Some consolidation in the New Zealand registry space as Site Direct announced the acquisition of DomainsDirect.nz. Scoop.co.nz reported: SiteTech Group is proud to announce the acquisition of New Zealand based company, Domains Direct, who specialise in providing low cost .nz domain names. Domains Direct will continue to operate alongside SiteTech Group’s flagship cloud and infrastructure … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – namecheap
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Namesilo
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
Todd Han answers a bunch of questions in AMA at Namepros
Todd Han the founder of Dynadot did an AMA on Namepros over the weekend. Todd has 40 posts in the thread, sometimes answering multiple questions of members in one post. Let's start with the first thing that comes to mind, why Dynadot? The Durfer asked: Hi Mr. Todd, honored to meet you. Why the name, Dynadot? Todd: Thank you for this question. Dynadot is a word I made up. Dyna is short … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports Q1 2020 Earnings – Revenue up 12%
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported their first quarter earnings, Revenues up 12%; Operating Cash Flow up 17% and uFCF up 18%. The stock is up in after hours trading -After hours 72.21 +2.21 (3.16%) during the day it was up 2%. 70.00 USD +1.38 (2.01%) Here is a look at the full release: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the company that empowers … [Read more...]
NameSilo March 2020 marketplace and registration stats
NameSilo (an advertiser here) released Marketplace Stats for March 2020. Two posts broke down marketplace stats and domain registrations stats. On the marketplace side, 84% of all domain sold were .com. The highest sale was $10,500. The average sale was $265. Oddly the character length that generated the most sales was 15. Read all the marketplace related stats on the NameSilo … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Dynadot
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]