Siris Capital takes Web.com private. It's official: Web.com is now a private company. Shareholders approved an acquisition by Siris Capital Group yesterday. They got a bit of a bump from when the deal was originally announced at $25.00 per share; ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Web.com to go private in $2 billion acquisition
· Domain RegistrarsSiris Capital to acquire domain name and web presence company for $25 per share. Web.com (NASDAQ:WEB), the parent company of domain name registrars Network Solutions and Register.com, has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Siris Capital Group in ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Oops: Network Solutions tells customers that their domain is now available
· Domain RegistrarsAftermarket sales email worries customers because of wrong subject line. Domain name registrar Network Solutions mixed up an aftermarket promotion email blast, accidentally informing its customers that their domain name was available for purchase. It ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Network Solutions has some sneaky fine print in its Cyber Monday special
· Domain RegistrarsThe company will charge you $20 if you transfer the domain name before the first year renewal. .Com domain names for a dollar! That seems like a pretty good deal, even if Network Solutions' Cyber Monday special is limited to one domain name. But ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Web.com gets Whois Privacy patent
· Domain RegistrarsWeb.com subsidiary gets patent for Whois Privacy, as compared to Whois Proxy. GoDaddy has patents for domain name proxy services. Now a competitor, Web.com's Network Solutions, has a patent for Whois privacy. U.S. Patent #9,817,979 (pdf) for ... Continue Reading5 Comments
NY Supreme Court rejects domain name conversion claim
· Policy & LawCourt denies conversion claim because it says domain names are not property. The Supreme Court of the State of New York has denied (pdf) a claim one of Michael Gleissner's companies brought against Network Solutions. Gleissner's company ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Web.com paid $1.3 million for about 100 eNom registrars
· Expired DomainsDeal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Verisign files opening brief in appeal against .XYZ
· Policy & LawDavid v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Verisign v. XYZ set for jury trial next week
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign's false advertising case about .xyz top level domain name is scheduled for jury trial next week. [Update: the judge has granted summary judgment to XYZ.] .Com registry Verisign is scheduled to present its case against .XYZ next week in U.S. ... Continue Reading8 Comments
What’s inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails?
· Domain RegistrarsWhat is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here's the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emails. How ... Continue Reading5 Comments