Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the Internet would be in the future. Splintered as a series of "Internets" Countries who want to protect a valuable resource would keep out what they don't like. And companies who want to thwart those with different belief systems would apply … [Read more...]
Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the decision from their view. From the post We believe there were several factors involved, including our reports of repeated Afternic security issues with their platform harming both registrars and domain investors who trusted them. Instead of … [Read more...]
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division. Poynt has raised $128 million in VC funding. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) saw it's shares up a little under 1.5%. … [Read more...]
Once subject to UDRP and ACPA battles NewportNews.com expires
NewportNews.com is a domain name that has quite the history. A former owner once defended a UDRP successfully but then lost an ACPA case. This led Michael Berkens to call this registrant stupid domainer of the year for 2011. Michael wrote: In 2009 Newport News won summary judgment against the domain holder and the court also awarded the trademark holder $80,000 in statutory damages AND it’s … [Read more...]
New disclaimer alert for GoDaddy Appraisal tool
Over the weekend I noticed a little triangle as an alert when using the GoDaddy appraisal tool. Disclaimer The Estimated Value is based on an algorithm utilizing data GoDaddy has available to it to help estimate predicted sale price of domains. However, we do not make any guarantee or other promises to any results that may be obtained from your purchase or sale of any domain, and this is … [Read more...]
How should auction houses handle non payment by the winning bidder?
How should auction houses handle non payment by the winning bidder? Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com closing at $100,350 at DropCatch. That bidder did not pay, it's being reauctioned. Is that the right way to handle things? I have written many times on how DropCatch and NameJet have benefited by GoDaddy failing to secure payment. Koupons.com closed at $6,100 on 8/17/20 at … [Read more...]
GoDaddy posts Q3 revenue of $844.4 million
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) posted third quarter earnings today. In 2020 they have added 1 million customers. Stock up $1.50 in After Hours trading Highlights: Q3 revenue of $844.4 million, up 11.0% YoY; bookings of $945.0 million, up 11.0% YoY; and net cash from operating activities of $197.3 million, down 1.4% YoYGoDaddy added 400k+ net customers in Q3, up 1m to date in 2020 -- the largest … [Read more...]
