Elliot Noss, the President and CEO of Tucows has responded to our post of a few days ago regarding the YummyNames.com, the site Tucows set up to sell some of the domains it acquired from it's customers after they expired. The comments from Mr. Noss are unedited. Our comments will follow but feel free to comment: """""I wanted to weigh in here and provide my view very specifically. … [Read more...]
Fabulous.Com Makes It’s Case To Investors And Puts Together The Best Explanation of the Industry I’ve Ever Read
Dark Blue Sea which operates Fabulous.com, made a presentation to investors today which you can download and view here. It's a very interesting presentation of not only it's own business, but in great detail outlines the case for the domain industry as a whole. It's probably the best explanation I have ever read about the domain industry. You can direct all those people who never understood … [Read more...]
New .Info Policy Announced
Afilias, a global provider of registry services, announced today a new registration policy that will go into effect on November 6, 2008, which prohibits registrants from using .info domain names for "abusive behavior" Abusive Behavior includes, but is not limited to: phishing, e-mail spam and other types of spam, the willful distribution of malware, the use of botnets and … [Read more...]
New Domain Extensions: Registries Should be Required To Give Trademark Holders Their Domains.
The domain industry got another black eye when Toyota.me became the highest priced .me domain sale, at over 90K. In the next few years there may be hundreds of new extensions (gTLD's) and each one will increase the trademark problem, unless some policy is adopted to head it off. Trademark holders can apply for their domain during the sunrise period of a domain extension launch. Sunrise … [Read more...]
Tucows Closes at 52 Week Low
Tucows, a member of our Domain Stock Parking Index, closed at a 52 week low of $.47 a share down $.05, almost 10% in trading today. Volume today was 4 times the daily average. The daily volume for Tucows averages for 3 months 79,676 shares. Today Tucows traded over 236,000 shares. No news was reported. Tucows market cap now sits at under $35M. … [Read more...]
.ME Auctions are Lasting Too Long For Even The Registry: Changes Announced
The .ME Registry announced a change that may shorten some of the .ME auctions, some of which have been going on for over two weeks: Here is the official announcement: Dear Auction Participant, This notice is to inform you of an upcoming update in the behavior of the auction platform that will take effect at approximately 16:00 UTC on 11 August 2008. The update is being made to comply … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Helps the Animals
Go Daddy donated $50,000 to the Arizona Humane Society's annual telethon on Saturday. Go Daddy also used its expertise to organize online donations, helped answer phones and kept the live event's Web site running smoothly. According to reports Go Daddy donated the money with Bob Parson own dogs deliver the donation on live television. "Max and Chief are quite the dynamic duo," said Go Daddy … [Read more...]