Man sues eNom after domain (not in his name) is transferred to someone else. One of the costs of doing business as a domain registrar is the inevitable lawsuits. Most of these are trademark suits where the plaintiff includes the registrar of a domain ... Continue Reading15 Comments
eNom Ensnared in Cybersquatting Lawsuit
· Domain RegistrarsLawsuit claims domain name registrar transferred domain name back to cybersquatter. It's not unusual to find a domain name registrar named in a cybersquatting lawsuit because an infringing domain is registered with them. But a case filed June 2 in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Special Olympics, The R-Word, and One Embarassing Domain Name
· UncategorizedDomain tasting operation picks up a domain and parks it with the "r" word. [Updated: eNom is now forwarding the domain name to r-word.org and says it will transfer ownership to Special Olympics.] In many ways President Obama's gaffe on The Tonight ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Survey: Go Daddy Top Domain Name Registrar
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy tops survey for fourth year in a row, eNom continues slide. For four years running, GoDaddy has topped the list of domain name registrars in the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. GoDaddy took home top honors in this year's survey with 43% of the ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Larry Seltzer Struggles with “Whois Identity Theft”
· Policy & LaweWeek writer can't get copycat whois record changed. I've heard people complain about "whois identity theft" before. Essentially, this is when someone uses your name on their whois record. You can imagine how this could potentially be troubling for ... Continue Reading5 Comments
NameKing Still King of Domain Tasting
· Policy & LawRegistrar NameKing still biggest domain taster, but numbers declining. Domain registrar NameKing.com is still the king of domain tasting. NameKing, a subsidiary of Oversee.net, continues to drop nearly 1 million .com domains during the add grace ... Continue Reading9 Comments
3/31/09: Death of Domain Tasting (Or is it?)
· Policy & LawDomain tasting is down, and will take another hit in March. But that may not be the end of it... Domain tasting -- the practice of registering a domain to test for traffic and deleting it for a refund within a specified grace period -- is down 84% ... Continue Reading9 Comments
eNom Phishing Attacks Continue and Morph
· Domain RegistrarsLatest attack is seemingly innocuous maintenance notice. Domain registrar eNom, the second largest domain registrar in the world, continues to be hit with phishing attacks. The first attack resembled an inaccurate whois report. The new one is a ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Moniker: Kentucky Cannot Have Our Customers’ Domains
· Domain RegistrarsMoniker assures its clients that their domain names are safe. In case there were any doubts (and I heard some), Moniker customers can rest assured that the company is fighting to keep your domains from ill-advised state governors. Speaking ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Moniker Drops .Com to $7.29 Ahead of Registry Fee Hikes
· Domain RegistrarsMoniker joins other registrars in "renew before the increase" promotions. Domain registrar Moniker has just cut the new registration and renewal price on .com domain names to $7.29 until the end of the month. Moniker joins other registrars in offering ... Continue Reading2 Comments