RulesofSaving.com, registered by a Connecticut man yesterday, pushes company over milestone. A tip of the hat to GoDaddy Group, which runs GoDaddy.com, Wild West Domains, and Blue Razor, for crossing the 30 million domains registered mark. This number ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Sedo and Pool Explain Employee Policies for Bidding
· Expired DomainsSedo has strict policy on domain speculation, Pool outlines rules. [If you have arrived on this article from Slashdot, NoDaddy, etc., you may wish to see how this all started with GoDaddy.] Many people (63 comments and counting) have commented on ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Expired Domain Services Let Employees Bid Against Customers
· Expired DomainsTwo of the major services let employees compete with domainers. [Note: See update at bottom of article.] Earlier today a reader tipped me off to a discussion at NamePros about GoDaddy's TDNAM service. Apparently GoDaddy VP (and owner of DNForum) ... Continue Reading85 Comments
Who Owns Hillary4McCain.com? DomainTools To the Rescue
· Policy & LawA bit of research turns up a probable registrant of Hillary4McCain.com. I read a story on Wired.com today about the domain name Hillary4Mccain.com, which was registered with bogus whois information. The John McCain camp denies having anything to do ... Continue Reading15 Comments
GoDaddy Playing Hardball with NeuStar?
· Domain RegistrarsPricing at GoDaddy for NeuStar's .us and .biz domains is oddly high. In February I wrote about GoDaddy's price increase for .biz domain names. The registrar was charging $14.99 for .biz domain names, even though its wholesale cost at the registry is ... Continue Reading8 Comments
GoDaddy Looks to Social Networking for Growth
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar and web hosting company files patents for aggregating social network sites. The world's biggest domain registrar, GoDaddy, may be looking to social networking to grow its business. The company filed three patents this year, ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy TDNAM Starts “Buy Now” Expired Domain Auctions
· Expired DomainsExpired domain auctions now have option to buy domains immediately. GoDaddy's domain name aftermarket TDNAM has added a new wrinkle to its expired domain auctions. Bidders can now buy expired domain names immediately instead of bidding. Once someone ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How GoDaddy Domain Name Backorders Work
· Expired DomainsBackorders are only effective on domains not registered at GoDaddy. Before GoDaddy launched its domain name aftermarket TDNAM, I used to backorder a number of domains from the registrar. They were fairly good at grabbing expired domains, especially ... Continue Reading15 Comments
DBS: Domain Parking Revenue Plummeting
· UncategorizedDomain company reports sharp drop in domain parking revenue. Domain name portfolio holder, registrar, and parking company Dark Blue Sea today reported a massive drop in parking revenue compared to last quarter. The company generated $1,370,000 from ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Survey: Sedo “Most Innovative” Domain Aftermarket Company
· Domain SalesCompany selected as "Most Innovative" when it comes to selling domain names. 45% of those surveyed in Domain Name Wire's third annual survey believe Sedo is the "Most Innovative" company in the domain aftermarket. This is the first year the question ... Continue Reading8 Comments
