I am asked every week who is the best domain registrar? My answer is always it depends on your specific needs and interests. For me it's Epik, GoDaddy, Name.com. Epik.com for the pricing, all the tools provided such as escrow, free privacy, marketplace, payment plans, etc... GoDaddy for their reach, their auction platform and that for a lot of people outside of domaining, GoDaddy = Domain … [Read more...]
Pain.com sells for $399,999
The one word .com sales just keep coming, Plants.com, Files.com and now Pain.com sells on Sedo for $399,999 the seller looks to be Dannemiller Inc. out of San Antonio. The name has been parked at Sedo and registered since 1996. … [Read more...]
John Berryhill explains why moving to an offshore registrar is not always a good idea
One of the thoughts behind the reason why Gab.com moved to Uniregistry was that they wanted to get out from U.S. jurisdiction, a common thought among many when dealing with a controversial website. John Berryhill explained why that is not really a great idea. In the case of Uniregistry which resides in the Cayman Islands, Mr. Berryhill wrote: Kate said: ↑ Uni is offshore, that must have … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by TL.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and TL.net was the top sale at $40,000. DuoLab.com was the top.com sale at 33,000 Euros,($37,934). Not a lot of sales this week, 50 in total. 38 .com sales 9 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Perks has some scratching their heads
Uniregistry is rolling out Uniregistry Perks, a subscription based service that will determine what you pay for domain names. Uniregistry Domain Perks Get instant access to perks on domain names and services. Choose your plan and enjoy instant savings on registrations, renewals or transfers. You plug in if you own x number of domains to find out how much you will pay monthly for these … [Read more...]
When it comes to auction sites the Domain King says “they all suck”
So I posted a poll here and on Namepros to see what readers, users, domain investors think about auction marketplaces. The poll focused on the big 4, places like Sedo and Flippa don't handle expiry auctions and don't do the volume. Rick Schwartz weighed in on our auction marketplace thread, safe to say Rick does not like any of them. Rick Schwartz says August 25, 2018 at 10:41 … [Read more...]
Transfer problems out of Pheenix
Customers of Pheenix.com received the following notice the beginning of May, EnCirca (www.encirca.com) was selected by ICANN to manage the bulk transfer of domain names from 49 Pheenix-related registrars recently terminated by ICANN. EnCirca was founded in 2001 and is based outside of Boston, Massachusetts USA. Here is what to expect as we transfer over your domain names from Pheenix to … [Read more...]