BusinessWeek.com has just covered the Godaddy.com in an article entitled "The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy" Here are a few highlights but you should checkout the original article: "In the 15 years since its founding, Go Daddy has earned more than its fair share of press, much of it acid-tongued." "There were the Super Bowl ads full of scantily clad women which brought charges of … [Read more...]
Domaining’s Francois Launches New Domain Registrar That Includes FREE “UDRP Insurance”: DONA.com
Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling "UDRP Insurance" with every registration, plus is contributing 30% of all profits to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Here is what Francois had to say about the new registrar: "As you know each day, we are hit by … [Read more...]
Tucows Has Record Quarter For Domain Name Sales & For Sales Of $10K or More
I just read through the earning call transcript that Tucows held yesterday after the released their earnings and found a few interesting facts and figures. On the call Tucows CEO Elliot Noss said that : Q1 was a record quarter for individual domain sales from our portfolio, with sales of gems being especially strong. "Revenue increased 61% year-over-year. "On previous calls I have … [Read more...]
Demand Media Reports: Beats Expectations Sends Stock Soaring & Spends $18M On New gTLD’s
Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) just reported its earnings for the 1st Q of 2012 beating expectations and sending the stock soaring in aftermarket trading up almost 20% Some interesting stuff in this report including that Demand invested $18 Million in new gTLD's. Previously Demand reported it was allocating $5 Million for new gTLD's meaning that they were going to apply for some 25 new … [Read more...]
Namecheap.com Hits The 3 Million Mark
Namecheap.com just hit the 3 million domain under management milestone. The countdown on the site is as of publication 3,001,439 domain names. In celebration of the 3 millionth domain name, NameCheap.com gave away $3,000 to the 3 millionth domain registration/transfer and I guess they will be making an announcement shortly on who won the cash and what the domain name was. Namecheap.com's … [Read more...]
PurityNames.com “The World’s First Family-Friendly Domain Registrar Opens for Business”
A new ICANN registrar PurityNames.com ts promoting itself in an unusual way as the "The World's First and Only Family-Friendly Domain Registrar" According to a press release out today: "Up until now, if you were in the market for a domain name to launch a website, you would be forced into doing business with companies who almost certainly have been profiting from the sale of domain … [Read more...]
NameCheap.com Is Giving Away $3K To Person That Registers the 3 Millionth Domain + 2K Free Domains
NameCheap.com just announced that it will be giving away $3,000 to the person or company that "registers" the three millionth domain name on NameCheap.com NameCheap.com, is quick approaching the 3 Million mark for domains under registration according to the counter on the site, NameCheap.com has over 2,990,990 domains under management so they are about 9,000 registrations from reaching the 3 … [Read more...]