Learn about the origins of the .Me domain name. You’ve surely seen .me domain names and might even own some in your domain name portfolio. Today you’re going to learn about how the .me domain name came to be and why it has been successful when we talk ... 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
Kings of .Com – Registrar Analysis
· Domain RegistrarsThese are the biggest registrars for .com domain names. ICANN has published Verisign's most recent official breakdown of domain transactions by registrar. The data are from November. Starting with this month's .com registrar post, I'm going to show ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com’s Top Registrars
· Domain RegistrarsThese are the biggest registrars for .com domain names. ICANN has released Verisign's most recent official breakdown of domain transactions by registrar. The data are from October. In October, these were the top 10 registrars in terms of new .com ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
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
A strong month for .com; here are the winners & losers
· Domain RegistrarsA strong month for .com domain name registrations. ICANN has published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for March 2017. March was a strong one with 3.22 million new .com domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
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
Web.com changing ticker symbol from WWWW to WEB
· Domain Registrars10 years after listing, Web.com gets matching ticker symbol. Web.com is ringing the closing bell on the NASDAQ today to celebrate its 10 year listing anniversary. The company is also making a big change to its stock -- its changing its ticker symbol ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com: New TLDs are not moving the needle
· Domain RegistrarsContribution from new top level domain names isn't significant, CEO says. Web.com CEO David Brown was asked about new top level domain names on yesterday's investor conference call. Brown said the company isn't doing "back flips" over the results, and ... Continue Reading16 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