Domain name registrar provides additional Whois data that could help you identify domain buyers. Last week Alvin Brown published a tutorial on how to get Whois search counts for your domain names at GoDaddy. This data can be helpful when considering ... Continue Reading12 Comments
A strong month for .com; here are the winners & losers
· Domain RegistrarsA strong month for .com domain name registrations. ICANN has published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for March 2017. March was a strong one with 3.22 million new .com domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Two domain name industry people make moves
· UncategorizedEpik and MMX make key hires. Two familiar faces in the domain name industry have new homes. Joseph Peterson, who also writes for Domain Name Wire, was hired as Director of Operations at Epik. Joseph is one of the most analytical people I know. If ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Alexander from Intrust Domains Sure Does Get Around
· Expired DomainsExpired domain emails sure are fishy. I hadn't paid much attention to Intrust Domains until Epik announced last week that it had acquired the company. [See update below] But it just so happens that I've been bombarded by email from Intrust over ... Continue Reading83 Comments
Epik Acquires Domain Name Registrar IntrustDomains
· Domain RegistrarsCompany acquires domain name registrar with a checkered reputation. Epik has acquired domain name registrar IntrustDomains for an undisclosed account. In a blog post, Epik founder Rob Monster explains that the acquisition will provide a number of ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Epik Releases Upgrade to Its Product Portals
· ServicesSite creation tool releases improvements geared to more content. Epik has released an upgrade to its product sites dubbed Product Portals 3.0. The latest version is designed to offer more content on product sites, which is of course critical to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Pay for TRAFFIC Conference with Your Domains
· ServicesTrade-in your domains for a ticket to TRAFFIC South Beach. This month's Epik conference had a unique twist -- you could pay for conference admission by trading in domain names. I was a bit surprised, yet excited, to learn this morning that you'll be ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Energy and People Drove Epik’s First Developers Conference
· ServicesMy thoughts on last week's conference in Seattle. I've re-written this blog post a couple times as I try to get my head around the Epik Developers Conference last week in Seattle. I'm reflecting on what it means for Epik as well as for the domain ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Epik Conference Kicks off in Seattle
· ServicesFirst ever Epik DevCon gets underway. The Epik Developers Conference kicked off last night with a welcome reception at the Edgewater hotel in Seattle. Right off the bat I'd say this is the coolest hotel for any domain name conference I've ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Are you Going to Epik Developers Conference?
· ServicesConference starts Wednesday evening in Seattle. Tomorrow I'm headed to Seattle for Epik's first ever user conference called "Epik Developers Conference". As a user conference and a first go-round, I expect attendance to be modest but the attendees to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
