to rate domain registrars. I'm excited to announce the launch of the beta for RegistrarJudge.com. Registrar Judge allows domainers and other consumers to rate domain registrars on 5 criteria and write reviews about ... Continue Reading7 Comments
ICANN To Offload Domains from De-Accredited Registrar
· Domain RegistrarsWho wants 1,440 domains? Good question. When RegisterFly lost its ICANN accreditation, GoDaddy swooped in to take over the registration of RegisterFly clients' domain names. It was a nice pickup for GoDaddy of nearly 1 million domain names. So ... Continue Reading12 Comments