The .Global registry has put up a site to highlight over 3,500 domain names that are available for immediate registration many of which were formally on the reserved/restricted list. Domain names registered through January 31st are also eligible for the $25 per domain rebate for those that register 10 or more domains. Each listed domain name is click-able from the site, which will tell you … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2015
Dogs Win: Godaddy Follows Our Advice & Pulls The #Godaddypuppy Super Bowl Ad
It was just 8 hours ago when we posted the Godaddy Super Bowl Ad known as the #Godaddypuppy which went tragically wrong. Now the CEO of Godaddy has given in to the overwhelming condemnation of the ad and announced the commercial will not air during the Super Bowl. Had they reached out to anyone in the industry before hand like myself, we would have told them there we;re heading down the … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million, Led By One of Ours SuperSeats.com For $48,888
559 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS last week totaling $1.2 Million Dollars All sales this week were led by one of our domain names, SuperSeats.com which sold for $48,888 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: superseats.com at 48,888 USD · Top ccTLD: autoteile.eu at 7,000 EUR · Top “other” … [Read more...]
TechCrunch Covers TheDrop.Club: By Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan
Techcrunch.com just covered TheDrop.club, what they describe as a "Digg/Reddit/Hacker News/Product Hunt for electronic dance music" The site is Thedrop.club and "Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator partner Justin Kan told TechCrunch: “I wanted something to create a constant stream of new electronic music tracks every day" TechCrunch.com goes on to describe the site: "Built on … [Read more...]
Namecheap.com Jumps On #GodaddyPuppy Outrage With PUPPYLOVE $3.98 Transfer w/$1.50 To Humane Society
Wow Godaddy... Transfer yr domains to us for $3.98 using coupon code "PUPPYLOVE" & we'll donate to @HumaneSociety pic.twitter.com/04jU2bGysc — Namecheap.com (@Namecheap) January 27, 2015 Namecheap.com has jumped on the outrage from Godaddy's Super Bowl commercial and is offering a $3.98 special using the transfer code of PUPPYLOVE to anyone to transfer in any .com, .net .org or .info … [Read more...]
Godaddy Looks Like They Have A Disaster On Its Hands; People REALLY Hate Their Super Bowl Ad
Its been less than an hour since we posted Godaddy's new Super Bowl Ad and social media is already weighting in on what might go down as one of the worst marketing blunders of all time. Just go to Twitter and search for the hashtag #GoDaddyPuppy and you will see that the vast majority of people who are commenting, hate the commercial. I know hate is a strong word. But that is the … [Read more...]
Here Is the Godaddy Super Bowl Commercial; Not Risque But Downright Risky
The Godaddy.com Super Bowl commercial has been released and as promised for the first time features a dog, name buddy, with a VERY brief appearance by Danica Patrick Although there are no sexy, barely clothed women, I would say this commercial is as risky a commercial as the company has ever run on the Super Bowl. Other Godaddy.com Super Bowl ads have been Risque, but I think this is just … [Read more...]