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… Continue reading GoDaddy’s 60 Day Lock Finally Explained
Tag: Domain name registrar
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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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 enough; 3. Whether adequate notice exists to… Continue reading 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… Continue reading ICANN Slaps Joker.com and DNS.com.cn
Tucows Announces Partnership With Afternic (BuyDomains)
Image via Wikipedia There 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… Continue reading Tucows Announces Partnership With Afternic (BuyDomains)