NameSilo (an advertiser on TheDomains) released a corporate update. The company does trade publicly for those who didn't know on the OTC market under OTC :URLOF and the Canadian market under CSE:URL. The company has now surpassed 3.8m domains under management. March reached a record in monthly revenue and exceeded US$3 million for the first time in company history. Here is the full press … [Read more...]
Other Registrars reply when asked how they would handle the Oxley situation?
So while there is other stuff going on in domaining, for many the only thing that matters is the Brent Oxley domain lockdown at GoDaddy. Someone registered FireAman.com referring to the CEO of GoDaddy Aman Bhutani and redirected it to the thread on Namepros. I started another thread to get the input from other domain registrars. How would they handle it? Namecheap was approached to lock … [Read more...]
Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the decision from their view. From the post We believe there were several factors involved, including our reports of repeated Afternic security issues with their platform harming both registrars and domain investors who trusted them. Instead of … [Read more...]
NameSilo reports record revenue in Q3 2020
NameSilo for those that don't know is a public company. It trades in Canada and on the Pink Sheets under the symbols (CSE:URL) (OTC:URLOF). The company reported earnings yesterday and posted record revenues. The Company had a net income during the three months ended September 30, 2020 of $2,723,317 compared to a net loss of $753,093 for the same period in 2019. The net income is primarily … [Read more...]
NameSilo adds .org transfer promo to the mix
A couple days ago NameSilo announced a Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for .com at $7.99 and today they announced a below cost .org special for $9.99. Rounding off our Black Friday promotions - .ORG transfers are now below cost! Transfer your .ORG domains to NameSilo for $9.99 and get 1 free year added to your expiration date (provided you haven't already renewed within the past 45 days). … [Read more...]
Name.com will now allow billing in preferred currency
Name.com sent out an email that customers can now select their preferred currency. This will help customers to avoid currency conversion fees. Name.com wrote: We're pleased to announce that you can now be billed in your preferred currency while making purchases at Name.com. This can help you avoid foreign transaction fees and take out the guesswork of converting U.S. Dollars to your native … [Read more...]
PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied writing a series of letters that are very well written addressing Paypal executives. You can follow this link and read all the correspondence Epik has sent out to the company. This decision by PayPal just … [Read more...]