I got this email a few days ago from Register.com/NetworkSolutions Its certainly by no means the first of these type of emails I get from registrars.com trying to get you to register domains, typically something close to another domain I have registered. I have no idea how they pull their data, as we have very few domains with either and all caught on the drop, however lets just say that … [Read more...]
Godaddy Goes Brick & Mortar Teaming Up With OfficeMax
Go Daddy has teamed up with OfficeMax to Provide Exclusive Website Service Bundles for Small Business Customers Marking the first time websites and domain names Are delivered through a traditional brick & Mortar retail channel. According to a press release out today, "OfficeMax® (NYSE:OMX), it's teaming up with Go Daddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, to bring Go Daddy's Web … [Read more...]
Shares Of Tucows Are Up Over 20% In Five Days
Shares of Tucows, Inc. (TCX) are on a tear. Shares are currently trading at $1.82 up from $1.55 of just Friday. So shares are up $.27 in the last three days of trading . Tucows.com concluded it dutch tender offer at $1.5o on January 10, 2012 just 5 days ago and so shares are up over 20% from the close of that tender offer. Tucows.com has been buying back its own shares for the past … [Read more...]
Name.com Screws Up On Promo Code & Gives “Thousands” Of Free .Com/Net’s
Prior to the announced sale of Name.com to Demand Media, Inc, it appears Name.com had an issue with a promo code which allowed "thousands" of .com and .net registrations and renewals to go through at zero cost earlier this month In a video posted on YouTube.com, Ashley an employee of name.com apologizes for the error: We had a problem with our January Promo Code "xxoo" which resulted in … [Read more...]
Breaking: Demand Media Acquires Name.com
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) , announced the acquisition of Denver-based Name.com an ICANN accredited registrar with almost 1.5 Million domains under registration "The acquisition is intended to expand Demand Media's platform as it prepares for the historic release of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) this year". Demand Media applied for 26 new gTLD's itself, and is a partner with Donuts, Inc. in … [Read more...]
Key-System Rolls Out Totally Re-designed DomainDiscount24.com
According to a press release we received today DomainDiscount24.com (dd24), "the retail service of the international registrar Key-Systems GmbH, has rolled out a totally redesigned website with new design, even more customer-oriented structure and more comprehensive content". In addition to a refreshed layout with a more clear website composition, many new features have been implemented to … [Read more...]
Domain Registrar 1and1 Running TV Commercials Promoting “Domain Days” Without Owning DomainDays.com
The domain name registrar, 1and1.com is is running televisions commercial in some heavy rotation today during NFL games touting its domain name registration sale its calling "Domain Days" for November. Not only doesn't 1and1.com own the domain name DomainDays.com, but to add insult to injury the domain is not even registered at 1and1.com its registered at Moniker.com You can watch the domain … [Read more...]