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Namecheap and Tucows settle legal dispute

Transfer dispute was resolved in a legal settlement. Namecheap and Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) have entered into a settlement agreement to resolve a transfer dispute. Namecheap, a former Enom reseller, sued Tucows (which now owns Enom) because it said that Tucows was dragging its feet over transferring millions of domain names to Namecheap. Tucows said it […]

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November 8, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, Namecheap, tcx, Tucows

Pennsylvania Attorney General subpoenas Epik over Gab.com domain name

AG asks Epik to hand over communications with Gab. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has asked domain name registrar Epik to send it information about its interactions with Gab, the social network that came under fire after one of its users shot people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Gab.com was registered at GoDaddy before moving […]

November 7, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, gab, gab.com, Pennsylvania attorney general, Rob Monster

Wagner takes dig at Verisign as GoDaddy reports $310 million domain revenue

GoDaddy CEO Scott Wagner ducked a question about how the company will react to future .com price increases during its third-quarter earnings call yesterday, but used the opportunity to take a gentle swipe at Verisign. Asked by an analyst whether the fi...

November 7, 2018 Kevin Murphy Domain Registrars

Rob Monster explains why he accepted GAB.com domain at Epik

Controversial site moves its domain name to Epik. Most domain name registrars don’t like a hot potato, but Epik founder Rob Monster has decided to serve as the registrar for one–Gab.com. If you aren’t familiar with the site, the “free speech” social network has been in the news because the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter ranted on […]

November 5, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, gab.com, topstory

John Berryhill explains why moving to an offshore registrar is not always a good idea

One of the thoughts behind the reason why Gab.com moved to Uniregistry was that they wanted to get out from U.S. jurisdiction, a common thought among many when dealing with a controversial website. John Berryhill explained why that is not really a grea...

November 3, 2018 Raymond Hackney Domain Registrars

.Com winners and losers, and Google Domains’ odd practice

You still can’t register a domain for more than one year at Google Domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2018. While reviewing the data I was surprised to see something about Google Domains. Even after all of these years and the […]

November 1, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, google domains, hichina, Tucows

The economics of “forever” domain registrations

Should the domain name industry introduce perpetual domain registrations? Consumers like predictability. They dislike price increases on their cable bill, healthcare premiums and mortgage. Companies like cash in the bank. They can do a lot with it: invest, buy back shares, etc. So the idea of a “forever” domain registration in which one payment is made […]

October 30, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, forever domains, perpetual domain registration October 22, 2018 Andrew Allemann appdetex, Domain Registrars, elliot noss, gdpr, Tucows

Domain companies with fanatical customers

Domain companies that have fanatical customers often have these shared traits. This morning I was reading a thread on NamePros about domain registrars. Someone was asking for recommendations on which registrar to choose. Some names kept coming up including Epik and NameSilo. Others mentioned GoDaddy, Namecheap and Dynadot. Having someone recommend your company to potential […]

October 15, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars

Namecheap releases interesting data about domain registrations

Report looks and recent and historical data on domain registrations at the registrar. Namecheap released a report today with data about its customers and their choice of top level domain names. The report includes data from the past ten years as well as more recent data incorporating new top level domains. It can be difficult […]

October 10, 2018 Andrew Allemann Domain Registrars, Namecheap

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