Frank Schillings Registrar Uniregistry launched 10 days ago and we reviewed it in a detailed post.
To date Uniregistry, has only managed to get 108 domain registration for new gTLD’s which gives it a market share of the new gTLD registrar market of 0.03% according to ntldstats.com
Uniregistry is currently ranked as the 74th registrar in terms of numbers of new gTLD registrations according to the site.
According to RegistrarStats.com Uniregistry has a total of 390 domain name registrations including the 108 new gTLD registrations.
Uniregistry is ranked as the 664th registrar in the world in terms of domain registrations.
Of course as a registry, Uniregistry, has a lot of more new gTLD’s coming including a few in April, but so far Uniregistry is barely a blip on the registrar radar.
All the money is in owning the registries imo
I think I’m up to 15 domains, all .com, .net and .org with Uniregistry, which I guess means I represent about 4% of their total registrations. Really surprising that the domain community isn’t flocking to Uniregistry, especially considering how beloved Frank is.
I guess the takeaway is that simply because Frank is not selling domains at wholesale and giving the farm away, like he does with his parking service, that the domain community is pretty uninterested in his registrar services. If $2.00 or $3.00 more per domain is really a deal breaker for all of his supporters, well it seems pretty shitty on their part. I get it for larger portfolio owners, 10,000 domains X $3.00…
We all know Frank’s been fighting for the industry for a long time, but at the end of the day I guess that doesn’t matter. It’s always going to be about, money, money, money, money.
Really disappointing to see that the people who fall all over themselves at conferences, just to get a moment with Frank, are hanging him out to dry.
Maybe there should be a coupon code for Uniregistry for like the next month to get things rolling. Drop pricing to wholesale levels, or just give them away!
I’d like the suggest that the coupon codes be either, “fickle bitches” or “two-faced”.
“Really surprising that the domain community isn’t flocking to Uniregistry, ”
established portfolios already have relationships –
406 on uniregistry.net as of today. Some of these are registry operation domains. The thing about registrars is that they often use a sets of separate nameservers for their domains so while the registry’s own operational nameservers may have low numbers, the customer facing ones might have more. Then there is the issue of legacy nameservers and domains on customer nameservers. Unless you are using the ICANN data for registrars, there’s always going to be a level of error.
No real surprise here. I blame Frank, not the domainers.
Where are all the exclusive promotions and offers for the legions of domainers that have supported Frank all these years?? What about advertising and showing support on community sites like domaininvesting and thedomains??
Frank spent years planning this and couldn’t get deals done with Godaddy? And he pissed people off with “processing-gate” gate (goo.gl/f4w3nC) and canceling orders.
Big Fail here. Marketing and Business Development 101.
396 domains.
Don’t count us out yet, we’re just cracking our knuckles. I predict we’ll be a top ten registrar within a year. Excluding my o&o which will also be moving over. Go ahead and set a calendar reminder for today next year ; ) there is no registrar with the utility uniregistry has now, or the pieces we have coming. The order canceling one commentator spoke to was exclusively from other registrars who sold pre-registrations they could not deliver. The Uniregistry-registry has not cancelled any orders that have been fulfilled.
End of April for our next launch of strings and this week we’ll roll out some additional marketing for the rar.
Good luck out there.
You guys are overreacting one week in, my domains are registered 2 years out, when they come due I will belong over to uniregistry. Many other large portfolio holders are aware and as their portfolios come to expiry you will see large batches move over. Much like you saw IT explode, I am assuming similar things from uniregistry. Lots of gtlds are on locks and can’t now moved as well. When it happens it happens but don’t discount it out yet. This is like godaddy back in 2002, takes more than a week to get noticed.
Uniregistry needs to take away the pop video on the home page
and put it somewhere else so its not blocking the search domain tab.
It’s all about having the right team and Frank needs more creative minds
to help create a huge buzz. To beat Godaddy you need to be studio 54
of domain registrars and take away (Not your Daddy’s registrar)
Be the DADDY!! Start advertising on domaining.com to find talented
people to join Uniregistry team.
IMO the new gTLDs are good for the industry. In time everyone will need a number and the new gTLDs give more options for that future. The task is for Frank and other registries to survive the initial burn rate of doing business. There is a lot of name oversaturation and registries trying to get into the new strings (yes, a bubble). I see future string consolidation and believe Mr Schilling may be well positioned to reach that goal. Patience is a virtue.com
See you at DomainFest
I own:
RegistryofTheYear.com
With all these Registries, and many more coming, someone needs to take this domain name to the next level, rate these Registries, including Uniregistry,
BTW: We have two Live Auctions going, No Reserve:
JewWoman.com
5Moi.com
–>> Domenclature.com/liveauction/
Frank should create an account at Internet.bs to see and replicate the best system for managing a large portfolio.
@Michael Castello The problem with the new gTLDs at the moment is that they are very much a North American (US/CA) affair. There was an ICANN issue with data retention that was contrary to EU data retention regulations and it caused problems for European registrars. There’s a possibility that more than a few of these new gTLDs will end up as Godaddy TLDs with >40% of domains hosted on Godaddy’s nameservers and many of these pointed to Godaddy’s PPC lander for undeveloped domain names. Perhaps the registries had a more sanguine view of how their TLDs would progress while a lot of domainers were expecting a set of new gTLDs with .CO style or .MOBI style early registration volumes. The reality might be a bit of a shock. The breakpoint for a lot of the registries will occur two years into their operation of their TLD(s) when people with speculative registrations have to make their hold’em or fold’em decision. If these registries don’t have the registration volume and growth then they will take a serious hit. That’s when there will be a lot of talk of consolidation.
For domain investors the rack rates for legacy extensions simply are not competitive –
.com $12.88
.net $10.88
.org $12.88
Why would I be compelled to pay a few dollars more per domain at Uniregistry rather than paying less at another large registrar?
Brad
The 108 number was new gTLD registrations Sean, John & Richard.
Interface is sweet, especially painless Delete & Transfer processes.
Brad if you’ve got a few names they’ll sharpen the price.
I have a small batch in the process of transferring. Never hurts to get your foot in the door someplace new for a service you need run by somebody you trust. In domaining or in mainstream life.
Brad,
Do you only go with the cheapest option in general? Or, what’s an acceptable level of profit in your mind that Frank should be making off of each domain? I’d love to walk through the math on this with you after we figure out what his overhead is, paid development costs to date, projected costs and what the costs will be to scale and reach say, 5M domains under management.
Take all of that, then divide by the number you’re willing to let him keep on each registration. Guess what, most likely that’s not a business you’re going to want to get into.
You can’t make $1 or $1.50 on each domain, run a company responsible for 5M domains, pay your people well, reinvest in your company and actually turn a profit. Unless, UNLESS, you do all of the upselling and other crap that every other registrar does.
Brad I want to note, that the following isn’t a comment about you personally, I don’t know you, but just a general observation.
It’s hilariously ironic that the domain community has so many people who will fight tooth and nail to squeeze every last dollar to maximize their ROI from people buying or monetizing their domains. However when it comes time for them to have to pay for anything, look out, you better be giving shit away or close to it or face their outrage.
@ Sean Sullivan
My goal is to make my business profitable, which includes paying the least possible per registration. That is pretty basic.
If Uniregistry can make a profit, then great, but it is not my concern or responsibility to worry about their business model being profitable.
I am perfectly happy with GoDaddy to hold my thousands of domains. They are among the cheapest, offer quality support and security.
My question is what compelling reason is for there for me to pay a few dollars more per registration. What is offered @ Uniregistry that another major registry, like GoDaddy, does not offer?
Unless you can provide the added benefits I fail to see any reason to pay $3-$4 more per registration.
Brad
i use godaddy and have no reason to leave them…even if Frank was charging $5 less per domain, i still would not leave godaddy. I recommend Frank keep his prices high to make a profit from the new generation. It’s going to be tough competition with google and others giving away free shit…but Frank is super smart and will definately win in the long run…good luck Frank!!!
The Lemmings will be there soon. It just takes time for them to travel from registrar to registrar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOs8MaR1YM
These new string #s are completely worthless, since it just shows the continuous BUBBLE that is being pumped. Has anyone seen some of the crap that is being registered. I wouldn’t even register these names in the .com extension.
If anything, these #s from ntldstats prove just how much money is floating around and how inefficient markets can turn due to poor monetary policy.
Pump…Pump…Pump…
To become a top registrar I believe there are a few things Uniregistry can do:
1) Offer and promote a premium domain aftermarket on their platform similar to Godaddy”s Premium Listings or Godaddy Auctions but offering more TLDs than merely .COM, .NET, .ORG, .CO. Godaddy Premium Listings and Godaddy Auctions have become a regular source of sales for many domainers including myself. Those “Your Premium Listing Just Sold” emails create a connection which drives customer loyalty and registration volume.
2) Be more than a domainer’s registry. I’ll admit I question how effective some of Godaddy’s TV ads are but no doubt Godaddy does considerable marketing to drive traffic to their site. Perhaps a rep at conferences such as SXSW or ads in business/technology-related periodicals would develop brand recognition. I wouldn’t necessary advocate translating into Spanish the Godaddy spot with a bunch of bodybuilders jogging toward a tanning salon and placing that ad on my wife’s telenovelas. I kid with my wife and tell her my Premium Listings commissions are paying for that ad 🙂
3) Educate small business owners why a domain name is a branding decision and not a $10 commodity.
Rather than competing directly with Godaddy (which is a losing strategy), it might be better to consider providing registrars and hosters with an alternative to Sedo’s registrar parking program for undeveloped domain names as a kind of drift net for people looking for domain names.
@Sean The Domain business often moves at a glacial pace. So movements between registrars are often slow and dependent on renewal dates. The Domainer aspect of the business is only part of it and Godaddy’s main strength is that it is very much the retail registrar of choice for a lot of people who don’t care about domaining. It is a diversified registrar that offers a lot more than domain registration services. The concept of an “acceptable level of profit” is novel though. Perhaps .coop might be a better TLD for this kind of thing. 🙂
@ Brad,
For me personally, here are my top reasons.
Time: I waste more time screwing around with GoDaddy’s masterfully cluttered website and administering domains on an often individual basis than I need to. I believe that GoDaddy has made changes within the last year that make this more time consuming for larger domain owners because it increases the probability of auto-renewals and or some upsell opportunity. Also, I doubt I’ll be getting cold calls from Uniregistry any time soon about additional services. That’s always a fun unexpected surprise from a couple different registries.
Money: I use private reg for most of my better names. If its free, I will use it on all of them. I don’t want people willing to pay $50 for a domain to contact me. Again big waste of my time. If someone wants your domain and they are serious, even if it is in private reg, they will find a way to connect with you.
SEO: There are some SEO concerns with certain registrars which is a complicated discussion and not for this post here. But I feel that Uniregistry is going to be a better long term option for me, because SEO is important and it takes thirty seconds to screw up a domains future SEO options that will require 30 days to unwind.
The Future: I want registrars like Uniregistry to exist because they operate with the best interest of their customer in mind. You can argue about pricing being $3 higher all you want. GoDaddy’s costing you more if you factor in your time and or if you have any of the concerns I do. Long term, no one can play the pricing war that you want unless they start doing all of the other things that allow other registrars to make up the difference.
The Industry: Frank is a good, and quite possibly the best ambassador for the industry. He’s doing things the right way with respect to the new GTLD’s, and he knows how to run a business. He’s been fighting for what, a decade now, to keep the base price of your .com domains from increasing on an annual basis. Also, we need more people getting into the industry, you do don’t do that by having services in place that only reward the big fish. Everyone starts out as a little fish, we might be better off if the little fish are getting treated the same as everyone else from the start.
If I have 1,000 domains with Uniregistry and it costs me $2K more a year, I’m not going to sweat it for a second. It’s money well spent, and I’m allowing the company that seems to genuinely care about its customers to actually make a profit on the service it is offering.
I really would like to know what the profit margin you feel is fair to Uniregistry is.
Here’s the DNSR official review of Uniregistry.
http://dnsr.com/uniregistry-review
@ John,
I’m not expecting that Frank should have 500,000 domains within Uniregistry after a week. But 500? I’m also not saying that they’ll ever overtake GoDaddy. Private equity money behind GoDaddy would drop a giant bag of cash on Frank’s lap, worth hundreds of millions long before they have the momentum to have a chance at overtaking them.
What I’m surprised by, is just the complete lack of interest from the domain community which is indicated by the fact that there’s less than 500 domains at Uniregistry. I’m just generally disappointed that it seems the sentiment around Uniregistry is focused less on the great things about it, and more about how (gasp!) Frank wants to actually turn a profit with this registrar by not selling domains at the cheapest rate possible.
They love and praise him to the heavens when he’s giving them more rev share by parking with IT, but it’s crickets when he charges more on domains.
@ Sean
So you have never lowballed a domainer, when making an offer? Trying to squeeze every last dollar of profit out of them.
@Sean The point I made earlier about registrars having more than one set of nameservers is important. The main Uniregistry nameservers are quite new and this is reflected in their low domain count. With some registrars, moving domains to another registrar is not instant or even same-day. It will take time for it to grow. When people compare it with diversified registrars like Godaddy that have huge retail market share, it is not really a fair comparison.
Much of the domainer community seems to be baffled by the new gTLDs and the confusing timelines and pricing models. That kind of confusion is lethal for new TLDs because it forces people to concentrate on what they know. What they know is their .COM and .ccTLD. And that doesn’t even begin to address the confusion in the end user market. It will take time for registrars and registries like Uniregistry to grow. It isn’t just domainers who are conservative when it comes to moving their domains to new registrars.
The problem with measuring the domain count on a registrar’s nameservers using zone files is that you miss the domains that are registered through that registrar but hosted elsewhere. That’s why ICANN’s monthly registry reports are a far better source of data. Unfortunately, they are three months behind for contractual purposes.
Why would anyone leave a proven, reputable, secure, cheap, convenient, simple registrar like Godaddy or any of the other good registrars if you are already happy with them. Plus they give me a rep that I can call or email to do anything with my portfolio whenever I want 24 hours a day and if my rep can’t do it someone else will. I don’t have to wait until Grand Cayman time and only during business hours 9 to 5.
People love the bells and whistles that all the good registrars offer even if they never use them and he thinks by streamlining the site and making it overly modern is what people want. The bottom line with any business is build what the customers want not what you want. Take the time to figure out what your customers want and need and only then can you come close to what already exists.
It doesn’t matter how much Frank is liked by the community because the bottom line is people won’t leave something that works especially when all the areas I listed are better than what he offers. And those that do the Domain God worshipping thing with these people are ridiculous. Seriously what has Frank or any other large portfolio owner done for me or you? Nothing! Stop the Domainer God ass kissing already because he doesn’t care about you he cares about money.
@Richard, lowballing domainers. Well that’s a loaded question. So many domainers think they reg fee domains are worth thousands, so yeah maybe by your definition. Too many domainers are still trying to sell the dream, the “well this could worth X one day if you did this and this. So please pay me 1/3rd of that price now, when it’s still a domain sitting parked not making any money. I won’t do the work, but you’re welcome to, but I still ant top dollar.”
@Todd, How the heck do you know if people enjoy the bells and whistles that they never use. Very few large scale businesses use GoDaddy for a lot of their additional services. I don’t really understand why people need a lot of tech support in the first place, especially the domainers! Hmm, name servers pointed and your done.
I’m not kissing Frank’s ass either, I’m calling out all of the people who kiss his ass when it’s convenient for them and aren’t anywhere to be found now. When he’s making them more money by giving a higher rev split than everyone else on parking, he can do no wrong. When he needs to actually turn a profit from his registrar, people cry foul when he isn’t giving shit away.
I guess I’m pointing out that unfortunately too many domainers have the view point of what’s good for them, is only good for them and screw everyone else.
Maybe this is a good lesson for anyone who is going to run a business within the domain industry. There’s no such thing as loyalty and people have wildly unrealistic expectations.
@Sean
Below is Franks’s sales pitch that was in Berkens previous post about Uniregistry
“Couple of quick points. In terms of functionality this is NOT a bare bones registrar. It does everything you would want including making transfers (epp) or push between accounts, and deletes. There is a great deal of additional functionality that will really blow people’s hair back once they get names in there and start using it.”
That’s it? Frank tells us how great it is but he doesn’t tell us why it’s so great. If it truly is great than I don’t want to read comments like this one
“This is a game changing registrar. Try it and you’ll see what I mean.”
I don’t want to try it but I do want to know why I should try it and then maybe I will. So please Sean since you are the official cheerleader for Frank can you tell me why I should switch to Uniregistry but please don’t tell me to switch because I owe it to Frank but give me concrete reasons for doing so.
Maybe it’s because if you are like me every name I tried to register was taken except one.
I can reg domains at 99cent at GD and renew less than $8 at GD, if Uniregistry can beat that, then I will move.
for now it is just all talk.
somewhere is all this is methodical posturing for the .com registry when the top heavy VeriSign clowns are up again.
that is the grail – and what better way to demonstrate that than operating & owning several new non.com registries…. and a registrar to sell the stuff.
This is not exactly like betting on a long shot guys.
@ Todd
Official cheerleader, wow you’re kind of an irrational jerk huh?
First of all, who are you? Second, you’re kind of all over the place with your comments. Here’s why I like what’s at Uniregistry, link below.
Lastly, I didn’t say that everyone should jump over to Uniregistry. Im honestly surprised how few have either registered names there and or moved any over after 10 days. I think its telling of how things really work in the industry with a lot of people. Time will tell, but good luck with your domaining. I’m sure any registrar is lucky to have your business.
http://dnsr.com/uniregistry-review
I can do many things at GoDaddy that I am unsure that I would be able to do at Uniregistry, and even though Frank may offer cheaper prices he needs to convince hardcore Godaddy users that they would be able to do the same tasks easily on his platform.
If I want to change name servers, I can easily do that from domain name manager so I can put up an Afternic, Voodoo or DNS parked paged. If I want to forward my domains to my business website, I can easily do that from domain name manager with a 301 redirect. I can install word press (not so easily) and build out word press websites. I can manually set certain domains for renewal or I can have them auto renew. Godaddy lets me know when my products are expiring and what domain names are expiring by any time period I want to know (90 days, 180 days, this year, etc.)
GoDaddy has a discount domainers club which saves you a lot of money for the cost of $100 annually. I can register all of Donuts new gTLDs. I can get a technician to help me anytime of the day or night if I have a problem, although I may be on hold a few minutes and have to listen to one song over and over again that is extremely annoying. If the wait for a tech is long, they will call you back when a tech is ready to assist you.
To me all of these are BENEFITS, not features, that save me time and headache. Even though I can save a little money by changing to Uniregistry why would I want to change to another registrar if I am uncertain I will get the same benefits.
Sean I believe that’s always been true, I said back in 2006 there are many, not all, but many in the business who do not want the registrar, parking company, Verisign or anyone else to make money besides them. There is very little loyalty in this industry. Most people would leave one provider for another provider for any kind of savings.
I think John was pretty much spot on, people move slow and its also about renewal dates.
Also a lot of people who are domainers use a lot of Go Daddy coupons wait for all kinds of deals and run multiple accounts, with multiple credit cards to get as many .99 thru $2.99 as they possibly can. So there is bigger gap in cost than $3 for many domainers.
Plus a lot of domainers run a two registrar system, renewal can’t find anything cheaper with a code than $10.17 transfer to Name.com or Namecheap for $8.25 and repeat back to Go Daddy the next year.
Someone with no renewals coming up did not say Frank started a registrar let me start transferring names, its usually about timing and need.
@ Sean Sullivan
The price is a big deal breaker. As most domain investors here my main goal is to make a profit. Since I’m primarily focused on .com domains: At Godaddy I can renew a .com domain for less than $8 (discount club combined with ebates/fatwallet). At uniregistry that would be $12.88 per com renewal.
I don’t see why I should be paying $5 more PER com renewal at Uniregistry. For a few domains that’s fine but in my case that would imply paying $3,500 a year more just to have my domains at Uniregistry. For the record I’m not even close to earning $3.5K a year through Frank’s parking platform.
As for functionalities, Godaddy has all the functionalities I need. Maybe Uniregistry will add more bells and whistles in the near future but the question would then be: “are those needed?” I’m already not using half of the bells and whistles Godaddy has to offer.
Also an important factor for me to choose a registrar is the ease of transferring/pushing a domain to a potential buyer. Close to 50% of the domains I sell I can just push the domain to the buyer’s Godaddy account simply because he/she has a Godaddy account. A LOT of end-users have a Godaddy account. And even if they don’t they usually have heard about Godaddy and are willing to create an account there. However, If the domain would be atUniregistry I would most likely be forced to do a transfer which in the end takes more time and effort. Having your domains at Godaddy will actually save you time compared to having them at Uniregistry in this case.
Also let’s be honest, the main reason Frank opened up his parking platform to anyone is so he could make a (bigger) profit. Nothing wrong with that but you act like he’s some kind of messiah and he’s not. He’s a business man. I greatly respect Frank as a business man, in fact he’s a guru when it comes to doing business. But this doesn’t mean I should lose money in my business so he can make more money with his.
In the end I’m confident his registrar will increase a lot in popularity (especially when renewals come up for some domainers) but in my case I will stay with my current registrar. Even if prices come down at Uniregistry significantly they currently offer no additional (useful) functionalities compared to GoDaddy. Often, adding more bells and whistles does not equal increasing usefulness.
It isn’t about “not wanting others to make money besides you”. I have no issue with giving registrar’s/parking companies etc.. money as long as it’s not negatively affecting my own business. Paying thousands of dollars more per year for the same service? I’ll pass.
@Sean
“Official cheerleader, wow you’re kind of an irrational jerk huh?”
How is that being an irrational jerk? If I would have said “Official Spokesman” would you still have hurt feelings? Then you make this comment below.
“First of all, who are you? Second, you’re kind of all over the place with your comments.”
I’m not sure how my comments are all over the place when I am crystal clear in what I said. I also re-read your Uniregistry review 3 times and the only thing I can get out of it that you really truly like is that you get free privacy. I think you are the first person I have ever heard of in domaining that puts privacy on their names but if you want privacy so bad you can do that at Godaddy for $7.99 and use a coupon code to reg the name and it’s still cheaper than Uniregistry so I don’t understand the logic.
One thing I have realized about this industry is if you are in domaining and have a blog than God forbid you get questioned by a non domain blogger. It’s that “don’t you know who I am” attitude that I love about domain bloggers. It’s kind of funny actually.
Just a little 2 Cents “eh”
Frank is a great guy LOL a fellow X Canadian
But lets get real
“ITS ALL IN THE NAME”
and “UNIRegistry” is not a great name,
as Rick would say it SUCKS
@fellowsherpas RE: “as rick would say”
you’re an idiot. i puke a little every time i hear some crap like this.
HEY, why dont you tell us YOUR opinion instead of using someone elses name that probably wouldnt want you using their name in such a context anyway.
seriously, way to be a brown nosing dong licker.. its not even a unique statement “somebody someone would say it SUCKS”
wow, sure.. they invented the word sucks. great unique phrase, you follower you.
I don’t understand why someone that promotes value of domains and importance of a good name brand would use a crappy domain with little to no meaning and impossible to brand because of confusion? I think oversee did the same with some travel website on a terrible domain last year.
To me it means the following: “I really understand that i might fail with this business so I don’t want to use a name that i might sell for $30K, i will use a crappy domain just in case i fail”
In my opinion that is the exact recipe for failure.
I appreciate all the thoughtful discussion. Lots of great comments . All the features mentioned in this comment thread are in Uniregistry now. Like an advent calendar of surprises, many parts of the site remain undiscovered and will be revealed serendipitously, used and blogged about in the not-so-distant future. I expect there are many folks who are happy with their existing registrar and that’s all good : ) This is not about everyone switching to Uniregistry overnight. That would really have been unexpected and a bit weird. It will be more of a creep, over time. Like the iphone. The smaller, weaker registrars who exclusively sell names for profit could face difficulty one day and begin to act in ways that are erratic and not in the best interests of their users. That is something to be on-guard for. We offer a reputation, first-rate tools, very low prices, DNS sales-site integration (to grow revenues) and other pieces of kit (for those who care to look) with the security of a related registry as a backstop to failure. For the most part there is plenty of business for us all to do. The future is about building for myself and the registrants/traders to come. It’s about building a safekeeping tool that helps facilitate more sales transaction. It’s about trying to come up with alternative sources of revenue, and it’s about making names for the registrants of the future. Between now and the future, Uniregistry welcomes lovers, haters and the competitors who we see trying us as people comment here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alh6iIvVN9o
Thanks again to all and good luck ; )
@ Todd,
I asked “who are you” because you’re not linking to yourself and there’s nothing to identify you, you’re an “anonymous” commenter. If you’re going to start throwing around insults, telling me first that I’m kissing Frank’s ass and then labeling me as the official cheerleader for Uniregistry, I think I’m within my right to ask you who you are.
Also, to clarify, what I really meant by irrational jerk, was major asshole. That’s what you are, an asshole who wants to bitch and complain, take things out of context and in effect be a domain blog troll / hater.
I said you’re all over the place because you go from trying to make some cogent point unsuccessfully, to ranting about people worshiping Frank like the domainer god. That’s all over the place and it is irrational.
You’ve got a chip on your shoulder for some reason and you sound like you’re new to the industry.
You must be, because I don’t know how you don’t know at this point, the numerous ways that Frank has helped domainers and the industry.
Also, since you’re clearly really clueless, I’m one of the last people (logically) that should be promoting Frank’s businesses. As I actually have a business that competes with him directly.
That said, when I choose to speak up about something on DNSR, or on TheDomains, which isn’t often, it’s typically something I feel strongly about. Like warning people about scammers like Domain Asset Recovery / Vurgo, or how I think the .Sucks extension is going to set the industry back and give it an even worse reputation with consumers and businesses.
Or in this case, to express my disappointment that so very few domains have been registered and or transferred to Uniregistry after 10 days.
I’m actually on my way out of the domain business (for the most part) and certainly from dealing with charming “domainers” like you on a regular basis. I’ve got zero incentive to praise Uniregistry for any other reason than it being 100% warranted. It’s a good service and maybe it doesn’t appeal to you, I guess because you like bells and whistles and talking to people at GoDaddy over the phone when ever it pleases you to do so.
My advice to you is to grow up and appreciate the people who are actually trying to make the industry better, even blog trolls like you will be a beneficiary from those individuals efforts.
It’s easy to be a hater, it’s harder to be an innovator, you should try the latter some time.
@Sean
“It’s that “don’t you know who I am” attitude that I love about domain bloggers.”
This quote from my previous comment sums you up perfectly. Not much else to say when you throw yourself under the bus. 🙂
Since you are leaving the domain industry let me know where to send the sympathy flowers. I will be sure to use Bouquet.com because I support 100% domainers I really like.
@ Seymour, I went over in detail why I like it on DNSR. It’s not just the free privacy service.
@ Todd, excellent trolling. You’re living proof that just because someone can read and write, it doesn’t mean that they actually comprehend what they’re reading.
So we can try this again. Read this slowly now… Slowly…
I asked who you are, because I am asking you to step from behind your anonymous handle “Todd”. People who post incendiary comments on any board or blog and refuse to identify themselves are either blog trolls, or cowards.
So which one are you?
@ John McCormac said: “406 on uniregistry.net” Why did you say, “.net?” I copied and pasted the address, and there is nothing there!
By way of suggestion on UniRegistry’s terms:
That sounds kind of harsh! Moniker gives you 15 days to respond if any of the information is updated or inaccurate. Even DomainIT gives you 3 days to resond. It sounds if there is any issue, the agreement is terminated immediately!
Why not change the terms to indicate UniRegistry will exhaust the contact info before terminating the agreement? You may say, it is implied, but if it is true, then print it in the terms. For instance, if email doesn’t work on the administrative, go down the column to tech and billing, then try the phone numbers. Finally, how about snail mail to the address? If no response, then you terminate the agreement. I was impressed when Jonathan Stanfill phoned me on the number listed to say he couldn’t get through via email. It turned out my host had switched the ip of my email address, so I could still open it, but it wasn’t set up to receive emails – it corrected it! Next point:
You freeze the ability to transfer or move the url, but why would you change the content the url points to? Honestly, why? If someone operates a business, that means every time someone initiates a complaint, you switch the content of the url or have the right to, to the loss of the Registrant’s finances.
On top of that, you assess a fee! What is the fee? How much is it?
UniRegistry is saying, on basis of COMPLAINT ONLY, (1) you can incur financial loss of the owner by redirecting the url to different content (2) win or lose, you may asssess a fee.
In that case, it is simply a liability to operate online.
Kudos on the design and branding of UniRegistry. I like, UniRegistry. What is wrong with it? It’s catchy and brandable. It implies, unifying, of extensions. $12.88 doesn’t break the bank. Not for small portfolio holders, such as myself, or a small business which has 2-3 urls to match its brick and mortar presence. It matters that a Registrar is trustworthy, like a bank, to hold its intellectual property that a business brands on.
Therefore, the terms need to be adjusted that the content a url points to stays in place, complaint or no. Also, the Registrant has some obligation not to change content based on a complaint, or else it might appear guilty trying to change the content ahead of a hearing.
Sean I think you have built up enough Frank brownie points to last you awhile.
@Louise When counting the domains on a hoster or registrar, the domain(s) of the hoster/registrar’s nameservers are used. Some registrars do not use their public facing brand website’s domain for their nameservers (Godaddy being a good example) and while Godaddy has a massive share of the market on its own nameservers, it also has a lot of smaller web hosters with their own nameservers on Godaddy IP ranges.
***BEWARE OF UNIREGISTRY PHONE NUMBERS***
Here are the Uniregistry phone numbers below.
Phone: 345-749-6263 (NAME)
Fax: 345-746-6263 (NAME)
Yes they look like your typical U.S. area code phone number but they are not. Uniregistry is based in the Cayman Islands and these are international phone numbers. I called to speak with Uniregistry a few weeks ago and was charged a whopping $98.34 for the phone call.
Get an 800 number Uniregistry. Ridiculous!!!!!
$98.34 is a whopper!