A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers December 2019. Wix landed in the top ten list for new .com ... Continue Reading1 Comment
3 Tips to Discover Expired Domains Available at Hand-Registration Fee
· Expired Domains[Editor's note: I'm pleased to have Alvin Brown join as a contributing author on DNW. Brown is a fellow Austinite, domain investor and digital marketer. He posts great tutorials at KickstartCommerce.com, and will be writing posts for DNW that will help ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy amends IPO filing, reports Q2 results
· Domain RegistrarsCompany continues to grow revenue as it heads toward IPO. GoDaddy released its second quarter financial results today through an amended S-1 Initial Public Offering filing with the SEC. Q2 2014 revenue came in at $338.5M, up from $276.0M in the same ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy eliminates email support in favor of phone, chat
· Domain RegistrarsCompany says customer satisfaction is higher with phone and chat support. GoDaddy has stopped offering support by email for U.S. customers, instead pushing them to phone and chat support options. Nick Fuller, Communications Manager at GoDaddy.com, ... Continue Reading51 Comments
GoDaddy.com account management Goes Down
· Domain RegistrarsSite won't let users log in. GoDaddy had technical difficulties today, spanning from about 2:30 PM ET to 3:10 PM ET. Users trying to log in were greeted with a message similar to this: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy posts its first 2014 Super Bowl Commercial
· Domain RegistrarsNo naked women. Just men this time. GoDaddy has published one of its Super Bowl Commercials that will air during the big game February 2. As promised, it's a distinct departure from previous years in which the company featured scantily clad women. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
GoDaddy to end its Sedo domain sales partnership
· Domain SalesSedo to lose key domain distribution partner next year. GoDaddy is ending its domain listing syndication partnership with Sedo as of March 31, 2014. The partnership enabled domain names listed with Sedo to show up on GoDaddy Auctions as well as in ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,830 domain names in October
· Domain SalesGoDaddy Auctions sells nearly 40,000 domain names in October. The monthly GoDaddy Auctions Domain Market Report won't be as full of surprises going forward now that GoDaddy is publishing its sales along with Afternic's each week. But there is still ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2 subtle changes to GoDaddy.com that are a big deal to the domain industry
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy drops the .com and the ubiquitous drop down box for domain name search. GoDaddy rolled out a new marketing message and site enhancements overnight. There are two subtle changes to GoDaddy.com that are actually a big deal to the new top level ... Continue Reading11 Comments
GoDaddy tests new lander for expired domain names
· Expired DomainsGoDaddy drops PPC ads on expired domains in favor of auction promotion. A domain name registrar typically parks a domain when it expires. The expired domain parked page usually notifies visitors that the domain is expired and up for auction with a ... Continue Reading5 Comments