Coffee company loses dispute against GoDaddy's NameFind. NameFind, a GoDaddy subsidiary with a portfolio of about 1 million domains, has successfully defended its domain cappuccine.com in a UDRP. The panel found (pdf) that the Complainant, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Why your “on hold” domains disappear from your GoDaddy account
· Domain RegistrarsYou'll need to ask for your domain back before you can fulfill the sale. I had a sleepless night the first time it happened. I got a notice of a nice sale at Afternic late at night. The email asked me to unlock the domain and provide the ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Starboard calls for GoDaddy to cut costs
· Domain RegistrarsLarge GoDaddy investor says company should cut costs and not pin hopes on a return of revenue growth. Activist investor Starboard Value, which owns 7.8% of outstanding GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) stock, has called for change at the company. In a letter ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Com rankings: Gname moves up a spot
· Domain RegistrarsGname jumps a spot on the total domains under management chart. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2023. Gname continues to surge, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What happened in the domain business last month
· UncategorizedA WordPress giveaway, GoDaddy's new TLDs, and ICANN's weird logic made news last month. Miss any of the big news last month? These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by pageviews: 1. WordPress offers 1 million free transfers ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Remember that time GoDaddy tried to compete with eBay and Amazon?
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy created a goods marketplace in 2009. I've been covering the domain name industry for so long that sometimes I can't remember if something happened in the past or not. Last night I was thinking about a time that GoDaddy tried to create a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy paid up to $39.4 million for top level domains [Updated]
· Domain SalesCompany reveals price of acquisitions. Domain name registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) revealed what it paid for five top level domain acquisitions in Q2. In its most recent 10-Q filing with the SEC, the company reported: During the six months ended ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Update: the biggest .com domain name registrars
· 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 April 2023. On the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name aftermarket hurts GoDaddy’s growth again
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's aftermarket business performed worse than expected last quarter, but some opportunities might be on the horizon. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q2 earnings after the market closed this afternoon. Total revenue was $1.0481 billion, up 3.2% ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Judge issues orders in eth .link dispute: ENS can transfer domain
· Policy & LawJudge issues orders on many outstanding motions. The judge overseeing a dispute over eth.link issued a number of orders (pdf) today. Here's the back story: Virgil Griffith registered eth.link for use as a resolving service for .eth domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment