Dynadot has sent out an email about an upcoming change to their auction platform. No longer will there be an end time set after 20 bids in the last five minutes. Message We're writing to inform you of an upcoming change to the way auctions run in our Aftermarket. Currently, when a bid is placed in the last 5 minutes of an auction, the auction time is extended for another 5 minutes. This can … [Read more...]
NameSilo surpasses 4 million active domains under management
NameSilo published a press release announcing they have surpassed 4 million active domain under management. NameSilo Technologies Corp. (CSE:URL) (OTC:URLOF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has surpassed the important milestone of 4 million active domains under management. This accomplishment comes less than two years after surpassing 3 million active domains in July, 2019. This … [Read more...]
Radix’s .Tech Domains Partners with Code.org & Domain Industry Giants to Bridge the Widening Gender & Race Gap in Computer Science
100% of .Tech Domain Sales Made Through GoDaddy, Domain.com & Namecheap to Go Towards Enhancing K-12 CS Curriculum .Tech Domains, the leading new domain extension for the tech ecosystem, recently announced that it is collaborating with Code.org, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools. The campaign, which is called #MyStartInTech, will address the widening … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Q1 revenue up 13.8% – $775m share repurchase authorized
GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported first quarter earnings today. After hours 82.75 +0.51 (0.62%) GoDaddy raised its full year revenue expectations by $45 million to $3.745 billion, representing approximately 13% year over year growth. Revenue growth by category is expected to approximate double-digit growth in Domains, high-single-digit growth in Hosting and Presence, and high-teens growth in … [Read more...]
NameSilo “March set a new record in monthly revenue”
NameSilo (an advertiser on TheDomains) released a corporate update. The company does trade publicly for those who didn't know on the OTC market under OTC :URLOF and the Canadian market under CSE:URL. The company has now surpassed 3.8m domains under management. March reached a record in monthly revenue and exceeded US$3 million for the first time in company history. Here is the full press … [Read more...]
Other Registrars reply when asked how they would handle the Oxley situation?
So while there is other stuff going on in domaining, for many the only thing that matters is the Brent Oxley domain lockdown at GoDaddy. Someone registered FireAman.com referring to the CEO of GoDaddy Aman Bhutani and redirected it to the thread on Namepros. I started another thread to get the input from other domain registrars. How would they handle it? Namecheap was approached to lock … [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...]