Spammers and scammers have to get creative to contact domain name owners. This month, a GoDaddy customer received an email shortly after registering a domain name. We'll call the domain example.com for this story. Subject: example.com isn't ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Wix’s business rebounds in Q3
· ServicesWhat slowdown? Website platform Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) reported earnings today. Collections (cash sales) rebounded in Q3 after sputtering in Q2. Collections in the third quarter of 2021 were $373.3 million, up 33% year over year. Collections were up ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is the Covid website boom over? Wix lowers guidance on uncertainty
· UncategorizedWix says business slowed, especially in the second half of Q2. Web presence companies, including domain name registrars and webhosting/site builder companies, have benefited from the pandemic. Offline businesses have quickly adopted online business ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wix revenue soars but stock plummets
· Domain RegistrarsStock trades lower after first quarter report. Website creator Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) reported strong growth and a narrower loss than expected in the first quarter of this year, but its stock is off 15% in trading today. Revenue in Q1 was $304.1 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Latest .com winners report
· Domain RegistrarsHere's how domain name registrars peformed in January. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2021. Here's how registrars did in terms ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Com leaderboard gets a shakeup
· Domain RegistrarsThe Endurance-Web merger changes the look of the charts. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2020. Last month, Endurance ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
January’s top domain name stories: Parler, closeouts and more
· UncategorizedHere's a rundown of the top stories and podcasts from the past month. Domain name news sometimes follows national and global news, and that was the case in January. The top stories had to do with sites with controversial content having to find new ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Top .com domain name registrars
· Domain RegistrarsWelcoming CentralNic to the top 10 ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers October 2020. This is the first month that I'm aggregating ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Latest .com ranking has some surprises
· Domain RegistrarsTwo registrars posted big gains in September. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2020. There were a couple of surprises in the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wix changes product name from virus to nicotine
· ServicesCompany dumps Covid-sounding brand name. Each time I got an email this year from Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) about its Corvid web development system, I thought the company is providing an update about Covid-19. I'm not the only person. Wix has finally ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment