Companies help people stop wasting money on COVID-19 domain names
Companies are making it harder to register and sell crisis-related domains. You should thank them. Domain name registrar Namecheap has stopped allowing domain names including...
Chinese registrars are very active in new top level domains
Kassey Lee analyzes how Chinese registrars account for a large portion of new top level domain registrations. New top level domain names, such as .best,...
Godaddy Websites + Marketing hits the mark
I believe GoDaddy’s site builder is the right choice for most small businesses. I quickly created this event website using GoDaddy Websites + Marketing Using...
NameSilo sold $840k of bitcoin before the crash
Registrar cashed out before market turmoil hit. NameSilo sold bitcoin before the crash. Like many assets, the value of bitcoin fell precipitously in recent weeks. ...
How domain name stocks fared in stock market rout
Not well. Stock markets were up nearly 10% on Friday, and it was a sigh of relief in a tumultuous period. Stocks have been pummelled...
.Com rankings: Google tops 3 million .com domains
Google hits a milestone. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2019....
GoDaddy gets patent for AuthCode-less domain name transfers
Process would eliminate pesky AuthCodes in favor of registrant data verification. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number GoDaddy gets patent for AuthCode-less...
Domain Registrar NameSilo Partners with NuSEC to Provide Premium DNS Service
NameSilo Technologies, one of the world’s fastest growing domain registrars, has partnered with NuSEC to offer a new domain name resolution service. This new service...
GoDaddy’s Uniregistry acquisition was for less than $200 million
Annual report shows that deal was for less than $200 million. We now have a better idea of how much GoDaddy paid to GoDaddy’s Uniregistry...
Namecheap posts $149 million revenue in 2019
Topline grew 18.7% in 2019. Domain name registrar Namecheap generated $149 million in revenue in 2019, up 18.7% from its 2018 total. The company focused...