Deal provides new home for 5,400 domain names. Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected Dotster to receive of bulk transfer of domain names from de-accreditated domain registrar BestRegistrar.com. BesRegistrar.com had ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy Files Patent for “Domain Name Hijack Protection”
· Domain RegistrarsPatent covers system to automatically reject domain name transfers. GoDaddy has filed a patent for a system to protect against domain name theft. The patent lists GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons as the sole inventor and was filed last year, but was not ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy Launches New Site Design
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar launches new web site design with clearer navigation and design. Domain registrar GoDaddy has redesigned its web site making it easier to use. The design has simple navigation controls at the top, less clutter, and a new left panel that ... Continue Reading7 Comments
GoDaddy Tries Paper Domain Renewal Notices
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy is sending snail mail domain renewal notices Over the weekend I received a snail mail from GoDaddy. Yeah, one of those things you get in the metal box with a flag on it. Big bright orange letters on the outside read "RENEWAL ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Domain Name Conspiracy Theories
· UncategorizedEveryone's got them. But not all of them are true. Spend much time on domain name forums or at trade shows and you'll hear a lot of conspiracy theories: auction tampering, domain renewal notices "lost" on purpose, etc. I hear more than my fair ... Continue Reading16 Comments
GoDaddy Drops .Net and .Org Prices
· Domain RegistrarsSeesaw price changes head in a good direction. A week after increasing .net and .org domain registration prices, GoDaddy has dropped the price. This is the third price change in recent weeks. First, prices went up to $13.19 each. Then they shot ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy Jacks Up Domain Prices — Again
· Domain Registrars.Net and .Org prices jump to $15.19. Just a few days after we swallowed the news that GoDaddy ... Continue Reading10 Comments
GoDaddy’s 60 Day Transfer Lock Closer to Termination
· Domain RegistrarsGNSO Council approves changes to domain transfer blocks. One of GoDaddy's most complained about policies is that it blocks transfers of domain names that have had certain changes to their whois information within the past 60 days. In September 2007 ... Continue Reading11 Comments
dotMobi to Enforce Compliance Rules for Premium Domains (Eventually)
· Domain SalesdotMobi says it will start to enforce guidelines for domains won at auction. In June I wrote a second article about premium dotMobi domain names that were won at auctions at Sedo. At the time, not a single domain won at the first Sedo auction was in ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Domain Companies Need to Increase “Switching Costs”
· ServicesThe road to profits lies in an integrated approach to domain management. In the domain business there are low "switching costs". A switching cost is the time and money you incur to change service providers. Consider domain parking, where you can ... Continue Reading4 Comments
