Customer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Domain name and web presence company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) announced earnings after the market closed today. The company said it has added over one million net ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
It’s in: the latest list of which registrars are top in .Com
· Domain RegistrarsICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2020. For the second month in a row, Chinese domain name registrar Xin Net has hemorrhaged domains. I ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Before the surge: .Com in March
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrars saw an uptick in new registrations in March, which turned into a flood in April. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy files patent applicaton for “recommending domains from free text”
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar wants to patent ways to suggest domains based on various non-search data. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed U.S. Patent and Trademark application number 16/235333 (pdf) for "recommending domains from free text". The application ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com rankings report
· Domain RegistrarsHow domain name registrars fared in the most recent monthly data report. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers February 2020. Namecheap had ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy gets two more patents
· Domain RegistrarsPatents cover domain availability lookups and DNS templates. GoDaddy has added two new patents to its collection. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents to the company today. Patent #10,659,424 (pdf) - Determining status of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy hosting accounts hacked
· Domain RegistrarsUnauthorized access happened in October last year and impacted SSH logins only. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has informed some of its webhosting customers that their accounts were breached last year. The company submitted the breach notice (pdf) to the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Redacted Whois at GoDaddy: a revenue hit but better customer experience
· Domain RegistrarsPrivacy laws and bad customer experience are forcing GoDaddy to rethink a cash cow. Last Friday, Elliot Silver broke the news that GoDaddy is planning to limit personal information in Whois records starting later this year. GoDaddy is the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Wix: here’s what Covid-19 is doing to website creation
· Domain RegistrarsThe pandemic has forced companies to expedite their transition online. Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) is one of the largest website builder platforms. The company sent a letter to shareholders (pdf) today explaining the impact Covid-19 is having on its ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Making sense of Godaddy acquiring Neustar’s registry business
· Domain RegistrarsWhat GoDaddy and Neustar get out of the deal. On Monday, GoDaddy announced it is acquiring Neustar's domain name registry business and renaming it GoDaddy Registry. After long resisting vertical integration, GoDaddy decided it was time to own a ... Continue Reading8 Comments