According to an email sent to all of its clients tonight, the domain name registrar Moniker.com notified its client they did a "system-wide password reset" tonight that will require ALL Clients to reset their passwords. Here is the email Moniker.com send out tonight: ""Moniker’s Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Moniker network that appears … [Read more...]
ICANN Orders Transfer Of Domains At 4 De-Accredited Registrars To Astutium
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from four registrars, three are due to the de-accreditation of the registrars; C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center Corp. and one transfer was ordered due to the termination of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement of Dotted Ventures, Inc. All of the domains from all four domain name … [Read more...]
Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 9% But Domain Sales Slow To $1.1M
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 after the market closed today According to reports Tucows missed expectations as to both earnings and revenue. Net revenue for the first quarter of 2013 increased 9% to a record $30.0 million from $27.5 million for the first quarter of 2012. Net income for the first quarter of 2013 … [Read more...]
domaindiscount24 Puts .EU Domain Registrations On Sale For 80% Off
domaindiscount24 (dd24) just put one-year .EU domain registrations on sale for the special price of only 0.14 EUR / 0.17 EUR incl. VAT per month in May, which represents a cost saving of 80% off the regular price. dd24 is the retail customer portal of the Key-Systems GmbH, the second largest registrar for generic domains such as .COM or .NET in Europe and one of the 15 largest worldwide, in … [Read more...]
Godaddy Formally Names Scott Wagner COO & CFO
According to a press release by GoDaddy, it is formally announcing as "its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wagner, effective immediately." "Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR's portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy's interim CEO last summer. " "Wagner began working with GoDaddy a short time after KKR, Silver … [Read more...]
Web.com Owner Of Register.com and NetworkSolutions.com Reports Earnings
Web.com Group, Inc. (WWWW), which owns the top 10 domain name registrars, NetworkSolutions.com and Register.com announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 on Thursday night. After reporting results shares of the company hit an all time high on Friday Here are the highlights: Added 21,000 net new subscribers, ending the quarter at 3.03 million subscribers Average … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Bill Sweetman “Why I Support The ICA”
This is a guest Post by Bill Sweetman who is General Manager of YummyNames, a service from Tucows.com, a top 5 domain name registrar, that allows marketers, entrepreneurs, and startups to buy premium domain names for their business. Bill is also a member of the ICA Board: ""The domain investing industry, as wonderful and exciting as it is, is pretty small compared to other industries … [Read more...]