Prior to the announced sale of Name.com to Demand Media, Inc, it appears Name.com had an issue with a promo code which allowed "thousands" of .com and .net registrations and renewals to go through at zero cost earlier this month In a video posted on YouTube.com, Ashley an employee of name.com apologizes for the error: We had a problem with our January Promo Code "xxoo" which resulted in … [Read more...]
Breaking: Demand Media Acquires Name.com
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) , announced the acquisition of Denver-based Name.com an ICANN accredited registrar with almost 1.5 Million domains under registration "The acquisition is intended to expand Demand Media's platform as it prepares for the historic release of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) this year". Demand Media applied for 26 new gTLD's itself, and is a partner with Donuts, Inc. in … [Read more...]
Key-System Rolls Out Totally Re-designed DomainDiscount24.com
According to a press release we received today DomainDiscount24.com (dd24), "the retail service of the international registrar Key-Systems GmbH, has rolled out a totally redesigned website with new design, even more customer-oriented structure and more comprehensive content". In addition to a refreshed layout with a more clear website composition, many new features have been implemented to … [Read more...]
Domain Registrar 1and1 Running TV Commercials Promoting “Domain Days” Without Owning DomainDays.com
The domain name registrar, 1and1.com is is running televisions commercial in some heavy rotation today during NFL games touting its domain name registration sale its calling "Domain Days" for November. Not only doesn't 1and1.com own the domain name DomainDays.com, but to add insult to injury the domain is not even registered at 1and1.com its registered at Moniker.com You can watch the domain … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Picks Ad Agency To Produce Super Bowl Ad: 1st Time Since 2005
"For the first time since its controversial 2005 debut, Go Daddy is producing its new Super Bowl commercials with the help of an ad agency. Go Daddy officially signed the New York Office of Deutsch Inc. as its agency-of-record this week. Now, Deutsch NY is working to produce two thirty-second spots for the world's largest Web hosting provider's 2013 Super Bowl campaign. The challenge is to … [Read more...]
EnCirca Rolls Out A White Labeled Registrar Service
EnCirca.com an ICANN accredited registrar announced today its white labeled registrar services to help determine the right Registrar solution to meet the needs of new gTLDs. TLD's that envision complex authentication and verification of potential registrants; integration of partners and member-based trade associations for referrals and authentication; industry verticals with clearly defined … [Read more...]
Endurance International Group Owner Of Dotster.com & Domain.com Selects Afternic.com as Its Exclusive Aftermarket Partner
Afternic.com today announced an Exclusive Partnership with Endurance International Group, a top ICANN-accredited registrar, incorporating Afternic’s inventory of the largest collection of fast transfer-enabled domains in the world for sale on several Endurance brands including Domain.com." Endurance manages 2.9 million unique Web hosting accounts and close to 10 million domain names and owns … [Read more...]