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  • Weekly Reader, February 24, 2012 United Domains' Blog (Friday, 24 February) - It’s time again for the Weekly Reader! What should you look for in a registrar? Need last minute advice on your new gTLD application? Want to find out what’s going on with with .CYMRU? Then keep reading! CircleID: Time is … Continue reading →...
  • I Wouldn’t Want To Be in The Domain Registrar Business Serving Domain Investors Elliots Blog (Friday, 3 February) - I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moniker sale post, but I believe it merits its own post. I can only imagine the domain registrar business would suck if the primary target audience is domain investors. As a...
  • Importance of an Account Manager at a Domain Registrar Elliots Blog (Wednesday, 25 January) - A little over a week ago, I expressed my dismay that Bari Meyerson no longer works as my Account Executive at Moniker. Today, I want to share some reasons why having an Account Executive or Account Representative at a domain registrar is important to me. Obviously we all put a...
  • Registrars Increasing Prices More Than the Verisign Price Increase Elliots Blog (Monday, 16 January) - One of my biggest pet peeves is being nickeled and dimed. It’s usually not that I can’t afford to pay a tiny bit more for something, but it’s annoying to pay more than I should be paying. Yesterday at midnight, Verisign increased .com and .net domain prices by 7%. The...
  • .Com & .Net Prices Increasing Tomorrow Elliots Blog (Saturday, 14 January) - As you should be aware by now, the price of .com and .net domain names will increase tomorrow, January 15, 2012. While some registrars are passing the exact price increase percentage along to clients, others use this as an opportunity to raise prices even higher. Here are the price increase...
  • A Helping Hand For Domain Transfers iWantMyName Domain Blog (Thursday, 29 December) - So you've decided to join the movement against your old fashioned, SOPA-loving (or not loving, or maybe loving), redneck domain registrar — but are not quite sure how to transfer your precious domains. Never fear, we've created a special automatic......
  • Big Day for .XXX: Landrush Begins Elliots Blog (Tuesday, 8 November, 2011) - Today is a big day for the ICM Registry and its .XXX extension. The 18 day landrush period for .XXX domain names begins today (November 8, 2011). Eligible people and companies can visit their favorite domain registrar and apply for their preferred .XXX domain name(s). Should more than one entity...
  • DMD Beats Street: Stock Up After Hours Elliots Blog (Monday, 7 November, 2011) - Demand Media (stock symbol DMD) reported its quarterly earnings today, and despite reporting a loss, the company beat the street predictions. Demand Media owns and operates domain registrar Enom and domain auction service NameJet. The stock ended the trading day down almost 9% to $7.08/share, but the price surged after...
  • Sedo Offers “Sell Now Assurance” Elliots Blog (Wednesday, 2 November, 2011) - It’s always frustrating when you click the “buy it now” button at a domain aftermarket website and later find out that the owner had previously sold the domain name but forgot to remove the listing. A few years ago, I bought a name on Sedo, sent payment immediately, only to find out...
  • Domain Name News - October 30, 2011 Webnames.ca Blog (Sunday, 30 October, 2011) - ICANN Meetings Conclude in Dakar - Here are some highlights from the ICANN meetings recently concluded in Dakar, Senegal: Some progress was made on a support program for deserving applicants who require financial, technical, or other assistance "to effectively participate in and benefit from the first round of the...