I’ve been using Dan.com with great success in the past two years and its acquisition by GoDaddy was disappointing. The Dutch start-up was about to roll out its own domain registrar, as a white label of Metaregistrar BV. A domain registrar/marketplace had tremendous potential; it also posed extreme danger to GoDaddy: Dan.com was already stealing [...] Continue reading
Today I woke up to an email from Uniregistry, informing me that my portfolio of domain names was successfully migrated to GoDaddy. To complete the transition and take control of it, I had to take control of a new account number and set up a password. In the process, I had to verify my email [...] Continue reading
Domain investors with their portfolios still at Uniregistry were informed today that the transition of accounts to GoDaddy will take place in 30 days. The end of April is thus the end of Uniregistry, following the end of the Uni Market on April 18th. For almost a decade, Uniregistry held the scepter of the most [...] Continue reading
InterNetX and Sedo are sister companies under the United Internet AG umbrella and often collaborate on domain industry reports. This year, the Global Domain Report “2023 edition” presents data, metrics, and expert analysis produced by the two companies. I’m truly impressed by the report’s presentation, wealth of information, and visually pleasing production. It’s the domain [...] Continue reading
Sav.com has been my go-to domain registrar for several months now. Transitioning away from GoDaddy-operated properties such as Uniregistry, is my personal and professional decision, based on extensive use and understanding of the domain industry. Disclaimer: Sav sponsors my publication DomainGang but as a full time user of their services, capable of evaluating the quality [...] Continue reading
Merry Christmas! Lease-to-own domain sales, often abbreviated as “LTO,” are becoming popular among domain investors, that offer a flexible payment plan to their prospective buyers. The option to pay for the acquisition of domain names in installments is not new but it’s the automation that wins customers. If the process is bulletproof then more domain [...] Continue reading
After a decade at Uniregistry as my domain registrar of choice, I’ve been migrating my portfolio elsewhere. The acquisition of Uniregistry by GoDaddy presents complex issues such as the forced addition of Uni domains to Afternic, with no direct management of these listings via the Uni Market. Currently, I’m transferring domain names (and registering new [...] Continue reading