Starboard calls for GoDaddy to cut costs

Large GoDaddy investor says company should cut costs and not pin hopes on a return of revenue growth. Activist investor Starboard Value, which owns 7.8% of outstanding GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) stock, has called for change at the company. In a letter to the company and board (pdf), Starboard noted that GoDaddy is significantly missing its […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 12, 2023 11:15 am

Volkswagen slams brakes on top level domain

The company is terminating its contracdt for .volkswagen. Volkswagen Group of America Inc. is cancelling its top level domain name, .volkswagen. The automaker informed ICANN that it hasn’t put the domain name to use and does not need it. It came to this conclusion seven years after the string was delegated. Volkswagen’s Chinese subsidiary also […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 11, 2023 1:14 pm

.Music top level domain FINALLY launches

.Music hits sunrise today. The long and winding road to the .music top level domain name has hit a significant milestone: sunrise. After years and years of fights between applicants for the top level domain, Constantine Roussos’ DotMusic won the .music domain contention set in 2019. The assumption was that the domain would quickly go […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 11, 2023 12:39 pm

Stable.com, bought for $1M, saved in reverse domain name hijacking case

Domain buyer revealed in WIPO dispute. It’s been over a year since stable.com sold for just over $1 million. The domain has been parked ever since, and I’ve wondered who the buyer was. Now we know, courtesy of a cybersquatting dispute. Unlimint Holding EU Ltd/ Mr Admin – Cardpay Ltd bought the domain for a […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 11, 2023 12:04 pm

X.com, domain names and toys – DNW Podcast #452

A fun discussion with an early domain buyer. Have you ever passed up acquiring a domain only to kick yourself later? This week’s guest can probably one-up you. Jeremy Padawer had the opportunity to buy x.com for $10,000, only to have Elon Musk beat him to it. On today’s show, Jeremy tells the story and […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 11, 2023 11:30 am

Squarespace completes Google Domains acquisition

Google Domains no longer offers new registrations; customers continue to use Google Domains until transition. Website-building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) has completed its acquisition of Google Domains (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for $180 million. The company announced the surprising acquisition in June. Many competing registrars in the domain business were surprised by the announcement, and it appears […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 8, 2023 11:55 am

.Com rankings: Gname moves up a spot

Gname jumps a spot on the total domains under management chart. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2023. Gname continues to surge, passing CentralNic for the #9 spot on the total .com-under-management chart. Note that the rankings include multiple registrar accreditations […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 8, 2023 9:03 am

Newfold reveals $400k of expired domain sales

Company publishes list of 105 domains it auctioned last month. Newfold Digital, the parent company of NameJet and SnapNames, revealed its expired domain sales of over $2,000 from August. The company auctioned 105 domains that met this threshold, totaling just shy of $400,000. Here are some of the sales that stand out to me: Kaffee.com […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 7, 2023 3:32 pm

What happened in the domain business last month

A WordPress giveaway, GoDaddy’s new TLDs, and ICANN’s weird logic made news last month. Miss any of the big news last month? These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by pageviews: 1. WordPress offers 1 million free transfers for domains at Google Domains – As of August 23, people transferred 44,000 […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 7, 2023 12:51 pm

What domain names end users bought this past week

A Ferrari dealer, a graphic design service, and a river cruise company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this week was bitcoinetf.org for $49,999. It doesn’t resolve yet, so I’ll be interested to see who develops it. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view […]

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Andrew Allemann No Comments September 7, 2023 9:11 am