According to a Press Release, Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TCX), announced today that it has acquired all the shares of EPAG Domainservices GmbH from QSC AG for approximately US$2.5 Million (€1.5 Million to purchase the shares and the settlement of a working capital adjustment of €0.25 Million) through an all-cash transaction. EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over … [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Godaddy.com In Talks To Be Bought Out For $2 Billion
According to Bloomberg/Business Week, Godaddy.com the world's largest registrar is in talks to be bought by a group led by KKR & Co. and Silver Lake Partners for more than $2 billion. "Silver Lake is a Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm that focuses on investing in technology companies. KKR, the leveraged-buyout firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, invests in … [Read more...]
NameCheap.com Says It Now Has Over 2 Million Domains Under Management
According to a press release by the company, NameCheap.com an ICANN accredited registrar says they now have broken the 2 Million mark in domain names under management. "Reaching 2 million domains is an incredible milestone for us," Richard Kirkendall, CEO of Namecheap said. "We're a service-oriented business that prides itself on providing the best deals with a support team that strives to … [Read more...]
The Question Is Why Did Godaddy Triple Its Fees Without Sending Out A Notice To Its Customers?
So I saw the blog post of DomainNameWire.com today which refers to a post by Hybrid Domainer: """Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today."" So my issue is a simple one. Why did a blogger have to "notice" a change where Godaddy tripled its rate? Why didn't Godaddy send out notices to its … [Read more...]
Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment?
A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today, courtesy of a reader, it appears that many of the unsold domains from this auction have now been deleted and are available again for registration. As we noted in our original post … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Drops To Number 9 On the Top 10 Registrar List
Six weeks ago we noted that Moniker.com was on Pace to drop from the worlds 8th largest registrar to the 9th. It took two weeks longer than we estimated but now according to WebHosting.info which tracks domain registrars, Moniker.com has in fact now slipped to number 9. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. Replacing Moniker in the 8th spot, is … [Read more...]
Godaddy Loses Appeal On Case Holding Them Negligent In Turning Over Ownership Of Domain Accounts
Go Daddy.com, Inc., filed an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of Jeff Eysoldt, Mark Eysoldt, and Jill Eysoldt who had an account with Godaddy only to see the account control turned over to another person. Here are the facts as laid out by the court: "In November 2002, Jeff Eysoldt opened account number 1165490 with Go Daddy and transferred his domain name, Eysoldt.com, … [Read more...]