Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) just reported its earnings for the 1st Q of 2012 beating expectations and sending the stock soaring in aftermarket trading up almost 20% Some interesting stuff in this report including that Demand invested $18 Million in new gTLD's. Previously Demand reported it was allocating $5 Million for new gTLD's meaning that they were going to apply for some 25 new … [Read more...]
Namecheap.com Hits The 3 Million Mark
Namecheap.com just hit the 3 million domain under management milestone. The countdown on the site is as of publication 3,001,439 domain names. In celebration of the 3 millionth domain name, NameCheap.com gave away $3,000 to the 3 millionth domain registration/transfer and I guess they will be making an announcement shortly on who won the cash and what the domain name was. Namecheap.com's … [Read more...]
PurityNames.com “The World’s First Family-Friendly Domain Registrar Opens for Business”
A new ICANN registrar PurityNames.com ts promoting itself in an unusual way as the "The World's First and Only Family-Friendly Domain Registrar" According to a press release out today: "Up until now, if you were in the market for a domain name to launch a website, you would be forced into doing business with companies who almost certainly have been profiting from the sale of domain … [Read more...]
NameCheap.com Is Giving Away $3K To Person That Registers the 3 Millionth Domain + 2K Free Domains
NameCheap.com just announced that it will be giving away $3,000 to the person or company that "registers" the three millionth domain name on NameCheap.com NameCheap.com, is quick approaching the 3 Million mark for domains under registration according to the counter on the site, NameCheap.com has over 2,990,990 domains under management so they are about 9,000 registrations from reaching the 3 … [Read more...]
One Thing Is Clear From ICANN: Law Enforcement Is Out in Full Force & Your Registrations Costs Will Go Up
Yesterday I was having a couple of meetings at the restaurant where the ICANN conference is being held with some RightoftheDot.com clients. As we were seated a large group walked passed us and sat down at the adjoining table and I couldn't help but notice their attendee badges. Homeland Security, ICE, Interpol, FBI, DOJ. Serious guys. It was a large group of over 10 and all were law … [Read more...]
Report Says 1/2 Of All Rogue Online Pharmacy Domains Are Registered At Two Registrars & Internet.bs is #1
A new report says that 1/2 of all rogue online pharmacy domain names are registered at two registrars. According to LegitScript verification and monitoring service for online pharmacies, "at least one-third of all active rogue pharmacy sites are registered at Internet.bs," and maybe responsible for up to "nearly 44 percent." The story first reported by krebsonsecurity.com interviewed the … [Read more...]
Over 225,000 Domain Names Are On Godaddy Owned SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM, Like JotForm.com Was
In reading one of the many stories about Jotform.com the site whose domain was seized and then returned by the Government for reasons still unexplained and therefore unknown reasons last week. I came across the servers SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM on which the domain name Jotform.com was placed on a few days ago and then removed from on Friday. According to DailyChanges.com, There are currently over … [Read more...]