The best registrar poll for 2019 on Namepros concluded today with NameSilo coming in first place. GoDaddy was second and Dynadot third. This is a poll ran roughly every 18 months, with 915 votes this time. The last two competitions GoDaddy won, taking 52% of the vote 3 years ago, and then beating NameSilo 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5% roughly 18 months ago. For some registrars it's … [Read more...]
Why are people bidding on these names?
So I was looking at GoDaddy auctions just now and a bunch of names that seem to make no sense have a few bids and are around $30+. I would speculate these are all Chinese based bidders, but even when searching Google and using the translate with Pinyin enabled returned nothing. Some of these names have been regged for 14 years so who knows? The number to the far right if there is one, that … [Read more...]
Someone needs to stop Roy Flanders’ domain names from expiring
Hopefully Enom or someone else can step up but the domains of a domain investor who passed away are expiring and it needs to stop. Ron Jackson wrote about Roy Flanders back in December of 2016. sadly Roy passed away. I did not know the man personally but for those that did he seemed to be really a great guy. In 2012 he donated $250,000 to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital's Annual Fund. It was a … [Read more...]
Can NameSilo hold off GoDaddy?
Every 18 months or so there has been a best registrar poll on Namepros. GoDaddy won the last two, the last one was closer with @namesilo coming in second, 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5%. The previous big poll saw GoDaddy run away with it 303 votes or 52%. This time around NameSilo and Dynadot are the leaders, NameSilo has a decent lead with 26% of the vote. Dynadot is actually second and … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – GoDaddy 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One … [Read more...]
That’s a swift kick to the nads
via GIPHY So a new member at Namepros has the story of the day, maybe the month,it is early. They got news from GoDaddy that they sold a premium listing for $99,999. GLOBALHEMPSOCIETY.COM regged last August. Happy story right? Well it seems payment was taking a bit of time but GoDaddy takes a bit longer to verify a sale of this amount. Then the shot to the man zone came The … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Shuts Down 15,000 Subdomains used for scams
GoDaddy shutdown over 15,000 subdomains where surprisingly the legitimate owners of the domain did not even know they were hacked. The websites had fake endorsements from celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, and Shark Tank to name just a few. Gadgets360 on NDTV.com reported Spammers continue to find new ways to lure unsuspecting users on the Web into clicking malicious links or … [Read more...]
