Dynadot closes out 2022 with another victory. Once again they won the Best/Favorite Registrar for 2022 at Namepros. Namecheap took second and Sav.com came in third. A look back at 2021
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Mark Monitor has a new owner as Thomson Reuters Sells Unit
Thomson Reuters announced last November that they were exploring options for their Intellectual Property & Science unit. Today they made a deal with private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash. The IP & Science unit is headquartered in my hometown of Philadelphia. The division contributed about 8 […]
Continue ReadingGo Daddy Wins Namepros Favorite Registrar Poll with 52.5% of the vote
Last week we wrote an article about the favorite registrar poll n Namepros. At the time there were 290 total votes and Go Daddy was in the lead by a wide margin. After that article Namepros placed the poll sitewide in the right sidebar, so this brought many more votes to the poll. The extra […]
Continue ReadingGo Daddy Running Away With Favorite Registrar Poll
Namepros member JB Lions started a favorite registrar poll on Namepros and Go Daddy is running away from the field. There are 70+ posts in the the thread and it is very interesting to see how what matters most varies from domainer to domainer. Interface vs Cost vs Marketplace etc… With 290 votes Go Daddy […]
Continue ReadingUniregistry to Launch Their Registrar on March 16
By: Raymond Hackney Frank Schilling has made it known that the launch of Uniregistrar, the domain registrar from Uniregistry (an advertiser) will be delayed and will officially launch on Sunday, March 16, 2014. There has been a team of 9 working on the registrar for 7 months, and they are now just putting the final […]
Continue ReadingAs Andrew Reberry Hinted On Namepros Last Night – Hot November Special at NameBright
By: Raymond Hackney Andrew Reberry has been doing a nice job updating people and engaging with them on the NameBright thread on Namepros. Reberry who has belonged there since 2007 under the name Rebies, hinted at some news last night in the thread. He updated the thread today with a great price for .com domain […]
Continue ReadingCrazyDomains.com.au makes Go Daddy Look Like A Bunch of Prudes
By: Raymond Hackney Go Daddy has been known to have some ads that pushed the borders, especially back in the day when former WWE Diva Candice Michelle appeared in their videos. Australian registrar CrazyDomains.com.au is taking it to another level that went so far as to be banned. The ads with Baywatch Babe Pamela […]
Continue ReadingRegistrar for sale on Flippa
By: RH Last week I placed a back order using Name.com's Domain Nabber, the domain I wanted was not caught by Name.com but rather BatDomains.com. I had never heard of BatDomains.com and did a little research and now it seems as if the registrar is actually for sale. The registrar is listed for sale on […]
Continue ReadingLifehacker names their top 5 registrars
By: RH Lifehacker names top 5 registrars Lifehacker a Gawker Media property asked their readers who were their top 5 registrars. Lifehacker has an Alexa ranking of 726, 517,00 Twitter followers and 483,000 likes on Facebook. The top 5 registrars were: Hover Namecheap Gandi Dream Host Name.com Nice to see an advertiser make the list. […]
Continue ReadingThe best way to check for registration deals
Google the keyword domain names. You will then see the top sponsored ads, click those and make your purchase. Don’t just see it and then type the registrar address in your browser. Don’t pay attention to emails with a coupon code until you check this first. DomainNameWire posted a $3.95 coupon code for Register.com tonight, […]
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