In a poll that was not as celebrated as best registrar, Dynadot won the title for something many registrars find important. Safety. Things like a registrars’ overall security. Do they have a strong Financial position. How do they handle your privacy when prompted by say a government agency. Do you feel safest when it comes […]
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Quick chat with Rob Monster
Today I am interviewing Rob Monster, founder and CEO of Epik 1) How are you Rob, thanks for taking the time for this interview, first off how are things going at Epik? You seem to have a lot of projects starting up? Rob) Thank you Raymond. I would say the future is bright for Epik. […]
Continue ReadingMarch 2020 Domain Sales Report all things considered not that bad
Looking back at March 2020 Domain Sales. Here we will examine domain sales and data trends for certain naming categories. March saw Namebio reporting 9,941 vs 9,095 sales in February. March saw dollar volumes of $9.4 million down from $9.9 million in February. The average sales price was $945 down from $1,090 in February up […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy sells former Mike Berkens name Dirty.com
Dirty.com was one of the one word generics that GoDaddy acquired in the Michael Berkens/Most Wanted Domains portfolio purchase. There is a popular website on TheDirty.com which has a long and interesting history. Last week Elliot Silver mentioned in a tweet that he thought the name was on the move. https://twitter.com/DInvesting/status/1243496982766858241 It now looks like […]
Continue ReadingEpik wins the Namepros 2020 Best registrar
Epik wins the Namepros 2020 Best registrar As I have stated before this year’s poll was pretty contentious for the first time the poll was public. This allowed for everyone to see who voted in the interest of transparency. Over 28,000 views and over 500 replies. The number of votes this year was almost identical […]
Continue Reading24 hours left in the most contentious, heated, best registrar poll ever
Things got quite spicy in this year’s Namepros best registrar in the business poll. I have run a poll the last three years, this one was started a little earlier because I was just having some fun timing it with March madness. As with most things in domaining it can never just be a smooth […]
Continue ReadingNamepros updates their commenting system
Namepros made a change today that has been a long time coming. For some it’s trivial, others they wish to see it disappear and for others it’s about time. When someone comments on Namepros, members could like, dislike or thank. Much debate took place for years on whether disagree is more palatable than dislike. Members […]
Continue ReadingThe slope is getting even more slippery
Didn’t take long for the slope to get a bit more slippery. Yesterday I wrote about the industry going down an interesting path. Elliot Silver published the news this morning that GoDaddy the 800 pound gorilla is not going to allow Coronavirus/Covid names to be sold. GoDaddy clarified its policy regarding the registration of coronavirus […]
Continue ReadingYesterday’s Corona related registrations – Would have been better to have used the cash as toilet paper
via GIPHY From typos of coronavirus names to names like coronalicious.com it seems that this money would have been better spent on toilet paper or donations to a food bank. Forget morality, forget your stance on regging these kinds of names. Just look at the business of domain investing, people are just wasting money. Absolute […]
Continue ReadingAre registrars and marketplaces going down a slippery slope with Covid-19?
So a couple days ago I wrote a post about Covid names and how people feel about those who register them. The conversation got a tad nasty on both sides. So now DAN.com (an advertiser here) tweeted today they are removing Coronavirus/Covid-19 from their platform. Starting from today, we will be removing all Corona Virus […]
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