Hopefully Enom or someone else can step up but the domains of a domain investor who passed away are expiring and it needs to stop. Ron Jackson wrote about Roy Flanders back in December of 2016. sadly Roy passed away. I did not know the man personally but for those that did he seemed to be really a great guy. In 2012 he donated $250,000 to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital's Annual Fund. It was a … [Read more...]
Can NameSilo hold off GoDaddy?
Every 18 months or so there has been a best registrar poll on Namepros. GoDaddy won the last two, the last one was closer with @namesilo coming in second, 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5%. The previous big poll saw GoDaddy run away with it 303 votes or 52%. This time around NameSilo and Dynadot are the leaders, NameSilo has a decent lead with 26% of the vote. Dynadot is actually second and … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – GoDaddy 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One … [Read more...]
That’s a swift kick to the nads
So a new member at Namepros has the story of the day, maybe the month,it is early. They got news from GoDaddy that they sold a premium listing for $99,999. GLOBALHEMPSOCIETY.COM regged last August. Happy story right? Well it seems payment was taking a bit of time but GoDaddy takes a bit longer to verify a sale of this amount. Then the shot to the man zone came The member … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Shuts Down 15,000 Subdomains used for scams
GoDaddy shutdown over 15,000 subdomains where surprisingly the legitimate owners of the domain did not even know they were hacked. The websites had fake endorsements from celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, and Shark Tank to name just a few. Gadgets360 on NDTV.com reported Spammers continue to find new ways to lure unsuspecting users on the Web into clicking malicious links or … [Read more...]
Toni.com closes at $42,500
Back on 4/8 I wrote that Toni.com just hit GoDaddy auctions and was already at $21,000 in the first few hours. Many thought the domain would get renewed in the few days where the renewal window was open. The domain was not renewed and closed an hour ago at $42,500. Bidder 6160601 won the name, they got involved at $33,000. Yinan Wang let me know he saw this name in a domain newsletter back … [Read more...]
Toni.com expires and in first few hours already at $21,000+
Toni.com hit GoDaddy expired auctions this morning and is already up to $21,260. The domain looks to have been registered in 1996 and owned by a company from Ecuador. The company, Industrias Lácteas Toni S.A has an active website at ToniCorp.com. Where do you think it closes? Bid Date Bid Expires Bidder Bid Amount 2019/04/08 04:39 AM (PDT) 2019/04/18 … [Read more...]