The .ME Registry  announced a change that may shorten some of the .ME auctions, some of which have been going on for over two weeks:

Here is the official announcement:

Dear Auction Participant,

This notice is to inform you of an upcoming update in the behavior of the auction platform that will take effect at approximately 16:00 […]

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Go Daddy donated $50,000 to the Arizona Humane Society’s annual telethon on Saturday.
Go Daddy also used its expertise to organize online donations, helped answer phones and kept the live event’s Web site running smoothly.

According to reports Go Daddy donated the money with Bob Parson own dogs deliver the donation on live television.

“Max and Chief […]

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GoDaddy.com now has a NASCAR victory to go with its IndyCar victory already this season.
Ron Fellows drove the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to Victory Lane after winning today’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
This was Fellows’ first time behind the wheel of the GoDaddy.com sponsored race car and the first […]

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Moniker.com announced tonight that all future silent auctions of live domain auctions will be held on SnapNames.com platform.
Up to this point all silent auctions were held on moniker’s own auction platform
Here is the complete announcement:

Moniker Extended Auctions Now Hosted on the SnapNames Domain Auction Online Platform

Moniker and SnapNames are combining forces once again […]

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So we applied for 150 .me domains with Godaddy which should have been awarded before the landrush today (or put into auction) and out of those we got the grand total of:
zero
that would be none, nothing, zipo.
We did get a notice that we would be in an auction for 31 domains 2 days ago, but […]

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I just got this message from the .me folks:
“””Thank you for your interest in .ME domains. You recently received multiple emails for the .ME domains you are bidding on, each displaying a separate Shopper ID.
Please disregard those messages. We’ve come up with a new solution for creating just one Shopper ID for ALL your […]

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I just got though going the 2 step process for creating separate accounts for each of the .me domains I backordered, which look like they are going into auction mode.
Although I backordered all the domains through my godaddy account in one shot, I got about 60 e-mails, one for each .me domain (not identified in […]

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Moniker announced today that it the recent system upgrades have been completed resulting in the Moniker account control panel to load much faster making it easier to use for domainers and other bulk users.

According to Moniker the new platform is 10 to 25 times faster than before, based on the size of the portfolio, […]

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ICANN announced that it is now accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements, those agreements registrars sign with ICANN which in part, govern registrars conduct.
This is the time that you can send a clear message to ICANN that certain practice of registrars should be outlawed and let them know of any instances […]

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Today as reported by DomainNameWire.com the General Counsel of GoDaddy, Christine Jones announced that
“”””To ensure customer confidence and to avoid any possible future questions of impropriety all GD employees are now and in the future prohibited from participating in TDNAM auctions, purchasing, sales & back orders.””””
We applaud GoDaddy in reversing their policy and taking this […]

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