Domain registrar launches new online savings site, but misses an obvious typo. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has launched GoDaddySaves.Me, and online savings network. Members get discounts at a number of online merchants, ranging from Kohls to ... Continue Reading6 Comments
DNW’s 10 Step Guide to Transferring Domain Names to GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsYour step-by-step guide to transferring a domain name to GoDaddy. A couple weeks ago I had to transfer a domain name to GoDaddy as part of sale. The buyer was supposed transfer the domain to his account at GoDaddy from mine at Moniker, but he through ... Continue Reading20 Comments
Domain Name Companies Spend $2M Lobbying Washington
· UncategorizedAnalysis shows over $2M spent in first half of year on lobbying. Domain name related companies continue to spend millions of dollars lobbying representatives in Washington, a study by Domain Name Wire shows. The analysis used public records filed with ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy Delivers a Blow to Dark Blue Sea
· Domain RegistrarsEnd of sales agreement could have broad implications for Australian domain company. It's been a rough year for Dark Blue Sea (ASX: DBS), parent company of Fabulous. Its profits are down by three quarters, it has cut half its staff, and one of its ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy Files Patent for Method of Selling Equity in Domain Names
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar files patents for system to sell equity in domain names. Go Daddy Group Inc. has filed a patent for a method of selling equity in domain names and protecting the domain names in which the equity is issued. The patent is for a system ... Continue Reading29 Comments
Congress Beats Up ICANN (Part 3)
· Policy & LawQuestion and answer period at hearing gets testy. In part 1 of our coverage of today's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on ICANN, DNW covered committee member's opening remarks. Part two covered witnesses' opening testimony. The real fireworks ... Continue Reading9 Comments
.Me at 250,000: What’s Next?
· Domain Registrars250,000 .me domain names have been registered. Here's what it means. 250,000 .me domain names have been registered since its relaunch earlier this year. I draw two conclusions from this. First, it shows the power a registrar has in pushing a ... Continue Reading7 Comments
GoDaddy Disses .TV and What it Says About the Echo Chamber
· Domain RegistrarsThe echo chamber about GoDaddy's diss of .tv shows that new and old media can get it wrong. GoDaddy is taking its diss of the .tv domain name a step further. How people are reacting to and writing about it shows that it's hard to know who the ... Continue Reading31 Comments
GoDaddy Changing Domain Name Backorder Rules
· Expired DomainsMultiple backorders will be accepted on domain names. GoDaddy has informed Domain Name Wire that it is changing the way it handles backorders for domains not registered at one of The Go Daddy Group's domain name registrars. As early as next week ... Continue Reading31 Comments
GoDaddy Gets Split Decision in Domain Dispute
· Policy & LawGoDaddy wins one domain name, loses two others in UDRP. An arbitrator has handed down a split decision in a domain dispute brought by GoDaddy.com at World Intellectual Property Organization. As Domain Name Wire reported back in February, Go Daddy ... Continue Reading3 Comments