It’s hard being all things to all people and trying to get paid by all sides as well. NameMarket wrote a post on Namepros that shined light on something I had not come accross before, and neither did GoDaddy’s Paul Nicks and Joe Styler. While searching one of his names on GoDaddy he got a [...] Continue reading →

Many companies have the occasional "oops" where they send email they probably shouldn't have. This can often cause a decrease in reputation and subsequent delivery problems. Some companies rush to fix things by changing domains. Brand new domains, those registered less than 30 days, have really bad reputations. Blame the spammers and scammers [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on February 25, 2019. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve.  I’m only showing where [...] Continue reading →

Well it’s official, .DEV is here, and since the new registry is being run by Google, it’s safe to say there’s a nice marketing budget behind it. I personally think .DEV is a pretty solid extension for developers or anything dev-related and being three characters it’s short and very easy to remember. Before I [...] Continue reading →

Thief doesn’t show up to defend lawsuit. Verisign has transferred the domain name EQN.com to its previous owner after a judge ordered the transfer. Blackshore Properties, Inc. of San Marino, California acquired EQN.com in a NameJet auction in 2011 for $4,950. A thief subsequently stole the domain name from the company and transferred it to [...] Continue reading →

I was browsing the New York Post on my iPhone this morning when a GoDaddy banner advertisement caught my attention. The banner was highlighting three new gTLD domain names: You.Training, You.Fitness, and You.Coach: I am not really sure what prompted this targeting, but it’s interesting to see GoDaddy pitching the new gTLD domain names in [...] Continue reading →

They are leaving money on the table with poor search features. Sedo’s search leaves a lot to be desired.Jamie Zoch tweeted a lot of domain aftermarket observations yesterday, and one of them struck a chord with me. It really surprises me that large domain name aftermarket services mainly rely on 3rd party services [...] Continue reading →