domaindiscount24 (dd24) just put one-year .EU domain registrations on sale for the special price of only 0.14 EUR / 0.17 EUR incl. VAT per month in May, which represents a cost saving of 80% off the regular price. dd24 is the retail customer portal of the Key-Systems GmbH, the second largest registrar for generic domains such as .COM or .NET in Europe and one of the 15 largest worldwide, in … [Read more...]
Godaddy Formally Names Scott Wagner COO & CFO
According to a press release by GoDaddy, it is formally announcing as "its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wagner, effective immediately." "Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR's portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy's interim CEO last summer. " "Wagner began working with GoDaddy a short time after KKR, Silver … [Read more...]
Web.com Owner Of Register.com and NetworkSolutions.com Reports Earnings
Web.com Group, Inc. (WWWW), which owns the top 10 domain name registrars, NetworkSolutions.com and Register.com announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 on Thursday night. After reporting results shares of the company hit an all time high on Friday Here are the highlights: Added 21,000 net new subscribers, ending the quarter at 3.03 million subscribers Average … [Read more...]
Guest Post By Bill Sweetman “Why I Support The ICA”
This is a guest Post by Bill Sweetman who is General Manager of YummyNames, a service from Tucows.com, a top 5 domain name registrar, that allows marketers, entrepreneurs, and startups to buy premium domain names for their business. Bill is also a member of the ICA Board: ""The domain investing industry, as wonderful and exciting as it is, is pretty small compared to other industries … [Read more...]
Demand Media Paid $18 Million For Name.com Registrar
According to a 10-K report filed with the SEC by Demand Media (DMD) (page F-31) the company paid $18 Million dollars for the domain name registrar Name.com ""On December 31, 2012, the Company completed the acquisition of the net assets of Name.com, a retail registrar company based in Denver, Colorado. "The purchase consideration of $18,000,000 comprised an initial cash payment … [Read more...]
Breaking: AdamsNames Operators Of .TC, .GD & .VC: “Key-Systems Highjacked Our Site”
We received two responses overnight to our story yesterday in which we told you that AdamsNames.com which operates the ccTLD's .TC, .GD & .VC had been hacked and its back end provider Key-Systems "locked the registry down" to proect it. However in the responses that we received from Adamsnames.com today one of which is in the form of an open letter to the Internet Community; they tell … [Read more...]
.Pw Gets Its 100th & 101st Registrar: NetworkSolutions & Register.com
Network Solutions and Register.com, Web.com brands, 2 of the world’s top 10 registrars became .PW Registry’s 100th and 101st accredited partners respectively today. According to a press release that we received today, ".PW – the Professional Web, has partnered with industry giants like eNom, Key-Systems, ResellerClub, Gandi, Name.com, Ascio and many more. With 100 registrars aggressively … [Read more...]