GoDaddy's 60 day lock is something that tends to provoke emotive responses. Up until now, however, the company has never provided a clear public explanation of why and how it is implemented. Finally this has happened, with GoDaddy's Christine Jones providing a very clear explanation over on her personal blog. Go read it. Seriously. The blog post comes in the wake of … [Read more...] about GoDaddy’s 60 Day Lock Finally Explained
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Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
RegistrarStats, which is run by eNom / DemandMedia, re-opened yesterday. The site is no longer free (even though there's no indication of pricing on the site) with prices starting at $500 / month with a minimum commit of 3 months. Whether the reports being offered are any different or any better than those that were available previously is not clear. … [Read more...] about Registrar Stats Relaunchs With Paid Model
Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective
The "hot topic" at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Singapore will, of course, be whether or not the new TLDs will actually launch or not. Sure, they'll launch at some point, but ICANN has been pushing to make the big announcement at Singapore. There has been a lot written over the last couple of years about new TLDs over the last couple of years. We are now coming into what … [Read more...] about Some Considerations For New TLD Operators From A Registrar Perspective
Catching Up On Domain News
Since I haven't been posting on here as often as I used to for a variety of reasons here are a few articles that I thought were newsworthy:Laos possibly pulling back .la? - .la, which was re-purposed as the extension for Los Angeles might go back under Laos control. Good article by Kevin.Email sender hacked - Epsilon got hacked and a large number of email addresses are now "in … [Read more...] about Catching Up On Domain News
EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage
Eurid, the operator of the .eu registry, has suffered a serious outage.According to official communications from the registry the systems were offline from last night until earlier today (though no official communication about the servers coming back online has been made)How long was the registry offline?By the looks of things it could be anything up to 12 hours, though I … [Read more...] about EU Registry Suffers Serious Outage
GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
GoDaddy's adverts wouldn't be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they've caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years.This year they're obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts.While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers for full length movies, GoDaddy has taken … [Read more...] about GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
Give Your Opinion – Post-Expiry Domain Name Recovery
ICANN's Post-Expiry Domain Name Recovery Working Group (bit of a mouthful!) has opened a comment period.The questions being asked are as follows: 1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names; 2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous … [Read more...] about Give Your Opinion – Post-Expiry Domain Name Recovery
ICANN Slaps Joker.com and DNS.com.cn
If you have rules and regulations but don't enforce them then there's little point in having any rules or regulations in the first place.One of the criticisms that is often levelled at ICANN is with regard to compliance issues. There are a number of areas where ICANN accredited registrars maybe flounting the rules, but if nobody does anything about it then none of the … [Read more...] about ICANN Slaps Joker.com and DNS.com.cn
Tucows Announces Partnership With Afternic (BuyDomains)
Image via WikipediaThere had been some speculation in domain circles over the last few weeks about the fate of Tucows' aftermarket domains.That speculation has now come to an end, as Tucows have announced their partnership with Afternic.What's particularly interesting is that Tucows will be sharing the revenue with their resellers!We're pleased to announce that you'll receive … [Read more...] about Tucows Announces Partnership With Afternic (BuyDomains)