So I saw the blog post of DomainNameWire.com today which refers to a post by Hybrid Domainer: """Go Daddy Auctions has increased its sales commission three-fold from 5% to 15%. This change was noticed by Hybrid Domainer earlier today."" So my issue is a simple one. Why did a blogger have to "notice" a change where Godaddy tripled its rate? Why didn't Godaddy send out notices to its … [Read more...]
Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment?
A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today, courtesy of a reader, it appears that many of the unsold domains from this auction have now been deleted and are available again for registration. As we noted in our original post … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Drops To Number 9 On the Top 10 Registrar List
Six weeks ago we noted that Moniker.com was on Pace to drop from the worlds 8th largest registrar to the 9th. It took two weeks longer than we estimated but now according to WebHosting.info which tracks domain registrars, Moniker.com has in fact now slipped to number 9. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. Replacing Moniker in the 8th spot, is … [Read more...]
Godaddy Loses Appeal On Case Holding Them Negligent In Turning Over Ownership Of Domain Accounts
Go Daddy.com, Inc., filed an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of Jeff Eysoldt, Mark Eysoldt, and Jill Eysoldt who had an account with Godaddy only to see the account control turned over to another person. Here are the facts as laid out by the court: "In November 2002, Jeff Eysoldt opened account number 1165490 with Go Daddy and transferred his domain name, Eysoldt.com, … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Is On Pace To Slip To Number 9, As They Lose 100,000 Registrations Over The Last 6 Weeks
Moniker.com appears to be on Pace to drop another spot to the 9th largest registrar in the next month. Just a few months ago Moniker.com was the 7th largest registrar. According to WebHosting.info, over the past 6 weeks Moniker.com has lost about 100,000 registration Weeks Total Domains Global Market … [Read more...]
Total Damage To Godaddy From Parsons Elephant Shooting? About 100,000 Domains
I've been tracking the weekly registrar report on Godaddy since the Parsons Elephant Shooting story broke on March 31. According to Webhosting.info it seems that the damage to Godaddy.com has been minimal and also seem to have been short lived. In all what I'm seeing is a loss of about 100,000 domains. Weeks Gain Loss Net … [Read more...]
Bob Parsons Stars On Extra & CNN’s Piers Morgan & Is Unapologetic On Elephant Hunting: “It Was A Wonderful Thing To Be Doing”
Bob Parsons CEO of Godaddy made the rounds on National TV today appearing on the syndicated television show Extra as well as debating a PETA spokesman and the host of the CNN Piers Morgan Show. On both shows Parsons was unapologetic for his elephant kill and the video he made of it. On CNN, there was a back and forth discussion that went on for about 10 minutes between Piers Morgan (host of … [Read more...]