GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), announced they will acquire the registry business of Neustar. The company shares were up 12.96% in regular trading. GDDYGoDaddy Inc.58.82+6.75+12.96% Back when GoDaddy withdrew their appliaction for .home they noted: It was noted that it was withdrawing its applications to focus on its core registrar business, thereby removing competition with competitive … [Read more...]
How many registrars do you use?
When it comes to domain name registrars, many have loyalty to one or just want the organization and ease of management to just one provider. Some use registrars for different extensions, your favorite might have the best .com, net, org pricing and privacy for free but they are too high for your interests in new gtlds or exotic cctlds. I think if you are a .com only investor the number … [Read more...]
Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?
Poll is very simple who is your favorite registrar in 2020? Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?GoDaddyName.comNameCheapHexonetFabulousGandi1&1NameSiloEpikDynadotNetworkSolutionsRegister.comPorkbunUniregistryHoverDomain.comEnomSav.comGoogleCloudFlare101DomainsInternetBSMonikerNameBrightNamespro.caCreated with PollMaker … [Read more...]
Namesilo Registration Stats December 2019
Namesilo put together another infographic, this time a look at December registration data. Only 43% of all registrations were .com, 3% .net and 2% .org. … [Read more...]
An update on Pheenix
JudgeMind started a warning thread on Namepros with regards to domain registrar and former drop catcher Pheenix. Apparently he was having a hard time getting authcodes and needed one quick because he had a sale and needed to give it to the buyer. Now, i have sold another name and again i am unable to retrieve transfer auth codes and am getting no support from pheenix. The domain name was … [Read more...]
Enom accounts will be moving to Hover
So I received an email just now that Tucows the owner of Enom will be migrating accounts to Hover. IMPORTANT: Your Enom account will be moved to Hover Hello, This is a notice that on November 20 2019, your Enom account and services will be migrated from Enom to Hover. The migration of your services is happening so that Tucows Inc., who owns both Enom and Hover, can … [Read more...]
Afternic provides some details on markup test
Here is another update on the markup opt out process on Afternic. Namepros member Stub was kind enough to post the reply he received when he opted out. As you have requested we have removed your domain listings from all Afternic resellers that are adding a markup to your BIN price. Your domains will no longer be provided to markup test resellers from Afternic. We appreciate you sharing … [Read more...]