According to a press release "The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase MarkMonitor, a global leader in online brand protection" for an undisclosed price "The completion of the acquisition is subject to standard regulatory approvals. " "The acquisition of MarkMonitor, headquartered in San Francisco, will … [Read more...]
Name.com Asks “What New gTLD’s Are You Waiting For”
Unlike some other registrars that are taking "pre-orders" or expressions of interest in domain name registrations for certain hand selected new gTLD's, Name.com is going from it at a whole different angle asking users: "What new gTLDs are you waiting for?" Name.com is asking users to tell then what new gTLD's they are most interest in. The page put up by Name.com starts with an important … [Read more...]
30%-50% Of All Domain Registrations Are Through Resellers & Enom Has 8,000 of Them
A few interesting facts coming out of the afternoon ICANN session entitled; "Briefing for GAC on Domain Name Marketplace" Jeff Eckhaus of Demand Media which owns Enom.com, speaking to the Governmental Advisory Council, (GAC) said that Enom has 8,000 resellers itself and he thought that on a volume of registrations, the percentage of domain names registered by resellers was "somewhere between … [Read more...]
Fifth Annual Registrar Summit Kicks Off Today
Godaddy.com is hosting the Fifth Annual Registrar Summit which is being held today and tomorrow, June 7th and 8th at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Here is the agenda: Thursday, June 7 TIME SESSION SPEAKER 8:00 - 8:45 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:45 - 9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks Nima Kelly (Go Daddy) 9:00 - 9:30 AM Antitrust … [Read more...]
BusinessWeek Covers Godaddy.com: “The Challenge of Classing Up GoDaddy”
BusinessWeek.com has just covered the Godaddy.com in an article entitled "The Challenge of Classing Up Go Daddy" Here are a few highlights but you should checkout the original article: "In the 15 years since its founding, Go Daddy has earned more than its fair share of press, much of it acid-tongued." "There were the Super Bowl ads full of scantily clad women which brought charges of … [Read more...]
Domaining’s Francois Launches New Domain Registrar That Includes FREE “UDRP Insurance”: DONA.com
Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling "UDRP Insurance" with every registration, plus is contributing 30% of all profits to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Here is what Francois had to say about the new registrar: "As you know each day, we are hit by … [Read more...]
Tucows Has Record Quarter For Domain Name Sales & For Sales Of $10K or More
I just read through the earning call transcript that Tucows held yesterday after the released their earnings and found a few interesting facts and figures. On the call Tucows CEO Elliot Noss said that : Q1 was a record quarter for individual domain sales from our portfolio, with sales of gems being especially strong. "Revenue increased 61% year-over-year. "On previous calls I have … [Read more...]