domain registrar updates

Web presence companies ramp up ad spend as demand soars

GoDaddy and Wix spend more to capture demand surge during the pandemic. Top ads for “domain name” on Google. It’s…

3 years ago

Web.com acquires New Zealand domain name registrar

Acquisition comes on the heels of losing out on WebCentral. Web.com adds New Zealand’s FreeParking to its brands. Just weeks…

3 years ago

Understanding GoDaddy’s Full Domain & Privacy Protection

GoDaddy’s paid domain privacy service has some practical implications for domain owners and the expired domain market. Earlier this year,…

3 years ago

GoDaddy earnings: 1 million net new customers this year, COO Andrew Low Ah Kee leaving

Customer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Andrew Low Ah Kee Domain name and web…

3 years ago

Endurance International Group to go private in $3 billion deal

Clearlake Capital to acquire EIGI. Clearlake Capital Group is acquiring Endurance International Group (NASDAQ: EIGI) in a $3 billion deal…

3 years ago

It’s in: the latest list of which registrars are top in .Com

  ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers…

3 years ago

MarkMonitor parent Clarivate reports earnings

Acquisitions boost top line. Clarivate (NYSE: CCC), the parent company of brand protection domain name registrar MarkMonitor, reported Q3 earnings…

4 years ago

Masterbucks and tax avoidance at center of Epik PayPal controversy

Alternative currency pitched as way to avoid taxes could be behind PayPal’s decision to stop providing services to Epik. This…

4 years ago

PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “deplatformed”

PayPal apparently inquired about flows of money through the registrar before terminating services; domain name registrar with controversial customers says…

4 years ago

Namecheap revenue jumps 38.5% in Q3

Revenue keeps surging ahead at Namecheap. Privately-held domain name registrar Namecheap has more to celebrate this year than just its…

4 years ago