GoDaddy.com now has a NASCAR victory to go with its IndyCar victory already this season. Ron Fellows drove the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to Victory Lane after winning today's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. This was Fellows' first time behind the wheel of the GoDaddy.com sponsored race car and the first NASCAR win for Go Daddy. Go Daddy Girl … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Silent auctions will now be held on SnapNames Platform
Moniker.com announced tonight that all future silent auctions of live domain auctions will be held on SnapNames.com platform. Up to this point all silent auctions were held on moniker's own auction platform Here is the complete announcement: Moniker Extended Auctions Now Hosted on the SnapNames Domain Auction Online Platform Moniker and SnapNames are combining forces once again to … [Read more...]
Screw.Me
So we applied for 150 .me domains with Godaddy which should have been awarded before the landrush today (or put into auction) and out of those we got the grand total of: zero that would be none, nothing, zipo. We did get a notice that we would be in an auction for 31 domains 2 days ago, but some of domains seemed to have gotten registered today by someone. Some of the auctions are … [Read more...]
You Have to be Kidding.me
I just got this message from the .me folks: """Thank you for your interest in .ME domains. You recently received multiple emails for the .ME domains you are bidding on, each displaying a separate Shopper ID. Please disregard those messages. We've come up with a new solution for creating just one Shopper ID for ALL your .ME auctions – giving you the opportunity to work with your various auctions … [Read more...]
A lot of e-mails.me
I just got though going the 2 step process for creating separate accounts for each of the .me domains I backordered, which look like they are going into auction mode. Although I backordered all the domains through my godaddy account in one shot, I got about 60 e-mails, one for each .me domain (not identified in the e-mail) asking me to set up an account to apparently allow me to bid in the … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Systems Upgrade Complete
Moniker announced today that it the recent system upgrades have been completed resulting in the Moniker account control panel to load much faster making it easier to use for domainers and other bulk users. According to Moniker the new platform is 10 to 25 times faster than before, based on the size of the portfolio, making bulk management more efficient. For our own account we have noticed a … [Read more...]
This is Your Chance to Tell ICANN How Registrars Should Act
ICANN announced that it is now accepting comments for proposed changes to the Registrar Accreditation Agreements, those agreements registrars sign with ICANN which in part, govern registrars conduct. This is the time that you can send a clear message to ICANN that certain practice of registrars should be outlawed and let them know of any instances of improper conduct on the part of … [Read more...]